On the afternoon of May 8th, Weng Zuliang, Party Group Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals, visited Huatian Engineering & Technology Corporation, Metallurgical Corporation of China Ltd (“MCC Huatian” for short), a subsidiary of China Minmetals, for investigation.

Weng Zuliang conducted a site survey at MCC Huatian Equipment Manufacturing (Pilot Scale) Base, visited the display boards showing the company profile, historical evolution and honors of MCC Huatian, listened to the reports on the building of the Micro-testing Platform of MCC Huatian Long Product Technology and Equipment, MCC Water Environment Technology Research Institute’s Long Product Technology and Equipment Micro-testing Platform, the Steel Digital Twin and Smart Operation and Maintenance Platform, water environment business brands and the research and development of steel and environmental protection equipment. He gained a detailed understanding of the technology accumulation and main achievements of the first echelon of MCC Huatian’s “National Team in Metallurgical Construction”, as well as the application of patented technologies, core products and equipment related to comprehensive management of water environment.

During the investigation, Weng Zuliang had in-depth exchanges and discussions with frontline managers, employees and scientific researchers of MCC Huatian on further enhancing their technological innovation capabilities, making breakthroughs in “bottleneck” technologies, deepening equipment research and application, and promoting equipment digitization and control system development. He encouraged MCC Huatian staff to study and implement the Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, meet the major needs of the country and industry, continue to focus on research and development of core technologies and equipment, strengthen the intellectual property protection of results in existing equipment, and also study and master related technologies of equipment control system to promote high-quality development of the enterprise.

Members of the leadership team of China Minmetals, including Zhu Kebing, Wang Shilei and Chen Jianguang, participated in the investigation.