On the morning of March 4, Ethiopian time, the weather was fine and the sun was shining brightly. The foundation stone laying ceremony for the Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park of the National Cement Corporation was solemnly held in Lemi Town, Amhara Prefecture. President Sahle-Work Zewde of Ethiopia, Former Prime Minister Haile Mariam Desalegn, Agegnehu Teshager, Chairman of Amhara State Government, Zhang Jimin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of   Cement Group, Buzuayehu Tadele, Chairman of East Africa Holding Group, Wang Jiujun, President of West International Holding Group, Cheng Jin, General Manager of Sinoma International Ethiopia Branch and other leaders attended the meeting. The atmosphere was grand and warm. More than 4,000 celebrities from all walks of life and the news media witnessed this important moment together.

At 10: 00 a.m., amid festive welcome drums, President Sahle-Work Zewde and other government leaders at all levels visited the foundation stone laying ceremony of Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park. Accompanied by Chairman Zhang Jimin, President Wang Jiujun, General Manager Cheng Jin and other leaders, they listened to the brief introduction of the park and unveiled the foundation stone laying ceremony for the park project.

At the ceremony, Chairman Zhang Jimin delivered a warm speech. Chairman Zhang emphatically introduced the development process and enterprise profile of West China Cement and West International Holding Group. Chairman Zhang pointed out that Ethiopia has a good investment environment and huge market potential, as well as the friendly and frank attitude of its partners, which are important factors in choosing to invest in Ethiopia. To this end, West International Holding Group has set up its Africa management headquarters in Ethiopia. Next, West International Holding Group will rely on the good technical and management advantages of listed companies to build the park project into a world-class production line with "environmental protection, safety and energy conservation" and will give back to the Ethiopian people with high efficiency and high-quality projects.

Then, Buzuaehu Tadele, Chairman of East Africa Holding Group, as well as regional leaders and Chairman of Amhara State, delivered speeches. They all expressed their gratitude to Chairman Zhang Jimin, spoke highly of the fruitful performance and efficient management team of west International Holding Group, and expressed full confidence in the prospect of Lemi Industrial Park Project.

General Manager Cheng Jin of Sinoma International Ethiopia Branch introduced Sinoma International's enterprise background and technical strength to the participants in detail, focusing on its overseas project performance in recent years, and said that he would fully support the Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park Project, work with all parties to promote the project construction with high standards and high efficiency, and strive for the early completion and commissioning of the project.

At the end of the ceremony, President Sahle-Work Zewde delivered an important speech, She said that Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park of National Cement Corporation is a national key construction project, It will bring unprecedented opportunities and changes to Ethiopia's Amhara State and the whole country. She expressed her appreciation and respect to the west International Holding Group and all companies involved in the project construction, and asked the state government and other departments at all levels to provide strong cooperation and support for the project construction.

Ethiopia's Lemi Building Materials Industrial Park Project is a joint venture between west International Holding Group and East Africa Holding Group, which is also an important strategic layout for the internationalization of west Cement. The park will build two new dry-process cement production lines with the largest scale of 10,000 t/d in Africa in stages, A large-scale green building materials industrial park with an annual output of 30 million ㎡ gypsum board production line and a 600 t/d float glass production line will create more than 5,000 direct jobs and more than 20,000 indirect jobs upstream and downstream after the park is fully put into operation, making more contributions to Ethiopia's national industrial development.