The president received the CEO of the Chinese company Gotion High Tech

2022-06-24 23:26:47 By : Mr. Eric Wang

President Alberto Fernández met this afternoon at the Olivos residence with the CEO of the Chinese company Gotion High Tech, Li Zhen, within the framework of an announcement for the establishment of an electric bus plant and another for the manufacture of cells and batteries. of lithium in the country associated with the firm Corven.The president celebrated the agreement and stated: “The world has moved towards the use of renewable energies and Argentina is lucky to be privileged because any of these energies exist in the country.We have a privileged situation with lithium, we have the second reserve in the world”, he explained.In this sense, the head of state stressed that "we are promoting electric power for mobility and we have sent a law to the Chamber of Deputies, it is a law similar to the one that promotes the automotive and agri-food industries, and the idea is to give certainties to investors.The president, who was accompanied by the Minister of Productive Development, Daniel Scioli, the Secretary of Industry, Ariel Schale, the Ministry Advisor, Marcelo Kloster, the Secretary of International Economic Relations, Cecilia Todesca, and of Mining, María Fernanda Ávila, analyzed with the delegation of the Chinese company the projects that Argentina has in development with the lithium industry, which make it a regional benchmark in the matter.Gotion Inc is a leading manufacturer of lithium batteries for the automotive industry in several countries, ranking fifth globally, in addition to producing battery-grade lithium carbonate and cells.The president spoke with the executives of the Asian company about the Sustainable Mobility Law, which is in parliament and soon to be discussed in Congress, which promotes investments in electromobility, through the creation of a special regime for vehicles powered by sustainable energy sources.After the meeting, Daniel Scioli pointed out that "the president has created the conditions for a leading Chinese company to invest in manufacturing in the lithium value chain. And although it has been extracted and exported for years, now the conditions for industrialization of lithium, which is a great advance towards the future of electromobility to come".For his part, the CEO of Gotion High Tech thanked the reception, invited Alberto Fernández to China to visit the company's plants and remarked that "this type of visit is very important for us and we want to continue promoting the bilateral relationship".The contents of Casa Rosada are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Argentina License