Chinese company hands over first consignment of refrigerators

QINGDAO, China, March 14 (PL).—The Industrial Park belonging to the Chinese Haier corporation in this port city in the eastern province of Shandung, was the scenario today of the handing over of the first consignment of refrigerators contracted by Cuba in this country.

The consignment consists of 300,000 top-quality domestic refrigerators grouped into three different models, acquired here as part of the electrical energy savings program underway on the island.

The ceremony was attended by Ricardo Cabrisas, government minister, and Major of the Revolution Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, president of the Cuba Electronics Group.

Also present were Alberto Rodríguez Arufe, Cuban ambassador to China, businesspeople and officials from the Cuban embassy in Beijing.

Haier was represented by Zhou Yun Jie, vice president of that corporation, the largest manufacturer of Chinese electro-domestic items and one of the most important enterprises in the world in the sector; other senior executives; officials and workers.