On August 22, 2012, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted a new rule under section 1502 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act mandating that all SEC registrants (including foreign issuers) are to report and disclose on their use of specified conflict minerals, namely tin, tungsten, gold and tantalum in the products which they manufacture or contract to manufacture emanating from the Democratic Republic of Congo and/or nine adjoining countries (“ collectively the DRC Region”). The purpose of this rule known as the “Conflict Minerals Rule” is to reduce the funding of armed groups that are committing human rights abuses in the mining and extraction of such conflict minerals in the DRC Region.
2012年8月22日,美国证券交易委员会(SEC)根据2010年颁布的《多德-弗兰克华尔街改革和个人消费者保护法案》颁布了冲突矿物的披露和报告规则。根据规则,任何对SEC有报告义务的公司(包括外国公司)需要对其使用的产自刚果民主共和国及其相邻九个国家(统称“刚果区域”)的冲突矿石(钽、锡、金或钨)的使用情况发布年报。 该规则亦被称为“冲突矿产规则”,实施管制的目的在于通过使产品中使用上述矿物的企业调查供应商并公布相关信息,断绝这类从事侵害人权的矿产开发行为的中非武装势力的资金来源。
Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (“GYMCL”), as the main operating subsidiary of China Yuchai International Limited (listed in NYSE), is committed to ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Conflict Minerals Rule. Suppliers using Conflict Minerals are encouraged to move to certified conflict free smelters and refiners, by relying on industry initiatives such as the Conflict Free Smelter Program (“CFSP”).
广西玉柴机器股份有限公司(玉柴股司), 作为中国玉柴国际有限公司(纽约证券交易所上市)的主要运营子公司,致力确保遵守冲突矿产规则的要求。同时我们也鼓励使用冲突矿产的供应商根据相关产业措施,如无冲突冶炼厂计划("CFSP”),获得未在冶炼和精炼机上使用冲突矿产的相关认证。
GYCML’s policy is to make reasonable efforts to require our suppliers to determine if Conflict Minerals are used in their supplies to GYMCL, and if so, to disclose the sources of Conflict Minerals used. These efforts include the conduct of due diligence on its suppliers based on the guidance issued by the Organization of Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas (“OECD Guidance”) and continuing to refine its internal processes and systems.
玉柴股司的政策是,通过合理努力及措施尽量要求供应商确定其供应的产品是否含有冲突矿产。如果含有,供应商需要告知该冲突矿产的来源地。相关措施包括根据国际经济和发展组织(“国际经合组织”)通过的受冲突影响地区和高风险地区矿业责任供应链尽职调查指导方针 (“指导方针”),以及努力完善改进相关内部程序和系统。
Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited
November 10, 2014
广西玉柴机器股份有限公司
2014年11月10日
Amended on December 8, 2015
于2015年12月8日修订