Huaxin, founded in 1907, is known as the cradle of China’s cement industry. For more than 110 years, we have been a leading supplier of building materials in China.
In 1994, Huaxin A Shares and B Shares were listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange. In 1999, Huaxin established a strategic partnership with Holcim Ltd. of Switzerland. On 28 March 2022, Huaxin was listed on the Main Board of the HongKong Stock Exchange and converted the B Shares to H Shares.
Starting as a local cement plant, Huaxin has developed into a global building material group with integrated development throughout the whole industry chain. Its businesses cover 16 provinces/cities/municipalities and 14 overseas countries with over 300 subsidiaries in cement, RMX, aggregate, eco business, equipment engineering and new building materials. Huaxin has been ranked among China's top 500 manufacturing enterprises for years according to the list released by the China Enterprise Confederation and the China Enterpreneurs Association. It figures also on the Fortune China 500 list, ranking 10th in terms of return on equity in 2021. Huaxin has been selected to the “China's 500 Most Valuable Brands” list published by the World Brand Lab for several consecutive years. In 2022, its brand value exceeded RMB80 billion, placing it among the top 80 brands.
In 2012, Huaxin established its first overseas branch in Tajikistan, marking the beginning of a new chapter in its globalization journey.
In line with the national strategy of the Belt and Road Initiative, Huaxin continues to expand its business, covering over 20 countries including Tajikistan, Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tanzania, Nepal, Zambia, Malawi, Oman, South Africa, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Nigeria, and Brazil. As of August 2025, the company's annual overseas cement production capacity has exceeded 35 million tons, striving to become a globally leading multinational building materials enterprise.
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It's not always easy to manage different relationships with various stakeholders, but weat Chilanga Cement PLC recognise the importance of building and maintaining relationsbased on active partnership, mutual respect, trust, transparency and long-termcollaboration. This is particularly important especially when addressing differentgeographical territories and cultural boundaries.
Meeting the demands of a rapidly changing market means commitment to cooperationand working in tandem to generate and optimise solutions to economic and socialinadequacies.
As Zambia's top exporter of clinker and cement, Chilanga Cement PLC continues tofocus on market developments within the SADC region, and gradually throughout therest of the continent. This is in line with the African Continental Free Trade Agreement(AfCFTA), signed by African countries in March 2018. Successfully implemented, theagreement which is in support of intra-African trade will help create a single Africanmarket of over a bilion consumers with a total GDP of over $3 trilion. This will make thecontinent the largest free trade area in the world, and sets the tone for economic.