On January 28, 2023, Jiaxing City Three-level Cadre Conference and the Promotion Conference of Building a Strong City Through Intelligent Manufacturing and Innovation were held. Chen Wei, Secretary of Jiaxing Municipal Party Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech, stressing the need to unite more closely around the Party Central Committee with comrade Xi Jinping at the core, adhere to the "four dares to strive for the first", promote intelligent manufacturing and innovation, provide a strong physical foundation, industrial support and strength guarantee for building an important central city in the Yangtze River Delta Urban Agglomeration, and strive to write a new chapter of Chinese path to modernization in Jiaxing City. At the conference, a number of Jiaxing excellent enterprises, advanced collectives and individuals were commended. Huayou was awarded the title of "Enterprise with Outstanding Contributions to Building a Strong City Through Intelligent Manufacturing and Innovation in Jiaxing City", and Huayou R&D Global Center was awarded the title of "Demonstration Unit of Scientific Research Platform of Building a Strong City Through Intelligent Manufacturing and Innovation in Jiaxing City".

▲ Zhang Binghai (sixth from the right), Vice President of Huayou Group, came on the stage to receive the awards on behalf of the company

▲ Yang Jie, Deputy Chief Engineer of Huayou Group (third from the right) came on the stage to receive the award on behalf of the Company

Talent is the No. 1 resource and innovation is the No. 1 driving force. In the past year, all Huayou staff at home and abroad have focused on the competitive strategy of "product leading and cost leading", aimed at the precise guidance of "supporting the industry and leading the future", concentrated their efforts to carry out original and leading scientific and technological breakthroughs, and resolutely won the battle of overcoming lithium-ion battery core technology. A large number of scientific research testing facilities have been put into use, and continuous breakthroughs have been made in the research and development of many new products such as high-voltage and high-nickel batteries. The 330 Scientific Research Plan has been rolled out in the industry chain to achieve the full coverage of leading talents, promote low-carbon manufacturing, green development, "integration of six features" and the construction of ESG system, and obtain the certification of zero-carbon factories and product green design. Huayou's "National Enterprise Technology Center" was certified, and major projects such as Indonesia Huayue, Huake and Chengdu BAMO Phase III were completed and put into operation, and a number of precursor and cathode material projects have progressed smoothly. At the same time, we have made breakthroughs and landmark achievements in many fields, such as scientific and technological innovation, project construction, park deployment, and green manufacturing, which have effectively promoted the high-quality development of the company. At the 6th World Zhejiang Entrepreneurs Convention, Huayou was rated as the "leading enterprise in high-quality development".