In 2021, Hebei Yongyang Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Yongyang Special Steel) achieved sales revenue of 8.1 billion yuan and paid taxes of 500 million yuan, making outstanding contributions to the economic development of Yongnian region. In 2021, Yongyang Special Steel was ranked among the top 100 private corporate social responsibility enterprises in China, ranking 67th.

　　Yongyang Special Steel is located in Yongnian Special Steel Industrial Park, Handan City, established in 1993, with a registered capital of 417 million yuan and 4,000 employees. Its products mainly cover rail series, mining support section steel, bearing steel and other alloy round steel series, spring flat steel, fork flat steel and other special-purpose flat steel series and some alloy continuous casting billets. The products are sold all over the country and Southeast Asia, and are well received by users at home and abroad. Yongyang Special Steel has successively won the honorary titles of "Top 100 Enterprises in Hebei Province", "Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises", "Top 200 Benefit Enterprises in China", "National High-tech Enterprises", "Enterprises with Outstanding Contributions to the Development of County Economy in China" and "National Civilized Units".

　　In 2014, Yongyang Special Steel actively responded to the call of the Hebei Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government, and was the first private enterprise to carry out industrial restructuring, relocation and equipment upgrading, and completed the capacity replacement in strict accordance with the requirements of 1.25:1 reduction and replacement, with a total investment of 10 billion yuan and an investment of 5.5 billion yuan, including 1.3 billion yuan in environmental protection. The company continued to increase investment in science and technology, improve the level of process equipment and product quality, and the first domestic universal rolling mill light rail production line and the first core equipment of the national universal rolling mill heavy rail production line were put into operation one after another, breaking the foreign technology monopoly on similar core processes and equipment, and promoting China's rail steel production technology and equipment technology to reach the world's leading level.

　　Green and low-carbon set a benchmark

　　Yongyang Special Steel has always adhered to the concept of green development, in line with the principle of "investment first, indicators ahead of peers, equipment not lagging behind for 10 years", to promote green transformation through technological upgrading.

　　Yongyang Special Steel has invested 1.3 billion yuan to purchase first-class environmental protection equipment at home and abroad, introduced a number of high-tech from Japan, Germany, Switzerland and other countries, and applied the dry integrated treatment process of activated coke desulfurization and denitrification in private iron and steel enterprises for the first time, and the organized emissions have reached the ultra-low emission standards of the steel industry, with particulate matter concentration ≤ 10mg/m3, sulfur dioxide concentration ≤ 35mg/m3, and nitrogen oxide concentration ≤50mg/m3. At the same time, the company implements a fully enclosed material yard, dry dust removal, pneumatic ash conveying, etc., to achieve dust-free operations; Build a modern water treatment center, recycle production water, and achieve zero discharge; Build an unorganized control platform, and install 105 sets (sets) of unorganized monitoring instruments at major dust production points, intersections, and plant boundaries; Purchase electric heavy trucks to replace heavy-duty diesel vehicles for short-distance reversing and reduce vehicle emissions; 10 large sweepers and 4 sprinkler trucks were purchased to clean the plant area uninterruptedly.

　　After taking a series of measures, Yongyang Special Steel's organized and unorganized emissions are treated with high standards in place, meeting the requirements of ultra-low emissions, achieving the effect of "no smoke at the top and no dust at the bottom", and becoming a benchmark for the transformation and development of the steel industry and environmental governance.

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　　Transformation and upgrading, innovation and development

　　In recent years, Yongyang Special Steel has accelerated its transformation and upgrading through industrial restructuring and relocation from the city.

　　Yongyang Special Steel invested 1 billion yuan to build the first universal continuous rolling high-quality light rail production line in China, and invested 1.5 billion yuan to build the first independent large-scale universal heavy rail and section steel production line in China, with a number of industry-leading technologies; The medium rod & flat steel production line under planning and construction integrates key original technologies in "intelligent manufacturing, environmental protection and low carbon", and the overall technology and equipment have reached the domestic leading level.

　　Advanced tooling equipment has laid a solid foundation for the production of high-quality products. It is understood that Yongyang Special Steel light rail products have become well-known brands in Hebei, and heavy rail and lifting rail have filled the market gap in the Central Plains; The quality of section steel for mine support is stable and the market reputation is very high; Spring flat steel, fork flat steel, bearing steel, tool steel and other products have high added value and strong competitiveness. At present, the company's light rail has a national market share of more than 70%, industrial heavy rail has a national market share of 60%, and fork flat steel has a national market share of 65%.

　　Yongyang Special Steel has always insisted on relying on scientific and technological innovation, improving quality and efficiency, relying on platforms such as Hebei Provincial Enterprise Expert Workstation, Provincial Enterprise Technology Center, Special Steel R&D Center and National Accredited Laboratory, to create a technological innovation system of "market-oriented, to enhance core competitiveness as the main line, and independent research and development as the main body", so as to realize the same frequency resonance in multiple fields such as product research and development, scientific and technological innovation, and quality management. In 2022, the company was successfully approved to build the "Handan Special Precision Steel Technology Innovation Center". The platform will aim at the difficulties and weaknesses of the design and manufacture of special precision section steel, integrate the existing advantageous resources, and carry out research on the key common technical problems of the industry in the fields of new steel material technology, special section steel metallurgical technology and precision forming and structural strengthening technology, so as to realize the development of special precision steel in the direction of size precision, composition simplification, organization refinement, molten steel cleanness, quality uniformity, cost saving, green production and service environment specialization. At the same time, the company has established a special precision steel technical service platform to attract and train professional and technical talents for special precision steel, realize resource sharing, and promote the transformation and application of scientific research achievements.

　　At the same time, Yongyang Special Steel has built a laboratory system composed of inspection and testing center, Guodingxin testing center (CNAS certification), professional testing stations for each process, etc., and is equipped with imported precision testing instruments such as Shimadzu fluorescence analyzer in Japan, thermoelectric direct reading spectrometer in the United States, and infrared carbon sulfur meter in the United States. In 2021, the company invested in the construction of a sintering cup laboratory, which has the ability to accurately evaluate the sintering performance of iron ore, realized the optimization of iron ore sintering and ore blending, and provided strong support for the stable production of blast furnaces, cost reduction and efficiency increase.

　　In recent years, Yongyang Special Steel has continued to increase R&D investment, and promoted the quality and upgrading of all products through the development of scientific research projects. In 2021, the company carried out a total of 25 technology research and development projects, with research and experimental development expenditure of about 240 million yuan, accounting for more than 3% of operating income.

　　On the basis of independent innovation, Yongyang Special Steel also pays attention to the introduction of external technical resources and carries out collaborative innovation. The company has successively established cooperative relations with well-known universities and scientific research institutions such as University of Science and Technology Beijing, Northeastern University, Anhui University of Technology, and General Iron and Steel Research Institute. In 2020, the company signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shanghai University and established the "Shanghai University-Yongyang Special Steel High-quality Steel Technology Joint R&D Center", aiming at key core technologies and promoting the deep integration of "production, education, research and application".

　　Relying on various technological innovations and resource support, in recent years, Yongyang Special Steel has continued to focus on the frontier issues of the steel industry and the key common technical problems restricting the development of enterprises to carry out research, and focus on the scientific connection between original innovation, integrated innovation and introduction, digestion, absorption and re-innovation, with remarkable results. The overall technical level of Yongyang rail series products, high-cleanliness special steel bars, high-performance U-shaped steel, high-strength flat steel and other fist products is in the leading position in China. In 2021, the company presided over the completion of the "light rail steel precision and efficient rolling technology" series of integrated technical achievements, which was recognized by the Hebei Provincial Department of Science and Technology as reaching the leading level in China. In cooperation with Shanghai University, the company has realized the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements through technology transfer, relying on "basic theoretical research and high-performance steel technology of steel materials based on M3 organization control" and "ultra-fine grain strength and toughening and control technology of low-carbon ferrite/pearlitic steel", and has developed a long-life ultra-high-strength spring flat steel material with outstanding fatigue durability performance, which has been supported by 2 million yuan of funds for the transformation of major scientific and technological achievements in Hebei Province. The successful implementation of the project has effectively improved the localization supply rate of lightweight high-end metal materials for automobiles in China. This material is a key lightweight material to achieve the goal of "heavy-duty trucks and lightweight trucks".

　　On the process side parallel to the product side, Yongyang Special Steel also spares no effort to carry out new technology introduction and proprietary technology research and development. In recent years, the company has been put into operation through a series of industry-leading technologies such as self-developed and co-developed a series of industry-leading technologies such as low magnesium-aluminum ratio smelting molten iron, ultra-low sintering flue gas emission, slag-free tapping, and low superheat casting. It is particularly noteworthy that the project of "R&D and Application of New Process of Collaborative Control of Converter Steelmaking Process" carried out by the company in cooperation with Anhui University of Technology and other units won the third prize of Metallurgical Science and Technology Award... In addition, the company continues to target the core processes of key materials and the industrialization needs of key basic steel new materials, focusing on the organic integration of technological innovation and patent creation. Up to now, the company has a total of 62 patents of various types, including 6 invention patents, and has applied for nearly 30 patents since 2021.

　　At the critical stage of the current escalating demand for steel varieties, quality and services, as well as the structural reform of the iron and steel industry in Hebei Province, Yongyang Special Steel has always adhered to scientific and technological innovation, and led high-quality development through the supply of high-quality products and services and the development of high-end industries. The company's integrated development of steel production informatization, digitalization and manufacturing technology is of great strategic significance for improving the efficient research and development of key steel basic new materials, solving common technical problems in the industry, and achieving green, low-carbon and high-quality development, and has a typical demonstration effect for promoting the transformation and upgrading of the steel industry.

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　　Party building leads to build a solid foundation

　　The party organization of Yongyang Special Steel adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, closely focuses on the development center of the enterprise, gives full play to the role of the party organization as a fighting fortress and the vanguard and exemplary role of party members, and escorts the healthy and sustainable development of enterprise operation.

　　The party organization of Yongyang Special Steel adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, closely focuses on the development center of the enterprise, gives full play to the role of the party organization as a fighting fortress and the vanguard and exemplary role of party members, and escorts the healthy and sustainable development of enterprise operation.

　　The first is to adhere to the study and education of party classes, and carry out more than 20 party classes. The second is to organize and watch the grand occasion of the party's meeting, strengthen learning, and strengthen the determination of party members to firmly follow the party. The third is to use the party member conference, theme party day activities and other activities to organize party members to talk about their feelings and take responsibility, which greatly strengthens the mission of party members to dedicate to the enterprise. Fourth, during the party's major festivals, organize party members to review the oath of joining the party and sing red songs, so as to further enhance the confidence of party members not to forget their original intention and keep their mission in mind. Fifth, strictly enforce party discipline, organize party members to watch the warning education film of honest practice, and use real cases to warn and educate party members, so as to urge party members to tighten the string of honesty and establish the image of party members who are clean and clean.

　　The party branch of Yongyang Special Steel gives full play to the political advantages of party building, embeds the party's leadership in all aspects of corporate governance, integrates the party building work into the whole process of production and operation, continuously improves the ideological and political quality of party members, guides all party members to base themselves on their own work, gives full play to the vanguard and exemplary role, and truly achieves that a branch is a fortress and a party member is a banner. From the old factory to the new factory, from epidemic prevention and control to production and operation, there are party members everywhere in the new era. In the construction of the new plant, advanced models such as Du Gangwei, Zhao Huitian, Kong Zhiguo and other advanced models have emerged, escorting the development of Yongyang Special Steel enterprises, safety production, project construction, operation and management.

　　In the future, the company's party organization will further play the exemplary role of the party branch as a fighting fortress and the vanguard of party members, escort the development of the enterprise with practical actions, and make contributions to the new era.

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　　Be brave and take responsibility and contribute to society

　　Every step of the development of Yongyang Special Steel is inseparable from the party's good policies, the support of the government, the care of the society and the help of the villagers of Duliugu. In the early days of the establishment of the enterprise, Du Qingshen, chairman of Yongyang Special Steel, took "running an enterprise, raising employees of a factory, living a village economy, and enriching the masses" as the driving force and goal of the enterprise, and at the same time paid attention to the development of the enterprise itself, took the initiative to repay the society, actively assumed social responsibility, participated in and supported public welfare and poverty alleviation, helped rural revitalization, and contributed to social well-being with the development of the enterprise.

　　In the "10,000 enterprises to help 10,000 villages" targeted poverty alleviation action and private enterprises to help rural revitalization, Du Qingshen has invested a total of 650 million yuan to support the rural construction of Du Liugu Village, so that every household lives in villas, so that all the streets are hardened, water, electricity, gas, and networks are all connected and enjoy subsidies, and a cleaning team is set up to be responsible for environmental sanitation. In addition, Du Qingshen invested more than 100 million yuan to build kindergartens, schools, nursing homes, and hospitals in the village, ensuring high quality that "the young are educated, the learning is taught, the labor is earned, the new home is lived, the old are supported, the sick are treated, and the weak are supported".

　　Since 2005, the construction of new residential houses has been carried out in four batches. In May 2007, the first batch of 24 European-style villas was delivered; The second batch of 96 villas was delivered in June 2009; The third batch of 56 villas was delivered in May 2012; The fourth batch of four 30-storey units was delivered in October 2014. It is understood that there are a total of 1,048 households in Duliugu Village, all of whom live in buildings, of which 200 households live in villas, use natural gas, and install stoves and cable television.

　　Du Qingshen donates more than 3 million yuan every year to handle the new rural cooperative medical system, new rural insurance and accident insurance for the villagers, and gives a living allowance of 50 yuan per person per month, and a subsidy of 1,000 yuan ~ 2,000 yuan per person per person for the elderly over 65 years old; For villagers who encounter natural and man-made disasters and have special difficulties in life, a maximum of 50,000 yuan will be given assistance, and a total of 418,000 yuan will be distributed during the Spring Festival in 2022; For villagers and employees with serious diseases, 30%~50% of the medical expenses will be reimbursed. Du Qingshen donated funds to drill wells and renovate power facilities, plow, plant and harvest for the villagers free of charge, and subsidize more than 300,000 yuan of electricity for the villagers' agricultural production every year.

　　Du Qingshen donated more than 20 million yuan to build a new school with high standards, and set aside 200,000 yuan every year to reward outstanding teachers. In order to encourage the children to become talents, Du Qingshen rewarded 20,000 yuan and 15,000 yuan respectively for the children of Du Liugu Village who were admitted to graduate and undergraduate programs, with a subsidy amount of 2.69 million yuan, and 268 students were subsidized. In 2013, Du Qingshen invested 16 million yuan to build a kindergarten was rated as an excellent demonstration kindergarten in Hebei Province. In 2015, Du Qingshen invested 10 million yuan to build a villager hospital and 10 million yuan to build a Yongshou elderly care service center, which was rated as a four-star elderly care institution in Hebei Province.

　　Du Qingshen also successively arranged for 2,000 people in Duliugu Village to work in Yongyang Special Steel, so that more than 90% of the villagers in the village became workers who "never leave home", and the villagers' income continued to grow, and the per capita net income of Duliugu villagers reached 30,000 yuan in 2021. Du Qingshen arranged for 46 disabled people from Duliugu Village and surrounding villages to work in the company, and provided them with free technical training according to their strengths, so that they could support themselves and become useful people in society. Du Qingshen carries out the selection activities of "good daughter-in-law" and "good wife and good mother" in the whole village every year, giving material rewards, and now it has become a common practice in the whole village to respect the old and love the young and respect the in-laws.

　　Wherever the enterprise goes, it must do something tangible for the people. Du Qingshen not only invested in the transformation of Duliugu Village, but also spent a lot of money to support neighboring villages. Du Qingshen donated a total of 89.15 million yuan to dig wells, repair roads, build schools, harden streets, and install natural gas for Xingye, Xidatun, Jiehedian, Wenyao, Siliugu, Hujiagou, Gaoyao, Louli and other villages, solving the problems of difficulty in drafting, going to school, seeing a doctor and traveling for the masses; Invest 10 million yuan to plant 2,000 acres of economic forests for Gaoyao, Louli, Hujiagou, Li Mengwan and other villages around the new plant, encourage the people to plant melons and fruits in the woodland, and help the people get rich; Donated more than 2,000 yuan to lay natural gas pipelines and water pipelines for Bei'anle Village, Jingu Village and Kangsu Village, Anle Township, Wu'an City. In the 2020 heating season, the temperature plummeted and the demand for natural gas surged, and the whole city faced severe challenges in ensuring gas supply. Yongyang Special Steel actively responds to the requirements of the Handan Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, on the one hand, actively strives for gas volume indicators through a variety of channels; On the other hand, the company took the initiative to shut down the production line and replaced 150,000 cubic meters of gas per day from industrial gas at any cost to alleviate the shortage of gas for people's livelihood, reflecting the social responsibility of large enterprises.

　　Du Qingshen has paid condolences to the teachers of Yongnian No. 1 Middle School, Yongnian No. 2 Middle School, Jiehedian Main School, Chengnan Middle School, and Sixth Experimental School on Teachers' Day for many years, and distributed 4.82 million yuan in condolences to them. In 2014, Yongnian established the Donation Education Association, with Du Qingshen as the president, and successively donated 20 million yuan to support Yongnian education and reward outstanding teachers and students.

　　Du Qingshen has donated 5.1 million yuan to support national defense and more than 5.6 million yuan to support the construction of transportation, culture, people's livelihood and greening. In 2016, Du Qingshen donated 720,000 yuan to the people in the Yongnian flood-stricken area.

　　Especially since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, Du Qingshen donated 6.6 million yuan and 1 million yuan of anti-epidemic materials in a timely manner to fully support the front line of epidemic prevention. Du Qingshen led the staff to actively respond to the call of the Hebei Provincial Government and use the Yongyang Logistics Center, which covers an area of 200 acres, as a transit station for epidemic prevention materials free of charge, providing manpower and material resources to help win the battle of epidemic prevention and control.

　　Du Qingshen has successively won the honorary titles of "National Model Worker", "National Outstanding Entrepreneur Caring for Employees", "National Top 100 Leaders in Rejuvenating Villages and Enriching the People", "National Outstanding Contributor to the Development of County Economy", "Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese Philanthropy", "National Public Security Defense Front Hero Model" and other honorary titles, and was elected as a representative of the 11th Hebei Provincial People's Congress and the 12th National People's Congress. In 2022, Du Qingshen was selected as one of the 8 outstanding case entrepreneurs in China for private corporate social responsibility (2021).

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