On 26 June to 27 June,2019, the chairman Yan Yu leads Shining Star Group vice president, Wang Hailong and chief financial officer, Gong Shenggang; General manager of Li Heng Investment, Yan Rui; General manager of Africa mining project team, Meng Zhiqin and Uganda project team a total of 14 people traveled to Changsha,Hunan,China, attended the ceremony of the first China-Africa economic and trade expo and was successfully signed Uganda Katwe salt lake project agreement.

The signing of the Uganda project is one of the main agenda items for the delegation of Shining Star Group to attend the first China-Africa economic and trade expo. In order to understand the progress of the Uganda project, on June 26, Chairman Yan Yu led a delegation to China Light Industry (Changsha) Engineering co., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as "Changsha Light Industry") to hear the report on the progress of the Uganda project. Wan Hua, general manager of Changsha Light Industry first design business unit, and Chen Dayong, deputy general manager of international business department, reported the progress of Katwe salt lake project in Uganda to the chairman successively. After listening to the report, the chairman Yan Yu communicated with Changsha Light Industry representatives on the project progress and put forward suggestions on the further progress of the project.

Hu Chunhua, member of the political bureau of the CPC central committee and vice premier of the state council, attended the opening ceremony of the first China-Africa economic and trade expo and the forum of China-Africa economic and trade cooperation in Changsha on the morning of June 27, 2019. After speeches by Chinese and African leaders; the speeches by the representatives of international organizations, experts and scholars, forum ushered in the fourth agenda: major project signing ceremony--Chairman Yan Yu, General Manager Yan Rui, minister of energy and mines of Uganda Irene and co-chairman of Uganda Rwenzori Shining Star Co., Ltd. were seated at the signing desk to sign the memorandum of understanding related to the Uganda project.

On the afternoon of June 27, the projects signing ceremony of Yunnan province delegation was held in the Whiersly hotel, Changsha. Under the witness of Jiang Xingming, deputy secretary general of Yunnan provincial people's government and other leaders, chairman Yan Yu and co-chairman of Uganda Rwenzori Shining Star Co., Ltd signed the memorandum of investment cooperation of Uganda project. The chairman Yan Yu also held talks with representatives of Ugandan joint venture partners, exchanging views on the progress of the project and far-reaching cooperation.

With the theme of “Win-Win Cooperation for Closer China-Africa Economic and Trade Partnership”, the expo focuses on trade and investment promotion, agriculture, energy and power, industrial park development, infrastructure and financing cooperation. Representatives from 53 African countries and international organizations including the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the World Food Programme, the World Trade Organization, and the Africa Union attend the expo and become the important window to witness future China-Africa cooperation.