This meeting aims to implement the spirit of the 9th Plenary Session of the 11th Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Provincial Economic Work Conference, promote financial services for the development of agriculture and rural economy, and contribute to rural revitalization.

Present at this meeting were the responsible officials from the guiding units, including the Office of the Financial Committee of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee of the Anhui Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the Anhui Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the People's Bank of China Anhui Branch, the Anhui Regulatory Bureau of the National Financial Supervision and Administration Commission, and the Anhui Regulatory Bureau of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. There are Huishang Bank, Anhui Branch of China Development Bank, Anhui Branch of Agricultural Development Bank of China, Anhui Branch of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Anhui Branch of Agricultural Bank of China, Anhui Branch of Bank of China, Anhui Branch of China Construction Bank, Anhui Branch of Postal Savings Bank of China, Hefei Branch of China Minsheng Bank, Hefei Branch of Industrial Bank, and Anhui Rural Credit Union. The responsible persons and relevant personnel from a total of 17 financial institutions, including Anhui Credit Financing Guarantee Group Company, Anhui Agricultural Credit Financing Guarantee Company, Guoyuan Agricultural Insurance Company, Anhui Equity Custody and Trading Center, Anhui Credit Information Co., LTD., and Anhui Guoyuan Fund Management Co., LTD. There are the president of the provincial rural revitalization association, relevant vice presidents, executive directors or directors of the agricultural and rural affairs bureaus and associations of various cities, and representatives of directors from relevant enterprises of the association. Lingzhi Equipment Group attended this meeting as a specially invited vice president unit of the Anhui Rural Revitalization Association.

Ling Jianjun, the founder of Lingzhi Equipment Group and a foreign academician of the Russian Academy of Engineering, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Academician Ling Jianjun shared with everyone the development situation and future plans of Lingzhi Environmental Protection in Linquan County, Anhui Province. At the same time, he also hoped to take this opportunity to discuss with government leaders and the heads of financial institutions the opportunities and challenges that Lingzhi Environmental Protection faces in the process of project promotion, and seek broader cooperation and support.

Academician Ling Jianjun stated that since 2017, Lingzhi Environmental Protection has cumulatively invested 600 million RMB in Linquan County, dedicated to the construction and operation of sewage treatment facilities in towns and cities. At present, Lingzhi's daily sewage treatment capacity has approached 150,000 cubic meters, and all facilities are operating normally and stably, making significant contributions to the improvement of the local ecological environment. However, Lingzhi is well aware that this is merely the beginning. With the rapid economic development and continuous population growth of Linquan County, the demand for environmental protection is becoming increasingly urgent. Therefore, Lingzhi plans to further increase its investment in the future and expand its sewage treatment plant to meet the continuously rising environmental governance standards and treatment capacity requirements. Linquan County, as a large county with a population of over 2.3 million, has huge potential in the rural sewage decentralized heating, heating and water supply market. According to Lingzhi's preliminary estimate, the investment scale in these fields is expected to reach 5 billion RMB in the next 10 years. This will provide a broad development space for environmental protection enterprises and also lay a solid foundation for the sustainable development of the local economy.

Academician Ling Jianjun introduced that in the past development process, Lingzhi has received strong support from financial institutions such as the Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank and Rural Commercial Bank. At the meeting, Academician Ling Jianjun, on behalf of Lingzhi Environmental Protection, expressed sincere gratitude to the financial institutions! The 131.06 million yuan loan provided by the Construction Bank, the 115 million yuan loan from the Agricultural Bank and the 50 million yuan loan from the Rural Commercial Bank were like a timely rain, offering strong financial support for Lingzhi's project construction. These loans began to be disbursed in January 2022. Among them, the loan terms of China Construction Bank and Agricultural Bank of China are 15 years, while those of Rural Commercial Bank of China are 10 years. The first two years were during the construction period and no repayment was made. The repayment stage officially began in 2023. It is precisely because of the trust and support of these financial institutions that Lingzhi has been able to steadily advance the project construction and ensure that all environmental protection facilities are put into operation on time.

Academician Ling Jianjun also pointed out that nowadays, with the country's high regard for environmental protection and the rural revitalization strategy, Lingzhi has also actively responded to the call, continuously expanding its business areas and exploring new development models. The EOD project in rural areas has become one of the key focuses of Lexus. Although such projects have low returns, long payback periods and strong public welfare, they are of vital significance for the sustainable development of rural areas and the improvement of the ecological environment. It can not only effectively solve the problems of rural sewage, water supply and other infrastructure construction, but also achieve the green development of the rural economy through ecological industrialization, bringing tangible benefits to the people. For instance, during the implementation of the project, Lingzhi can help local farmers increase their income and become prosperous by improving the rural water environment and developing industries such as ecological fishery and rural tourism. Meanwhile, Lingzhi is also actively laying out distributed photovoltaic power generation projects. This not only conforms to the country's energy development strategy but is also an important measure to achieve self-sufficiency in rural energy and reduce carbon emissions.

Academician Ling Jianjun also expressed that it is gratifying that the current financial market is constantly optimizing and innovating. Financial products are becoming more diverse and rich, and interest rates have also decreased, covering products of different terms such as short-term and medium - to long-term. This provides more financing options for the development of Lingzhi. However, Lingzhi is also clearly aware that for an enterprise to obtain loan support, it must meet the corresponding loan conditions. Therefore, while constantly improving its own management and operation level, Lingzhi also actively communicates and exchanges with financial institutions, deeply understands loan policies and requirements, and strives to align Lingzhi's projects and enterprise development plans with the support directions of financial institutions.

Academician Ling Jianjun sincerely hopes that the Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank and Rural Commercial Bank will continue to regard Linquan County as a key support area, uphold the concept of environmental protection taking the lead in rural revitalization, conduct further research and investigation in Linquan County, and increase financing support for the expansion project of Lingzhi New Sewage Treatment Plant. At the same time, Lingzhi also looks forward to policy banks, such as the China Development Bank and the Agricultural Development Bank of China, fully leveraging their policy guidance and financial advantages to actively participate in rural sewage treatment, water supply, decentralized heating and heat supply, as well as decentralized photovoltaic power generation projects. The average investment for each household in these projects is between 40,000 and 50,000 yuan, with an expected repayment period of 10 to 13 years, and they generally have an EOD operation right of over 40 years. Through the joint efforts of all parties, Lingzhi can not only stimulate domestic demand, address the actual needs of the general public, and promote the in-depth implementation of green and carbon reduction actions, but also create a number of rural ecological environment governance projects with demonstration effects, contributing to the comprehensive advancement of the rural revitalization strategy.

Finally, Academician Ling Jianjun once again expressed his gratitude to all the government leaders and colleagues in the financial sector for their continuous support and trust in Lingzhi Environmental Protection. He believes that with the joint efforts of everyone, the future of Linquan County will surely be even brighter, and Lingzhi's environmental protection cause will also embrace an even more brilliant development prospect!