Liu Xiuping, chief representative of the US state of Arkansas in China visited Tianrui Group Casting Co in the city of Ruzhou, Henan province, on October 16 to seek possible cooperation opportunities.

Tianrui Group Casting Co is a leading alloy steel casting provider in China. Perfect techniques, excellent quality, reasonable prices and top-grade services have helped the company win the favor of a group of national and international customers. It has good cooperation relationships with world-famous enterprises such as Trinity Industries in the US and Heinrich Wagner Sinto (HWS) in Germany.

In the production exhibition hall, Hu Jianjun, vice-general director of the company, briefed the guests on key products, their sales in the US and their market strategy targeting the US.

 Liu invited the executives of Tianrui Group Casting to visit the state of Arkansas at their convenience. She also vowed that the Arkansas Economic Development Commission would provide Tianrui Group Casting with information and support to further develop the US market.

Later, Liu also visited Runan Industrial Park, saying she would make efforts to promote Ruzhou. She also expressed her hope to strengthen and deepen cooperation between the two sides in the future.

Arkansas is a noted leader in the south for its favorable business environment and low cost of doing business. The evidence of this can be seen firsthand in the success of the state’s six homegrown Fortune 500 companies headquartered there: Dillard’s, J.B. Hunt, Murphy Oil, Tyson Foods, Wal-Mart and Windstream. These companies are among the more than 100 Fortune 500 parent firms with over 2,300 facilities in Arkansas, according to the Arkansas Economic Development Commission website.

The state of Arkansas is a sister province of Henan province. The two sides have conducted sound cooperation for years.

By Huang Pei

Edited by Michael Thai