Shanghai Party Secretary Chen Jining Meets BHP CEO Brandon Craig

On 17 September 2026, Chen Jining, secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, met with Brandon Craig, chief executive officer of Australia's BHP Group, and his delegation.

Chen noted that BHP is a well-known leading company in the global mining industry and can seize opportunities in the digital and green transitions, strengthen alignment with Shanghai's urban functions and development strategy, deepen and expand areas of cooperation, and bring more new businesses, new technology applications and new products to the city.

Craig introduced the company's development strategy and its operations in Shanghai. He said China and Shanghai have maintained a stable and open development environment, which is important to the company's strategic decisions and strategic investment. BHP values the sound cooperative relationship built over the long term, he said, and will base itself in Shanghai and deepen its presence there, continuing to increase its trading and investment layout in the city, strengthen mutual exchange of experience and tap cooperation potential in bulk commodities, technological innovation and green development, so as to contribute more to Shanghai's building of the "five centers."