Sichuan Resources Group and Huawei Sign a Framework Cooperation Agreement

【China, Shenzhen, September 27, 2025】Sichuan Natural Resources Investment Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sichuan Resources Group") signed a framework cooperation agreement with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Huawei"). Under the agreement, both parties will collaborate in areas such as smart mine planning and construction, AI-powered geological safety, ICT infrastructure innovation, digital transformation, and talent development. Together, they will establish a high-quality digital development framework in fields like natural resources, geological disaster prevention, and mineral resource exploration and development, actively promoting enterprise digital transformation and upgrading while safeguarding energy security. This partnership aims to support Sichuan Resources Group in becoming the "First Legion" for strategic mineral resource exploration and development in Sichuan Province and the "First Vanguard" in natural resource investment.

Yang Ming, Party Committee Member and Deputy General Manager of Sichuan Resources Group, and Bao Getang, General Manager of Huawei's Sichuan-Tibet Region, signed the framework cooperation agreement on behalf of both parties. Xu Zhiwen, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Natural Resources, along with Xie Anjun, Party Leadership Group Member, Deputy Director, and Party Committee Secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Natural Resources, and Luo Zhipo, Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of Sichuan Resources Group, attended the signing alongside Yang Chaobin, Director and ICT Business Group CEO of Huawei, Han Shuo, Vice President and CEO of Huawei's Oil, Gas, and Mining Sector, and Xue Man, COO of Huawei's Oil, Gas, and Mining Sector.

At the signing ceremony, Sichuan Resources Group and Huawei jointly released the "White Paper on the Blueprint for the Construction of a Super Large Open pit Vanadium Titanium Magnetite Smart Mine". The white paper takes Hongge Nan Mine as a practical carrier and systematically proposes the construction goal of a world-class Chinese style modern mine, with the core concept of "quality safety, resource intensive, green and efficient" for the construction of a smart mine.

Sichuan Resources Group is a leading state-owned capital enterprise in the field of natural resources in Sichuan Province. It shoulders the responsibilities of being the main body of scientific and technological strategic mineral resource exploration and development in Sichuan Province, as well as the main body of state-owned capital investment in the field of natural resources. Its core business is mineral resource exploration and development, and its pillar businesses are land consolidation, ecological restoration and disaster prevention, and natural resource real estate. It collaborates to promote the diversified development of industries such as engineering survey, design and construction, and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Huawei is a leading global provider of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) infrastructure and intelligent terminals, with extensive experience in fields such as cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence.

Looking towards the future, relying on the rich industry data accumulation and application scenarios of Sichuan Resources Group, as well as Huawei's technological advantages in ICT infrastructure and artificial intelligence, both parties will deeply explore the feasibility of empowering the entire natural resources industry chain with intelligent technologies such as artificial intelligence, accelerate the innovation of new intelligent solutions, and the adaptation, application, and promotion of artificial intelligence technologies in the entire natural resources industry chain; Jointly promote the transformation of the mineral and energy industries towards intelligence and greenness, and contribute to ensuring resource and energy security and promoting industrial upgrading.