Petroleum Minister, Jimmy Maladina has invited China State Construction Engineering Corporation to look at the petroleum industry as a choice of investment, assuring them that Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a lot of potential. The minister extended the invitation to Mr. Wen Bing, the President of Chinese construction giant, the China State Construction Engineering Corporation (China State Construction), and his delegation when welcoming the executives to the Department of Petroleum (National Petroleum Authority) Headquarters in Port Moresby on Monday, March 31, 2025. “As for the petroleum industry in Papua New Guinea, which is oil and gas mainly, Papua New Guinea has a lot of potential. And as China State Construction is the biggest construction company in China and also around the world, we want to invite you to also look at our petroleum industry in assisting us in the contract or civil works, petroleum engineering work,” Minister Maladina said. Present also to meet Mr. Bing and his delegation were the Vice Minister for Petroleum Alexander Orme, the Secretary for the Department of Petroleum, Mr. David Manau and Deputy Secretary, Mr. George Imanaui. Mr. Manau also said that there was a lot of potential in petroleum exploration activities in Papua New Guinea when providing details of current and upcoming projects in PNG in the petroleum sector. Mr. Bing thanked Minister Maladina and his delegation for the meeting and extended their appreciation to Prime Minister James Marape as well. China State Construction was founded in 1982 and is now worth over US12 billion dollars and a global investment and construction group featuring professional development and market-oriented operations. China State Construction carries out business management through its public company - China State Construction Engineering Corporation Ltd and has eight listed companies and more than 100 subsidiaries. China State Construction's market competitiveness and brand influence have continued to improve, and its leading position in the industry has been further consolidated. China State Construction has been doing business in more than 100 countries and regions around the world, covering investment and development (real estate, construction financing and operation), construction engineering (housing and infrastructure) as well as survey and design and new business (green construction, energy conservation and e-commerce).