On January 28, 2023 Eastern Time, The 72 Steel Group LLC held its annual grand ceremony at the Golden Palace Restaurant in Brooklyn, New York. Many guests, company employees, relatives, friends and customers gathered together to celebrate the new year.

Lin Huabin, president of the board of directors, delivered a passionate speech.

He said that the golden tiger bids farewell to the old year and the jade rabbit welcomes the new year. Today, we are gathered here to celebrate the Lunar New Year of the Rabbit. On behalf of 72 Steel Group, he would like to wish everyone a happy new year. At the same time, tonight is also the annual meeting of 72 Iron and Steel Group Corporation. Hereby, he would like to express his sincere gratitude and high respect to all the colleagues and their families who have worked hard and made great efforts in the past year. Looking back on the past, it came step by step, accompanied by fear, hesitation, and hardship. However, everyone has the spiritual power of daring to fight and win in their blood, overcoming many pressures and overcoming difficulties one after another. Especially in the early stage of the epidemic, the sudden predicament made everyone at a loss. With strong belief and perseverance, the economy finally returned to normal and continued to grow.

Now, the Biden administration has signed a bipartisan infrastructure law (Investment and Jobs Act) to revive the U.S. economy. In response to the rebirth of American industrial policy, 72 Steel Group plans to start a steel fabrication project in Aliquipa, Pennsylvania. The project will comply with infrastructure laws and gain the support of the Pennsylvania government. The total planned investment is about 218 million US dollars. It will adopt the world's most advanced and environmentally friendly steel production technology provided by Tenova, Italy, which saves energy and reduces consumption. It has an annual production capacity of 500,000 tons of high-end steel.This will be a milestone breakthrough for the group in the new stage.

The new era brings new goals.At the moment, everyone is vigorously striding forward to the seventh year of the group's development. Now we are catching up with the opportunity of development, the grand plan is in full swing, and the prospect is bright. President Lin hopes that everyone will study hard, work hard, carry forward the spirit of "Daqing" in their respective positions, give full play to their advantages, work together to build a steel kingdom for Chinese in the United States. In the traditional culture of the Chinese nation, this year is the Lunar Year of the Rabbit. Jade Rabbit represents wit, purity, kindness, peace and beauty. The auspicious rabbit indicates that 72 Steel Group is united and full of vigor. President Lin once again thanked all family members and friends for their silent contributions and support, sincerely wished 72 Steel Group to make great strides in the new year and achieve grand development, and wished everyone all the best!

Chen Shanzhuang, president of the Federation of Asian American Societies and general convener of the Asian American Rights Defense Alliance, made a speech on stage. He said that he has watched how 72 Iron and Steel and Mr. Lin Huabin have grown and grown all the way. They have achieved today's achievements with diligence and a strong sense of responsibility. They are very determined every step of the way. I hope their next development will be smoother and the future will be better!

New York Congressman Colton delivered a speech.

The representative of New York State Congressman Lester Chang issued a certificate of commendation to Chairman Lin Huabin and his wife.

Chairman of the Board Lin Huabin, Chairman Chen Shanzhuang, General Manager Chen Chai, Deputy General Manager Zhu Liye, Legal Director Jiang Yuan, Financial Director Lin Bingfang, Pittsburgh Company Technical Director Lin Chengweiye, Media Consultant Gao Weiwei, Flushing Company Manager Lin Chen, New Jersey Company Manager Ke Jinquan and other main members of the group took a group photo and greeted the guests. Liao Junhua, Accounting Director, Zhang Xiaoyan, Senior Consultant of Pittsburgh Company, He Yiyan, Manager of Brooklyn Company, and Project General Manager of Pittsburgh Company failed to arrive at the scene due to various reasons, but they also expressed their thanks to all the guests for their support through the group.

Outstanding employees of the year were awarded. Gao Youai won the Best Technology Award, Lin Hongjian won the Best Welder Award, Lin Quangui and Xue Menghui won the Best Staff Award.

Chairman Lin Huabin and his wife took a group photo with company employees and guests.

Chairman Lin Huabin, Chairman Chen Shanzhuang and Zhuang Wenyi, a candidate for city council in Brooklyn's 43rd district, came to the stage to recommend this candidate to everyone and called on everyone to support the election of Ethnic Chinese.

The annual meeting was presided over by the famous program host Wang Zaozao.

Subsequently, plenty of cultural performances and exciting draws were held. Famous singer Lu Kun and singer Huang Jiacheng performed on stage, and the scene was full of exciting atmosphere.

The annual meeting came to an end with singing and laughing and the joy of celebrating success together. In the future, 72 Steel Group will continue to uphold the hardworking, solid, hard-working and responsible attitude, take it as its own responsibility to become a leading enterprise in American Chinese steel area.It will also deeply explore the future development of steel enterprises, actively share the development achievements of enterprises with employees, customers, investors and the public, and strive to paint a new picture of Chinese-American enterprises.