2006.05.09: Baotou Aluminum Co., Ltd was listed in Shanghai Stock Exchange, and it became the first IPO in government-regulating industries since IPO was restarted.

2006.10.13: Business Week, a magazine with global influence, published the first rankings of publicly-traded Asian companies. Chalco ranked third among the six Chinese companies that made it into the Top 50 publicly-traded Asian companies.

2006.12.12: Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, went on an inspection visit to CHALCO Guizhou branches.