Zhongtan New Materials CPC General Party Branch Holds Symposium Celebrating the 104th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China and "July 1st" Party Members’ Forum

To grandly celebrate the 104th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China (CPC), thoroughly implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the CPC and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the CPC General Party Branch of Zhongtan New Materials held a grand symposium in Meeting Room 308 of Zhongtan at 2 p.m. on July 1. The meeting was attended by 75 people, including Liu Yongbo, Chairman of the Company; Feng Jun, Secretary of the General Party Branch and General Manager; He Yongkang, Deputy General Manager; members of the General Party Branch and each Party branch, outstanding CPC members, veteran Party members, members of the Discipline Inspection Group, members of the Trade Union Committee, persons in charge of all units and management backbones. Zhongzhou Carbon Co., Ltd. and Zhongzhou Lufeng Co., Ltd. participated via video link, jointly reviewing the glorious history of the Party and gathering strength for forging ahead.

Grand Ceremony Ushering in a New Journey, Red Genes Passed Down Forever

All participants, please stand up, face the national flag, and sing National Anthem of the People's Republic of China.

The resonant song expressed the love of the company’s cadres and employees for the motherland and loyalty to the Party. Subsequently, everyone watched Documentary on the Work of the Group Party Committee in 2024, reviewing the remarkable achievements of the group Party Committee in Party building guidance, scientific and technological innovation, social responsibility and other fields through images, further uniting Party members and inspiring their work enthusiasm.

In the session of revisiting the Party membership oath, led by Liu Xipeng, Member of the General Party Branch Organization and Secretary of the Negative Electrode Party Branch, all Party members raised their right fists and took a solemn oath. Every resounding oath made each Party member feel the sanctity and solemnity of joining the Party again, reminding everyone to always keep in mind the mission of a Party member, remain true to the original aspiration of joining the Party, and play an exemplary vanguard role in work.

Commending Advanced to Set Benchmarks, Discipline Education to Consolidate Foundations

Feng Jun, Secretary of the General Party Branch, read out the decision of Longbai Group on commending outstanding CPC members, recognizing outstanding Party members who performed well over the past year, encouraging all Party members to learn from advanced models, base themselves on their posts, forge ahead actively, and contribute to the company’s development and Party building.

Liu Xipeng led everyone to study the document Opinions of the CPC Longbai Group Committee on Combating Bad Practices and Further Strictening Work Discipline, emphasizing the importance of discipline and work style building for Party members and cadres, providing a solid work style guarantee for the company to achieve high-quality development on a new journey.

Discussion and Exchange to Build Consensus, Passing the Torch to Promote Development

In the Party members’ discussion session, representatives of the group’s 2025 outstanding CPC members Chen Gaojun, veteran Party members Liu Ming, Ma Mingyuan and Liu Weishen, probationary Party members Li Yanan and Wang Zhimin, and development targets Zhou Shichao and Zhang Li spoke in turn. Combining their actual work posts, they stated that they would inherit the fine traditions of the Party, stay true to the original aspiration, keep the mission in mind, be strict with themselves, and give full play to the exemplary vanguard role of Party members in their posts in future work.

Leadership Messages: Sound the Bugle for Forging Ahead Again

In his speech, Deputy General Manager He Yongkang raised the question: "What kind of employees can become Party members, and what kind of Party members can be qualified and outstanding?" He pointed out that Party members must not only maintain advanced ideology but also actively practice the Party’s purposes in action, continuously improve their political literacy and professional capabilities, have the courage to take responsibility and innovate, stand up at critical moments, and contribute to the cause of the Party and the people. Combining the company’s current situation, he stressed that all cadres and employees should strive to serve the market, customers and production, and do a solid job in basic work. Under the company’s difficult situation, everyone should unite as one and prioritize the company’s interests. Party members and cadres should play an exemplary vanguard role, take the lead in abiding by the company’s rules and regulations, actively spread positive energy, unite people’s hearts and pool strength.

Secretary Feng analyzed the domestic and international political and economic situation as well as the current situation of the carbon industry, led everyone to study the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s recent speeches, and put forward the following three requirements for cadres and employees: First, deepen refined management, promote cost reduction and efficiency increase, and enhance enterprise competitiveness. It is necessary to deepen the awareness of cost reduction and loss reduction among all employees, form a culture where "everyone pays attention to costs and everything is calculated for benefits", benchmark against advanced enterprises, strengthen standardized operations in all processes, and improve labor efficiency per capita. Second, strictly adhere to the bottom line of integrity, promote a clean and upright atmosphere, and build a strong anti-corruption defense line. By reporting on the company’s recent self-inspection, self-correction and investigation of reported cases, he emphasized that integrity and self-discipline are the lifeline of Party members and cadres. Combined with the company’s actual situation, he required all cadres and employees to strictly abide by disciplinary red lines, strengthen supervision and reporting, and earnestly and responsibly complete handover work. Third, adhere to a people-oriented approach, care about employee growth, and build a happy enterprise. Strengthen various training and learning to improve the work ability and efficiency of all employees. Party members and cadres should enhance executive power and take the lead in implementing the work style of "acting immediately and doing solid work". Led by the company’s trade union, continue to promote the collection of rationalization suggestions and improve employees’ working environment. Continuously carry out civilized production work, complete the beautification, greening and lighting of civilized production, and build a clean, safe and efficient production environment.

Chairman Liu Yongbo congratulated the two commended Party members and sent a message to all cadres and employees: First, consolidate the bottom line of compliance and pursue steady and long-term development. "Compliance management is the foundation of enterprise survival." Chairman Liu emphasized that all cadres and employees must strictly abide by rules and regulations, integrate compliance awareness into the whole process of production and operation. Only by holding the "steering wheel of compliance" can we go further in the fierce market competition, not only creating value for the enterprise but also realizing personal professional growth in standardized development. Second, always maintain the vanguard character and set an example through practical actions. Party members and cadres must have the determination to want to do things and get things done. Regarding the construction of the cadre team, he put forward the requirement of "three leads": take the lead in overcoming difficulties, take the lead in innovation and breakthroughs, and take the lead in serving the masses. Third, strictly control the entry of Party members and forge a red iron army. On the work of Party member development, he solemnly pointed out: "We would rather have fewer numbers than compromise on quality." He required strict implementation of the two-way training mechanism, training professional backbones into Party members and Party members into professional backbones, ensuring that the Party member team is always the mainstay of enterprise development. Fourth, reform inwardly to stimulate a clean and upright atmosphere. Regarding work style construction, he required Party members and cadres to take disciplinary documents as a mirror, carry out regular self-inspection and self-correction, dare to take a firm stand against bad practices, have the courage to reform inwardly against their own problems, and never touch disciplinary red lines. Fifth, strive for the peak of development and aim high to break the situation. Only by daring to think and act can there be no upper limit to development space. He encouraged young people to base themselves on their posts for innovation, boldly try in technical research and management optimization, and emphasized that "innovation is not reckless action; we must seek progress while maintaining stability and grasp the scale." In the process of striving for progress, we must maintain integrity and not be corrupted by unhealthy tendencies. Sixth, focus on cost reduction and efficiency increase, and unite as one to overcome difficulties. It is necessary to carry out cost reduction and efficiency increase activities as a united team, make every post a value creation point, and jointly promote the enterprise out of development difficulties.

This symposium is not only a vivid Party spirit education but also a mobilization meeting for forging ahead on a new journey. It is hoped that all cadres and employees will unite as one, overcome difficulties, take the Party’s banner as guidance and the responsibility of Party members as their mission, optimize work style, strengthen the team, have the courage to take responsibility, fulfill the mission, pool strength, forge ahead, and strive to write a new chapter of the company’s high-quality development in adversity!