Shaanxi, China (ANTARA News) - Indonesia's state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are important partners for companies in Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province, China, Sales Supervisor for Indonesia and Malaysia of Chinese Heavy Industry Company, Shaangu Power, Larry Zheng, said her, Friday.

"Therefore, we are exploring the possibility of developing cooperation with several Indonesian state-owned companies," Zheng told Antara on the sidelines of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the leading heavy industry company in China, Shaanxi Group.

According to him, some efforts have been made to introduce the Chinese state-owned new products, namely, gas and nitric acid used for various purposes by heavy industrial companies in Indonesia such as Krakatau Steel, Pertamina (the State-owned oil and gas company) and Samator.

At the anniversary celebration, Shaangu also signed two cooperation documents on a 1,200,000-ton coal-fired power plant project with the local Yuhua Steel Company, and witj another local company Chong Qing Huafeng for 1,200 tons of nitric acid production project per year.

Zheng said in August 2018 he visited Indonesia to the Indonesian gas company, Samator, to explore cooperation on the procurement of gas from Shaangu and products which were needed by the largest gas distribution company in Indonesia.

"In addition to Samator, I also hope that Shaangu can cooperate with Pertamina and be included in the stock exchange of the state-owned company," Zheng said, adding that he would also visit BP Migas for consultation.

Earlier in the opening ceremony, Shaangu's CEO Li Hong'an said the company that entered the stock exchange in 2010 had just transformed by applying EPC (engineering, Procurement, construction) integration system.

Li explained that the key success of Shaangu are having good cooperation with stakeholders, including its trading partners both at home and abroad, as well as its talented employees both at headquarters and overseas branches.

According to Li, this success can also be achieved because the company has full support from the Chinese government and publications from mass media both at home and abroad.

Reporter: Bambang Purwanto
Editor: Bambang Purwanto
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