Chongqing Minmetal and Machinery Import & Export Co., Ltd., founded in 1983 and restructed in 2003, is a leading foreign trade company with an up-to-date enterprise system. It specialize in international import/export business and technology sector; overseas engineering project contracting sector (including exporting materials, dispatching complete set of equipment and arranging labour for overseas projects); as well as operating a domestic sector. With the growth of over 20 years, the combined value of international and domestic trade exceeds RMB 2 billion, made up of $100 million in exports and $ 80 million in imports. The company ranks at the top 15 enterprises and top the professional foreign trade company in Chongqing City, in terms of exports.

The company is made up of ten business departments and has eight overseas representative offices in U. S. A, Germany, Argentina, South Africa, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam and France. An information and sales network extends to East Asia, Europe, North-America, the Middle East, Southeast Asia, South-America, and Africa, including more than 70 countries and regions. The company develops the diversity of business, including managing international trade for domestic manufactures, trading by itself and acting as an overseas agent. There are four main types of products-metallic, such as ferrous metal, nonferrous metal, ferro-alloy metal and precious metal; complete set of equipments; electromechanical, such as electronic product, general machinery, marine and crane equipment, hardware, welding material and magnet; and chemical industrial.

The company pursues a strategy which seeks to integrate commodities trade with manufacturing industry. It invests several manufacturing companies by holding controlling shares and partial shares, through which it has possessed the exclusive authority to export and import their commodities, such as Chongqing Yusheng Steel Wire Rope Co., Ltd., Chongqing Minmetal Welding Materials Co., Ltd., Xichang Zinc Industry Co., Ltd., Komec (ShenZhen) Industries Co., Ltd., and Sound Technology (ShenZhen) Co., Ltd.; it also establishes strategic partnerships with many manufacturing enterprises, which have become our production base for export products. Moreover, it builds long-term cooperation with many experienced designing institutions and equipment manufactures, developing its own capabilities of management, coordination and organization of international engineering project.

The company strives to maintain a working culture based on 'solidarity, integrity, creativity, and efficiency', and promotes principles of 'customer is supreme, quality comes first, best service, and constant improvement'. On the basis of mutual understanding and mutual interests, it seeks long-term development and cooperation with domestic and overseas customers.

In 2003, the company passed ISO9000 quality management system authentication.

Furthermore, the company stands by its reputation with governments, banks, customs, China Inspection and Quarantine (CIQ), tax authorities, domestic and overseas clients. It was awarded 'Grade AA enterprise' by Customs and 'Trust Enterprise' by Ministry of Commerce. We are making full use of our credit and resources to raise competitive power. Through optimal use of technology, sound industrial management, and our international networks, we are striving to become a leading international group that integrates commodities trade with manufacturing industry.