On March 17, 2017 local time, China Merchants Group President Li Xiaopeng met in Hong Kong with Wen Dongfen, General Accountant of CNOOC, exchanging opinions about business development and potential cooperations. CMG Assistant President Hong Xiaoyuan attended the meeting.

Li Xiaopeng welcomed the visit of Wen Dongfen and expressed gratitudes to the support of CNOOC in offshore engineering and energy shipping. Li said CMG and CNOOC can expand cooperations in financial leasing, industry fund, equity and etc. besides the current cooperation fields, such as offshore engineering.