“After listening to the report of General Secretary Xi Jinping, I am very excited, deeply inspired, and very excited. The report has a lofty conception, a grand vision, and a majestic momentum. Under the strong leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and under the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the historic achievements and changes in the cause of the party and the country have drawn a grand blueprint for us, inspiring and inspiring. Forge ahead!” On October 17, the representative of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Niu Guodong, the squad leader of the cold rolling operation area of China Baowu Group Taigang Stainless Cold Rolling Plant, couldn’t hide his excitement when he talked about the feeling of listening to the report of the 20th National Congress.
Niu Guodong told the reporter of “China Metallurgical News” that what impressed him the most in the report was the need to build a modern industrial system, insist on focusing on the real economy, promote new industrialization, and speed up the construction of a manufacturing power, a quality power, and aerospace. Powerful country, transportation powerhouse, network powerhouse, digital China.
“TISCO adheres to the original intention of serving the country through industry, keeps in mind the mission of forging a great power, and always maintains a high degree of strategic determination, focusing on the development of special steel mainly made of stainless steel. After the joint reorganization with China Baowu, TISCO has become China’s Baowu stainless steel industry. A professional platform company with integrated operation has undertaken the historical mission of promoting the high-quality development of China’s Baowu and even China’s stainless steel industry. Against the background of great changes unseen in a century, as a state-owned enterprise, we must give full play to the stability of the national economy It can build a new development pattern by relying on innovation, low-carbon, and wisdom to promote comprehensive transformation and upgrading, and realize the quality, efficiency, and power changes of enterprise development, and then accelerate the realization of technology leadership, efficiency leadership, and scale. Lead, effectively enhance the resilience of the industrial chain and core competitiveness of the enterprise, and maintain the stable and positive trend of the enterprise’s operation.” Niu Guodong said.
As a party representative in the steel industry, Niu Guodong has deep feelings about the great changes that have taken place in the steel industry since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
“Under the strong guidance of national policies, the merger and reorganization of the iron and steel industry has been steadily advanced, and the regional integration has been accelerated. On December 23, 2020, Taigang Group and China Baowu realized the joint reorganization, and I also became a Baowu from a Taigang person. Wu Ren. The biggest change I feel in my job is the company’s development in green development and smart manufacturing, and our employees’ income and work and life quality have also been significantly improved.” Niu Guodong said.
He told a reporter from China Metallurgical News that TISCO realized early on that green development is the premise and foundation of TISCO’s survival and development. According to the requirements of “higher than standard, better than urban areas, and integrated into cities”, TISCO has carefully created urban green Steel mills have truly become good citizens, good partners and good neighbors fully recognized by the government, society and the public. Since the joint reorganization with China Baowu, TISCO has deeply studied, understood, and thoroughly implemented Xi Jinping’s ecological civilization thought and the general secretary’s important instructions on China Baowu’s “dual carbon” work, and efficiently responded to Baowu’s “Strive to achieve carbon peak in 2023” In 2025, it will have the technological ability to reduce carbon by 30%, strive to reduce carbon by 30% in 2035, and strive to achieve carbon neutrality in 2050. Based on the idea, the “13460” and “Dual-Carbon” action plan, centered on “improving carbon productivity”, including 3 development stages, 4 implementation steps and 6 major development paths, has opened up a new journey of green and low-carbon development. After becoming the first ultra-low emission A-level enterprise in the domestic steel industry including the coking process in 2020, TISCO will be the first in China to carry out “gas, water, solid, noise, and beauty” all-factor ultra-low emission AA in 2021. Create action, start the “ultra-ultra-low” emission project in 2022, and reach the “ultra-ultra-low” emission standard by the end of this year.
“Each of our employees is a participant, protector and beneficiary of green and low-carbon development, bringing together a strong force for green and low-carbon development.” Niu Guodong said.
In addition, since the joint reorganization with China Baowu, TISCO has accelerated the completion of the short board of intelligent manufacturing 1.0 characterized by “Four Uniformities” in accordance with China Baowu’s smart manufacturing action plan, and built the operation center of TISCO Group as well as mining, coking, The intelligent control center for ironmaking, steelmaking, hot rolling, cold rolling, and energy and power processes quickly started a new round of digital intelligence construction. Relying on these intelligent control centers, the stainless steel manufacturing experience accumulated by TISCO over the years is organically integrated with the centralized control of the operating room, redefining the centralized control mode of the whole process of steel manufacturing, and forming a space-intensive, time-intensive, personnel-intensive and organization-centered production and manufacturing. The intensive production and manufacturing system with intensive business process realizes the organic integration of production, quality, equipment, logistics, energy environment, security and other businesses, and realizes the whole process from ore mining, raw fuel entering the factory, production and manufacturing to finished product delivery. Control. Taking the cold rolling process as the starting point, TISCO carried out the cross-base professional integration of the same process, established a cold rolling process collaboration platform, realized process data exchange and benchmarking analysis, improved process information integration and data application capabilities, and improved production execution and on-site problems. The ability to solve and improve the management efficiency. TISCO also regards robots as an important measure to improve the quality of work and life of employees. In accordance with China Baowu’s “10,000 Baoluo on-the-job Plan”, it strengthens human-machine collaboration through the application of intelligent equipment, replaces manual work, and enhances essentialization. Safety.
“Recently, 16 robots ‘Bao Luo’ have been employed in my stainless steel tandem cold rolling production line. They have indeed brought a lot of convenience, efficiency, speed, safety and greenness. What I am now studying is how to make these ‘Bao Luo’ Luo’ has always maintained a good state and achieved higher efficiency. How to make our operation method into a robot operation process is a very challenging topic.” Niu Guodong excitedly introduced his “new colleague” to the reporter. .
“Every small innovation, accumulated over time, will eventually become the competitiveness of the enterprise”
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out in the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China to accelerate the implementation of the innovation-driven development strategy, accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement, take the national strategic needs as the guide, gather forces to carry out original and leading scientific and technological research, and resolutely win the battle of key core technologies. , to accelerate the implementation of a number of strategic and overall forward-looking major national science and technology projects, and enhance the ability of independent innovation.
Iron and steel is a typical traditional manufacturing industry, and it must rely on technological innovation to promote the stable and long-term development of enterprises. Taiyuan Iron and Steel is located inland and has disadvantages in raw materials and transportation. Over the years, Taiyuan Iron and Steel has grown into a world-leading stainless steel enterprise step by step, which is inseparable from strong technological innovation. On June 22, 2017 and May 12, 2020, General Secretary Xi Jinping inspected TISCO twice within three years, affirming the work of TISCO, especially scientific and technological innovation, with high hopes.
As a practitioner of technological innovation, Niu Guodong has his own understanding of technological innovation in the steel industry.
He told reporters that TISCO’s innovation road is a microcosm of China’s steel industry and even China’s manufacturing from big to strong. Today, innovation has become the concern of every employee of TISCO. Every small innovation, accumulated over time, will eventually become the competitiveness of the enterprise.
“In 2011, the ‘Niu Guodong Innovation Studio’ named after me was officially established. In that year, our innovation studio team applied the six sigma knowledge learned to production, and established a ‘improving stainless steel cold plate shape control ability’ The innovative project has greatly improved the hit rate of the flatness and brought millions of yuan of benefits to the enterprise. We have also successively carried out a number of projects to tackle key problems, summed up and promoted 25 operation methods, and obtained 16 invention patent authorizations. A total of 91 innovative projects have been completed, which has created considerable economic benefits for the company. Since joining the work, the cold rolling mill has undergone four upgrades, and each upgrade means a new set of technology waiting to be explored. Some The world’s leading process technology, no one has ever done it before. Whenever I encounter new problems in new fields, I take the initiative to lead the team to take on the responsibility of overcoming difficulties. It is precisely because we have done things that others have not done before, we can continue to succeed. Overcoming a series of ‘stuck neck’ technical and product problems in China’s stainless steel industry and new material industry will play an important role in supporting the development of advanced manufacturing, and improving China’s industrial basic capabilities and industrial chain modernization level.” Niu Guodong said.
“I believe that in the future, more and more industrial workers will arm themselves with the ‘artisan spirit'”
The leader of “National Demonstration Model Worker Innovation Studio” and “National Skilled Master Studio”, an expert enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, a national technical expert, the China Youth May 4th Medal, the National May 1st Labor Medal, the Shanxi Provincial Super Model Worker, the third Jin craftsman winners, etc. These honors are the biggest compliments to Niu Guodong, a front-line worker with the spirit of craftsmanship.
“In recent years, our country has paid more and more attention to the cultivation of high-skilled talents and craftsmen. I also feel more and more honor and confidence as a steel worker.” Niu Guodong told reporters.
When it comes to his understanding of “craftsman spirit”, Niu Guodong has a deep understanding.
“I understand the ‘craftsman spirit’ as a professional spirit. I am not afraid of hardship, fatigue, or failure at work. I am dedicated to my job, strive for perfection, perseverance, and pursuit of perfection. .’Craftsmanship’ is not just a requirement for myself. In recent years, relying on the platform of ‘Niu Guodong Innovation Studio’, I have successively trained 92 senior steel rolling workers, 16 technicians, and 6 senior technicians, who are responsible for different positions. It is a heavy responsibility. From an ordinary steel rolling worker to a rolling technician, and then to a senior rolling technician, the reason why I can stand out and grow rapidly is because TISCO has opened up career growth channels for all kinds of outstanding talents. Steel has always insisted on attracting and cultivating talents at the same time, paying equal attention to using and retaining talents, and planting fertile soil for talents. The cadres and workers of TISCO, represented by highly skilled talents and advanced model workers, have shown loyalty, dedication and innovation in the reform and development of the enterprise. , dedication, not only inherits the excellent cultural genes accumulated by TISCO for a long time, but also integrates the spirit of advancing with the times, pioneering and innovating, providing an inexhaustible source of power for tempering a world-class team and building a world-class enterprise.” Niu Guodong said .
He believes that in order to develop an enterprise, it is not enough for employees to have a dedicated attitude and enthusiasm, but also to be supported by first-class high-skilled talents. The skills of employees in any position will directly or indirectly affect the quality and efficiency of the whole process. influences. To cultivate more high-skilled talents in the iron and steel industry, it is necessary to enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of the skills improvement of employees. For example, TISCO insists on comprehensively improving the quality of its employees through various forms of training such as full-staff post training and technical competitions. It has carried out technical competitions for employees for more than 30 consecutive years. Steel’s own characteristics of the employee skill evaluation system, the improvement of all employees’ skills is more direct and effective. At the same time, TISCO has continuously established and improved the training mechanism with the core of “finding and making up for shortcomings” and the incentive mechanism with the core of “broadband salary and career promotion”, so as to improve the skill competency rate of employees.
“I believe that in the future, more and more industrial workers will arm themselves with the ‘craftsman spirit’, our high-skilled talent team will continue to grow, and the goal of building an industrial powerhouse will be achieved faster.” Niu Guodong told reporters with full confidence said.
“Propaganda the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party in the simplest language of a grass-roots industrial worker”
Being elected as the National Party Representative for three consecutive terms, Niu Guodong said that he was very excited, and also deeply felt that he had a great responsibility and a glorious mission.
“I will be a good propagandist for the party’s policies, and use the simplest language of a grass-roots industrial worker to publicize the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Party. At the same time, I will stick to my own position, face the market and production sites, learn new knowledge and master new Skills, enhance new skills, strive to overcome the “stuck neck” process and technology, learn by doing, learn by doing, break through the limit in continuous innovation, strive to catch up with the first-class, and do our best to build Taiyuan Iron and Steel Group into a global stainless steel industry A leader, making new contributions to building a world-class great enterprise in China Baowu. I will strive to be the main force and vanguard of the high-quality development of the enterprise, and let more industrial workers show their talents and make great achievements in the struggle to achieve modernization. Unseen in a century Against the background of great changes, the more we must strengthen our ideals and beliefs, maintain a sense of urgency, carry forward the fighting spirit, and take the long march of steel in the new era. Repay the general secretary’s care and expectations with more excellent results.” For the future work, Niu Guodong has a clear goal and full of confidence.