On the afternoon of April 18, the Group convened a special session of its Leading Group for the CECEP Yangtze River Economic Belt Pollution Control Main Platform.
During April 14-17, 2025, Liao Jiasheng, Party Committee Secretary and Chairman of the Group, accompanied by outside directors Lin Wanli, Qi Guosheng, Li Yousheng, Zhou Hougui and Peng Bihong, conducted field research on key projects of subsidiaries in Hangzhou, Huzhou, Jiaxing (Zhejiang) and Shanghai.
In March 2025, Merck KGaA and the Pediatric Praziquantel Consortium announced that the first preschool-aged child in Uganda has received treatment with Arpraziquantel (R-PZQ) during an implementation study.