On the morning of October 16, 2025, Su Ertian, Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global New Material International Holdings Limited (stock code: 06616.HK), met with Tang Yongdong, Party Secretary and President of China Everbright Bank Shanghai Branch, and his delegation at GNMI’s Shanghai headquarter. The two sides had an in-depth exchange on topics such as financial empowerment of the new materials industry, cross-border capital cooperation, green manufacturing and international development.

Chairman Suertian extended a warm welcome to President Tang Yongdong and his delegation, expressing gratitude to China Everbright Bank for its long-term attention and support to Global New Materials International. He said that China Everbright Bank, as a leading comprehensive financial institution in China, has significant advantages in green finance, international business and innovative services. Global New Materials International looks forward to practical cooperation with China Everbright Bank in multiple levels and wide fields to jointly explore new paths of “technology empowering industries and finance facilitating development”.

Company overview and innovation layout

Chairman Su Ertian introduced that Global New Material International was a global technology group with high-end surface performance materials as its core business, with operations in more than 150 countries and regions, forming a research and development and manufacturing network spanning Asia, Europe and North America.

GNMI focuses on four major segments: pearlescent materials, synthetic mica, active materials and industrial functional materials, and its products are widely used in automotive, new energy, cosmetics and high-end industrial manufacturing.

He said GNMI adhered to the development strategy of “technological innovation + green manufacturing + global synergy”, continuously promoted breakthroughs in core technologies of new materials and integration with international brands, and was committed to becoming an innovation leader in the global new materials industry.

Strengthening bank-enterprise collaboration to create a model of green financing cooperation

During the exchange, President Tang Yongdong highly affirmed the leading position and technological innovation achievements of Global New Material International in the global new materials field. He said that China Everbright Bank will give full play to its comprehensive financial service advantages to provide GNMI with all-round service solutions such as credit support, cross-border settlement, merger and acquisition financing and green financing, and jointly promote the deep integration of industrial chain finance and technological innovation.

Both sides agreed that in the context of the accelerated formation of new quality productivity and the upgrading of industrial structure, the new materials industry is becoming a strategic emerging field that financial institutions are keen on  rendering support. China Everbright Bank will use innovative financial products as a link to help GNMI optimize its capital structure and improve the efficiency of capital allocation, further strengthening the international competitiveness of China’s new materials industry.

The dual engines of technology and financing drive high-quality development

Chairman Su Ertian pointed out that Global New Material International attaches great importance to long-term strategic cooperation with financial institutions. The professional strengths of China Everbright Bank in integrated finance, international business and green financing are highly consistent with the strategic direction of “technological innovation + global manufacturing + sustainable development” of Global New Material International.

In the future, the two sides will carry out deeper cooperation in areas such as green supply chain financing, international settlement center construction, and cross-border capital collaboration, jointly explore the new development model of “technology + financing” dual-engine drive, contributing to the sustainable development of the new materials industry, and injecting new vitality into the high-quality development of China’s new materials industry.

Sun Ying, General Manager of the Transaction Banking Department of China Everbright Bank Shanghai Branch, Hu Kai, Deputy General Manager of Investment Banking Department, Yu Xiao, Head of the Mergers and Acquisitions and Syndicated Business Center of Investment Banking Department, Zhou Feng, Branch Manager of Longchang Branch of China Everbright Bank, and others attended the meeting. Han Jixiu, GNMI Chief Financial Officer and Mai Xingqiang, GNMI Senior Advisor,were present.