On March 26, Huayou Cobalt, together with a major partner bank's financial leasing subsidiary and the Lingang New Area Management Committee of Shanghai, successfully launched the nation's first-ever benchmark project under the new cross-border finance lease pilot policy — an SPV (Special Purpose Vehicle) cross-border finance lease for nickel smelting production line equipment. The signed project has a scale of nearly 1.5 billion RMB, with the first phase precisely deployed at 370 million RMB. This not only set a new milestone in Huayou Cobalt's cross-border investment and financing innovation but also achieved a breakthrough and pioneering leap in the company's structured financing model. The entire business adopts RMB-denominated closed-loop settlement, which fundamentally mitigates cross-border operational exchange rate fluctuation risks, and, by leveraging the real industrial chain scenario, stands as a benchmark innovation demonstration case for advancing the internationalization of the RMB.

On March 18, the "Tide Above · 2026 Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Theme Conference" was held at the Zhejiang Provincial People's Great Hall. During the meeting, the "2025 Zhejiang Enterprise Growth Sample" was announced. Huayou Holding Group successfully received this honor thanks to its steady and strong growth momentum, forward-looking development strategy, and innovative practices in deepening industrial operations, becoming a benchmark model for high-quality development among the new era Zhejiang entrepreneur community. Chen Hongliang, President of Huayou Cobalt, represented the company on stage to accept the award.

On January 28, Vice Secretary Fan Shunke of the China Non-Ferrous Metal Industry Association visited the Indonesia Morowali Industrial Park (IMIP), deeply visiting the Huayue Project for exchange to gain an on-the-ground understanding of the development of Chinese-funded enterprises in Indonesia's nickel industry sector.

Recently, the National Intellectual Property Administration announced the 2025-2027 Intellectual Property Powerhouse Construction Demonstration Creation List. **Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. and its subsidiary Huayou New Energy Technology (Quzhou) Co., Ltd. were successfully selected for the "National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise Creation Candidate" list.**

During the 2026 World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting, the white paper "Circularity Leads the Future: Unlocking the Circular Economy Value of Power Batteries and Critical Minerals," researched and written under the leadership of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, was officially released. As one of the important practical participants in the power battery recycling sector, Huayou Recycling participated in the relevant research work of the white paper, providing practical perspectives and industry insights for building a circular economy value chain for power batteries.

Recently, at the 5th Carbon Neutrality Boao Conference hosted by China Energy Conservation Group in Boao, Hainan, two HUAYOU subsidiaries — Chengdu Bamo Technology Co., Ltd. and Quzhou Huayou Resource Recycling Technology Co., Ltd. — successfully defended the title of "First Prize of the 2025 China Energy Conservation Association (CECA) Innovation Award - Technological Progress Award for Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction (Carbon Neutrality Field)" with their solid technological innovation and outstanding low-carbon practices. This is a powerful demonstration of HUAYOU's advantages in the full industrial chain and its efforts to address industry pain points, with each achievement embodying the sweat and wisdom of HUAYOU people.