Expert guidance and typical exchange profile | Drawing a new picture of high-quality development with "innovation, excellence and entrepreneurship"
Meeting again in September, with a gentle autumn breeze and clear skies. On September 18th, 2025, the Shougang "Innovation, Innovation, Excellence and Entrepreneurship" Exchange Conference kicked off at Hall 1 of Shougang International Convention and Exhibition Center. The steel texture of industrial relics complements the futuristic atmosphere of science fiction elements.
The magnificent Fourth Blast Furnace is surrounded by lush green grass, and the spacious conference hall is brightly lit. Representatives from various units of Shougang Group came to the meeting with great enthusiasm and joy.
Liu Shijin, the deputy director of the Economic Committee of the 13th CPPCC National Committee and the former deputy director of the Development Research Center of the State Council, gave a coaching report, which deeply analyzed the key issues, key handholds and key tasks faced by China's economic and social development during the "15th Five Year Plan" period, helped Shougang accurately grasp the strategic direction and policy orientation, find the right position in the "big coordinates" of Chinese path to modernization, and combined with the national industrial development strategy, provide forward-looking and practical strategic suggestions for enterprises.
Nine units, including the Technology Research Institute, Shougang Zhixin, Beiye Company, Shougang Jingtang, Shougang Mining Investment, Shougang Engineering, Shougang Construction Investment, Shougang Fund, and Shougang Finance Company, focused on three areas of "forging long plates, strengthening chains and supplementing chains, and integrating empowerment" and made typical exchange speeches. A set of data, one achievement at a time, won applause from the audience. Amidst the applause, there are congratulations on past achievements and expectations for future innovation.
Forging long plates
Promote technological innovation as the primary competitive advantage
The key variable of technological innovation is the "maximum increment" that drives the high-quality development of Shougang. Shougang actively adapts to national strategic needs and changes in market demand, taking "forging long plates" as its main focus, and making efforts to strengthen "product+service". It continuously launches comprehensive solutions for different application scenarios, enhances technical service capabilities, promotes product and customer structure optimization, and increases product market share and user stickiness. The sharing of three units, namely the Technology Research Institute, Shougang Zhixin, and Beiye Company, vividly illustrates the profound connotation of "promoting technological innovation to become the first competitive advantage".
The history of Shougang for a hundred years is also a history of technological innovation, "said the Technology Research Institute first. In depth analysis was conducted on the construction logic of the "one institute, multiple centers" R&D system. The Technology Research Institute took the lead in overall management, and the three systems of independent innovation, joint R&D, and national innovation mutually promoted each other, clarifying the key to solving the "bottleneck" problem and achieving high-end breakthroughs. The responsibility of taking the lead and coordinating efforts has won warm applause from the audience. This is undoubtedly a praise and affirmation for the Technology Research Institute's insistence on solving problems on site and in the market, and writing achievements on the land of Shougang.
The question of whether aluminum silicon products can dry or not is like a stone pressing on the team's heart. "The simple words instantly calmed down the atmosphere of the venue. But we did not back down. On the one hand, we collaborated with relevant units to review and analyze tens of thousands of patents and papers, and won the Supreme Court patent lawsuit after 6 years. On the other hand, after nearly 20 rounds of research and development, we identified the root cause of defects and ultimately achieved a maximum cold bending angle better than the industry level. The Technology Research Institute insists on supporting product research and development with a technological innovation system. For the first time in the 2.2GPa hot formed steel industry, we successfully trial produced hot expansion parts, galvanized hot formed steel, and supporting processes and cooling equipment, breaking through the technical barriers of the Austrian Steel Union. The representatives in attendance listened attentively and took note of the problem-solving approach of "building the foundation of independent innovation system, solving problems through joint research and development system, and integrating into the national innovation system to promote transformation".
Low carbon transformation is a must answer question for the steel industry. In the face of industry confusion, the Technology Research Institute refuses to blindly follow the trend and adheres to the path of "scientific research and judgment - graded policy implementation - open collaboration", supported by an innovation system, actively explores the transformation plan of Shougang, and creates a new business card of Shougang's "green steel".
The hundred boats compete for the best, and those who strive for excellence are the first! The Technology Research Institute will be committed to building a world-class research institute and solidly promoting technological innovation to become Shougang's top competitiveness. "The speech of the Technology Research Institute ended, and the participants in the main venue held their breath and focused their gaze on the podium ahead, followed by applause. As if affirming with action: this is the driving force behind Shougang's "running from following to leading" strategy!
As the "engine" of Shougang's technological innovation, the Technology Research Institute continues to strengthen the leading role of planning in technological innovation. A series of vivid practices that transform planning blueprints into technological innovation fully demonstrate the leading and guiding role of strategic planning in driving technological iteration and cultivating core competitiveness.
The world's first six stand cold rolling mill 'SUPER MILL' breaks the 'curse' that cold rolling cannot produce thin specification high-grade non oriented electrical steel, and promotes the transformation of production line efficiency from 'rifle firing' to 'machine gun firing'. The hourly output is 8 times higher than the 20 roll single stand production mode. ”Shougang Zhixin's speech followed closely behind.
Is this material from Shougang? What is the product performance like? "Xiaomi's new energy vehicle motor was officially released on December 28, 2023, and members of Shougang's Zhixin team were filled with pride. With the launch of Xiaomi SU7 Ultra, Xiaomi CEO Lei Jun personally praised Shougang Electric Steel in an interview. Shougang has single handedly changed the direction of high-speed motor rotor technology development, and the world's first ESW8517 product with a thickness of 0.1mm may once again change the direction of stator material development.
Coatings are not just about insulation and protection in the past, but also need to have the function of 'deep nourishment' for products. Shougang Zhixin's self-adhesive coating technology started not early and has a relatively solid foundation, but every step along the way has been taken, thanks to its unique overall planning and key breakthroughs of 'point surface combination', technological innovation and raw material research and development 'material method combination', process improvement and production line transformation synchronous' human-machine combination ', material research and application technology' material application combination 'methodology, ensuring that product advantages and technological advantages can bridge the' last mile '. Many delegates in the audience took out their phones and captured the exciting content on the PPT.
We will lead the way from the field of new energy vehicles to new areas of productivity such as low altitude economy and humanoid robots, and integrate technological innovation, management innovation, and business model innovation into production lines, products, and markets. Our goal is lofty and our words are sincere. The attending representatives deeply felt the hardcore strength of Shougang Zhixin in "transforming technological advantages into market dominance".
As a national high-tech enterprise and a demonstration enterprise for scientific and technological reform, Shougang Zhixin has deeply participated in major national projects such as the Ministry of Science and Technology's "New Energy Vehicles" and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's "Ultra High Efficiency Motors", driving the upgrading of the green energy industry with its technological expertise and demonstrating the deep integration of strategic planning and industrial implementation.
'Steel serving the country, steel strengthening the nation' is the patriotic sentiment of Beiye Company. They stated that when major national strategic needs are hindered by foreign patent barriers, it is necessary to have a strong sense of patriotism and deeply integrate the development goals of enterprises with the demand for national equipment self-reliance.
Heavy duty gas turbines are the core of the 'Two Machines' major project, and high-temperature alloys for combustion chambers have long been monopolized by foreign countries. The fourth generation nickel based high-temperature alloys have even been patented by foreign countries in China, forming a technical barrier. The country's major strategic needs have encountered foreign technology blockades, and there is no way out! "In the speech of Beiye Company, there was a sense of urgency. They immediately told the story of a research team led by Dr. Wen Xinli - in order to break through patent barriers, the team conducted hundreds of component designs, pioneered a new generation of nickel based deformed high-temperature alloy composition system, and achieved the localization of a new generation of nickel based deformed high-temperature alloy wide plate. This has created a new height in the construction of the original technology source of Beiye, providing a solid material guarantee for the localization development of heavy-duty gas turbines in China. Significantly superior to similar products, filling the domestic gap, and reaching the international leading level, each sentence full of "gold content" evaluation makes the speech of Beiye Company more resounding.
To break the foreign monopoly in the high-end field, enterprises need to complete a mindset transition from "material suppliers" to "system solution providers". Only by using systematic thinking to connect the entire chain from materials to applications, and transforming technical capabilities into comprehensive service capabilities that meet scenario specific needs, can we truly support the high-quality development of enterprises. When everyone learned that Beiye Company had been deeply involved in major national space missions such as the Beidou Navigation Satellite System and the Chang'e Project, applause erupted in the venue. This honor is not only the pride of Beiye, but also the pride of Shougang and even the Chinese special metal materials industry.
As a national level specialized and innovative "little giant" and a demonstration enterprise for scientific and technological reform, as well as a hidden champion enterprise in Beijing, Beiye Company has broken through multiple "bottleneck" technologies. Beijing Metallurgical Group Corporation has transformed its strategic planning into a strong driving force for key technological breakthroughs, demonstrating the decisive role of strategic leadership in overcoming core technological barriers.
Strengthen and supplement the chain
Promote the transformation of development quality towards higher efficiency, resilience, and sustainability
Shougang is actively working on deepening industrial chain cooperation, identifying entry points, opening up new tracks, and building a mutually beneficial and win-win industrial ecosystem for upstream and downstream. The sharing of three units, Shougang Jingtang, Shougang Mining Investment, and Shougang Engineering, inspired cadres and workers to grasp the "three laws" and shared practical experience of "stimulating endogenous power through management reform and enhancing business resilience through industrial structure optimization".
Benchmarking means learning from the advanced, making up for shortcomings, and forging strengths. Essentially, it is to achieve sustained progress for enterprises and create comparative competitive advantages. "In the" Strengthening Chain and Supplementing Chain "section of the exchange, the speech of Shougang Jingtang resonated strongly with the attending representatives. The data on the big screen intuitively demonstrates the significant achievements of benchmarking against world-class standards and forging core capabilities.
The story of Shougang Jingtang Automobile's exterior panel battle, where competition is in the market and competitiveness is on site, has resonated with many people. Five years ago, the best level of "full process hit rate" representing O5 board manufacturing capability was only 64.2%, far behind its competitors, while at the same time, top domestic enterprises have steadily reached 82%. There is a hint of stubbornness in the tone of the representative of Shougang Jingtang. Knowing shame leads to courage, knowing weakness leads to striving for strength. When the screen showed that the O5 board has a stable hit rate of over 85% throughout the entire process and the market share of zinc aluminum magnesium outer panels ranks first in the country, the admiration of the audience was written on their faces. The inspired participant quickly wrote in their notebook, "Benchmarking is to compare one's own shortcomings with the advanced, surpass oneself in surpassing the advanced, and thus achieve a positive cycle.
From "producing 100 furnaces per day" to "a single sheet steel plant with a capacity of millions of tons", from "five blowing and three" to "large scrap steel ratio", the remarkable achievements of breaking through oneself one by one reflect the spirit of Shougang people to strive for excellence and pursue extremely low cost, green and low-carbon transformation. The 'limit' that was once thought was just an unexcited 'potential', this is the code for the growth of steel workers at Shougang Jingtang.
Benchmarking is endless, innovation is endless, and progress is endless. Shougang Jingtang will continue to deepen the practice of 'one leadership, two integration', anchor world-class standards, deepen benchmarking, strengthen management, and promote benchmarking to expand to deeper levels and wider fields. With the unique practicality, firmness, and effective methods of the Jingtang people, the sincere words made the attending representatives nod and praise one after another.
Shougang Jingtang has anchored its development positioning of "Three Highs" and "Four First Class", taking benchmarking against world-class enterprises for value creation as the starting point. It has achieved a leapfrog breakthrough in business quality and efficiency, accelerated the transformation towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, and continuously enhanced its management capabilities, manufacturing capabilities, product competitiveness, and brand influence. It has also achieved repeated catching up and surpassing in the positive cycle of benchmarking, improvement, review, and optimization.
The labor yield of iron concentrate powder is 2784 tons per person per year. The "high-efficiency mining" model of Shougang Mining Investment is also impressive. Behind this set of data is Shougang Mining Investment's relentless pursuit of the goal of "optimal efficiency and lowest cost", as well as its relentless pursuit of "ultimate efficiency and extremely low cost".
Liaoning Boron Iron has achieved a dual breakthrough in efficiency and cost through the strategy of 'improving the numerator and reducing the denominator'. Liaoning Boron Iron, a subsidiary of Shougang Mining Investment, explained that 'improving the numerator' is to optimize the process flow, increase the production and grade of iron concentrate powder and borax, and develop high value-added products such as boron nitride with a market price 43 times that of ordinary boron products; The 'denominator reduction' refers to reducing manpower and increasing efficiency through digital transformation, reducing the number of employees from 591 to 389. Open pit mines have achieved the normalization of unmanned truck driving and 'safety officers getting off', and beneficiation plants have been built into 'black light factories'. The attending representatives have heard the key - only by striving for efficiency and cost can we seize the opportunity in the market
Experience plays a role, it cannot be simply copied and pasted. The reform story of Shougang Mining's investment in Shouwang Coal Industry illustrates this point. Their implementation path is to first organize the team to conduct benchmarking inspections, learn the essence of advanced coal mine organization and management, and personnel allocation. Through the discussion of "survival and development" to unify ideas, formulate reform strategies, and ultimately promote the implementation of standardized and efficient mine control models in coal mines. Complete the outsourcing cleaning within 3 months, with a dual reduction in both the total number of personnel and the number of departments in the organization. Shouwang Coal Industry has exhausted the previously difficult and unwanted corner resources through technological innovation. Now, Shouwang's physical labor productivity has increased by 42%, and the cost of raw coal has decreased by 20.66%. This is the power of reform.
Shougang Mining Investment relies on reform and innovation to continuously build smart and efficient mines, achieving the goal of leading the industry with all employees in iron ore powder and labor production, and promoting scientific management ideas to projects such as Shouwang Coal Industry and Xigou Coal Mine, helping the group open up strategic space and create new efficiency growth points.
If you don't break through, you'll be eliminated; if you don't break through, there's no future. "Shougang Engineering's opening statement was slightly heavy. From "eating old capital" to various technological innovations, from "fighting alone" to "resource coordination", from "laziness" to a wolf like style, Shougang Engineering has carried out deep level reforms with four "sharp blades" of ideological breakthroughs, market breakthroughs, institutional breakthroughs, and historical breakthroughs, combining "breaking and establishing". This path is full of courage and wisdom for reform.
All the way difficult, all the way blooming. The number of invention patent authorizations for Shougang Engineering from 2024 to present has increased by 8 times compared to 2021-2023. Collaborate with units such as Shougang Construction, Shougang Electromechanical, and Shouxin to achieve breakthroughs in areas such as hydrogen energy utilization and intelligent metallurgical interface upgrades. Transplant belt roasting machine technology to the field of solid waste treatment, sign the Shanxi Datong 10 million ton coal gangue comprehensive utilization project, and fill the domestic technological gap. The introduction of PERED hydrogen based shaft furnace direct reduction+electric furnace steelmaking technology and the contracting of Kazakhstan's 1 million ton short process steel plant project is a benchmark project for the docking of China's "the Belt and Road" and Kazakhstan's "Bright Road".
Guided by market demand, divide professional businesses. Shougang Engineering will transform the original 14 traditional professional rooms into a flat and specialized team of "three big and three small". Each institution directly faces customers and is an independent accounting entity. In this mode, the Water Affairs Division developed the first domestic cascade short process+black screen operation seawater desalination innovative technology, which was applied in the Wanhua seawater desalination project and won industry awards. The Yunnan Qujing Dawei Ammonia Plant Power Grid Diagnosis Project undertaken by the Electrical Automation Division has successfully entered the field of synthetic ammonia industry. Repeatedly counterattacking and implementing targeted measures. The remarkable results brought applause from the venue, and many representatives were deeply moved by this' resilience of Shougang '.
In the face of achievements, establish a zero mentality. At the end of the speech, Shougang Engineering solemnly promised the "Three Never's": never be complacent in the face of achievements, always maintain a clear mind; Never back down in the face of difficulties, always maintain the spirit of tackling challenges; Never hesitate in the face of opportunities, always maintain a proactive attitude. Standing at a new starting point, Shougang Engineering is facing challenges with the courage of a disruptor and moving forward with the courage of a doer. This soaring spirit is deeply imprinted in the hearts of the attending representatives.
Shougang Engineering actively implements regional management, builds a flat management system, establishes a stationed mechanism, strengthens collaborative combat capabilities, and expands emerging business markets in multiple fields. Shougang Engineering has a firm determination to reform with the pursuit of development, and has increased its reform efforts with market-oriented thinking, enhancing its resilience to sustainable development.
Integration Empowerment
Promote value creation and unleash new momentum
The deep driving force for high-quality development lies in the deep empowerment of industry finance collaboration and integrated innovation. Shougang is actively working on connecting with the capital market, enhancing its ability to integrate production and finance, empowering industrial development, and expanding development space. The sharing of three units, Shougang Construction Investment, Shougang Fund, and Shougang Finance Company, systematically demonstrates the practical path of Shougang Group's business model integration and innovation, making business model innovation truly a "value new engine" driving high-quality development.
The number of enterprises entering Shougang Park has reached 1007, with an annual output value of over 75 billion yuan and an average annual compound growth rate of over 20%. Shougang Construction Investment's sharing in the "Integration Empowerment" section has opened the last section of the exchange, with over 240 events held annually with more than 100 people and over 13 million visitors. On the big screen, Shougang Park transformed from a "steel rust belt" to a "lifestyle show", with a strong visual impact that dazzled the attending delegates, and the charm of "industrial heritage revitalization" surged into their minds.
Hardware should be hard, software should be hard, and services should also be hard. The story of Shougang Park and the Service Trade Fair's "two-way rush" is particularly fascinating. Over the past five years, Shougang Park has firmly seized the opportunity, benchmarked against international first-class standards, and ultimately transformed its "semi permanent site" into a "permanent site". Through the service guarantee of the China International Fair for Trade in Services, Shougang Park has transformed an accidental and transitional opportunity into sustained and strong development momentum, opening up a new blue ocean for the development of "exhibition+". Upon hearing this, many representatives expressed that the number of visitors to the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) has reached a new high this year, and they plan to come to CIFTIS next year to personally experience this "unique charm".
Shougang Park has been done right and done well. Shougang Park has undergone a remarkable transformation from an old industrial area to an important urban functional area in the capital and a core growth pole in the western part of Beijing, receiving high praise from CCTV commentary. Currently, Shougang Park is facing unprecedented significant development opportunities. Shougang Construction Investment stated that it will plan and implement the "Two Parks and One River" project and the construction of the exhibition town with high standards, firmly expand and strengthen the future digital space industry cluster, create an integrated industrial platform for "incubation, service, and investment", and form a healthy, sustainable, and high-quality development business model for the park. The former "Ten Mile Steel City" has now become an industrial site ecological park where "you can see mountains, water, and remember the Shougang complex". The speech by Shougang Construction Investment made the attending representatives full of expectations for the future of Shougang Park.
A park without industry is not strong, and without consumption, it cannot survive. Shougang Construction Investment has transformed its century old factory area into a new landmark of urban renewal that integrates science fiction industry, digital economy, and sports culture through a diversified development and operation of a composite business model, becoming a classic example of urban renewal.
Adhering to 'precise investment+lean operation', continuously improving the ability to create capital value, and exploring a capital operation system with state-owned enterprise characteristics and market vitality. The capital operation practice of Shougang Fund also demonstrates the powerful power of 'integration empowerment'. The logic diagram of asset allocation optimization is displayed on the big screen - "investing in group industries, investing in new quality productivity enterprises, investing in key industrial projects, integrating and managing dispersed assets, exiting valuable and realizable assets, inefficient and non core business assets". The clear path makes it easy for the attending representatives to understand at a glance.
Shougang Fund actively introduces leading enterprises and builds a park business model of "fund+base+industry" by implementing a major customer strategy. The Six Industry Hub team took the initiative to visit the Second Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology, organized multiple meetings between the company and relevant departments, sought support from industry and talent policies, resolved environmental impact assessment approval procedures for production lines, moved customers with sincere service, introduced Aerospace Changfeng, and subsequently led to the clustering of aerospace military industries such as Aerospace Changping, Aerospace Digital, and Aerospace Kaiyuan at the First Academy of Aerospace Science and Technology. The truth is the utmost sincerity, without refinement or sincerity, it cannot move people. This is also a true portrayal of the Shougang Fund team.
Industry drives finance, and finance promotes industry, which is the true combination of industry and finance. Shougang Green Energy's public REITs were launched, becoming one of the first projects to be submitted and approved, and revitalizing existing assets through the issuance of REITs. At the same time, assist Shougang Zhixin in introducing external capital. Shougang Fund stated that the core of capital operation is to "activate stock, activate increment, and enhance value", achieve the integration of production and finance, mutually empower each other, and inject momentum into the development of the group.
Shougang Fund has leveraged its internal investment banking role to comprehensively promote the quality and efficiency improvement of its main steel business, as well as the strategic layout of new businesses, accelerating the process of asset securitization for the group. Anchoring precise investment and innovation empowerment in cutting-edge fields such as new energy, new materials, intelligent manufacturing, artificial intelligence, and humanoid robots has helped enterprises grow rapidly.
The vivid metaphors of the "perspective mirror" of fund management, the "firewall" of fund security, the "accelerator" of fund circulation, and the "new engine" of high-quality development vividly describe the new pattern of group fund control that is "visible, manageable, adaptable, and well utilized". The treasury management system of Shougang Group has been successfully launched and put into operation, providing a "smart solution" for the group's fund control.
Shougang Finance Company's sharing starts with precise data sets: account visualization rate of 100%, daily fund collection rate of over 98%, off white list bill drop of over 90%, and real-time cross-border settlement. During the 14th Five Year Plan period, the allocation of credit funds provided financial guarantees for the overall interest bearing debt reduction, capital operation efficiency improvement, and asset liability ratio control of the group.
Proactively take responsibility, respond quickly, and resolve urgent situations. Shougang Finance Company focuses on the strategic layout of the group, embedding its financial services "tentacles" into the industrial transformation and development of its main steel business, new industries, and park operations, into major engineering constructions such as the Jingtang Phase II and Shougang Mining Macheng projects, into the core technology breakthroughs of tinplate and electrical steel, and into the high-end manufacturing breakthroughs of Shougang Jitai An and Beiye companies. It strives to solve the pain points and difficulties of member units' fund management, promote production through financing, and strengthen production through financing. The sharing of Shougang Finance Company made the attending representatives deeply understand that the core of financial services is to "precision drip irrigation", solve the funding pain points of industrial development, and truly nourish the fertile soil of the industry with financial vitality.
Shougang Finance Company takes the construction of the treasury system as the starting point, creating four high-level platforms for fund collection, settlement, monitoring, and service, continuously injecting financial momentum into the group to reduce debt, activate funds, resist the cold winter, and improve quality and efficiency. Through digital transformation, Shougang Finance Company aims to become a leading value creator and intelligent financial service provider in the industry.
The setting sun cast a golden glow on the body of the fourth blast furnace, casting a warm glow. The attending representatives walked out of the conference hall one after another, their faces filled with joy of harvest. Everyone said that this exchange meeting was not only a "learning from experience", but also a "recharging of ideas". It was necessary to transform the spirit of the meeting into practical actions to overcome difficulties and strive to be the first in the "15th Five Year Plan", and write a more exciting chapter on the journey to create a Chinese path to modernization Shougang scene!