The December 15 edition of China Hi-tech Industry Herald dedicated a full-page feature to the achievements of Yantai High-tech Industrial Development Zone in implementing the innovation-driven development strategy, accelerating the layout of high-level scientific and innovation platforms, and fostering industrial clusters in leading sectors such as aerospace and marine engineering. The report commended the innovation journey of Yantai Longgang Pump Co., Ltd. (Longgang Pump), an enterprise invested by the Dawn Group. The company has bravely overcome technological barriers, establishing itself as a benchmark in the high-end equipment sector. Its success serves as a vivid illustration of the thriving development of technology-driven enterprises in Yantai High-tech Industrial Development Zone and highlights the robust growth of new quality productive forces within Dawn’s chemical equipment industrial chain.
According to the report, enterprises are the main force driving economic development in Yantai Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone. During the “14th Five-Year Plan” period, the zone innovated a tiered cultivation model of “Sci-tech SMEs → High-tech Enterprises → Leading Sci-tech Enterprises”, establishing a comprehensive cultivation system that propelled regional sci-tech enterprises to achieve leapfrog development from small-scale to high-tech and then to large-scale and strengthened entities. This has continuously highlighted the central role of enterprises in innovation.
Rooted in the Yantai Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Longgang Pump is a national-level high-tech enterprise integrating R&D, production, and sales. Over the past five years, the company has transitioned from merely keeping pace with global standards to establishing itself as a trailblazer in the industry. Faced with the long-standing foreign monopoly of high-end industrial pump technologies, Longgang Pump has made technological innovation its core driving force, collaborating with universities such as Shandong University, Zhejiang University of Technology, and Yantai University to form an industry-university-research consortium. This partnership has enabled the concerted effort to tackle a series of technological challenges. Notably, the company’s independently developed China’s first million-ton level CCUS carbon dioxide booster pump has successfully achieved the domestic substitution and large-scale application of critical equipment. It has accomplished the nation’s first long-distance dense-phase carbon dioxide transportation in the Qilu Petrochemical-Shengli Oilfield million-ton CCUS project, resulting in an annual carbon dioxide reduction of one million tons.
“Looking back on these years, what makes us most proud is not the increase in sales, but the fact that we have truly achieved breakthroughs from scratch in some key areas,” said Sun Hualin, board secretary of Longgang Pump. “Core technologies cannot be obtained through soliciting donations or spending money alone. The company’s transformation from a low-end pump manufacturer to a high-end equipment supplier capable of competing with global giants relies on dedicated R&D, the craftsmanship of our engineers, and close collaboration with universities.”
Today, Longgang Pump’s product portfolio has expanded into high-end sectors such as nuclear power, environmental protection, and aerospace. The company has become a key supplier for central enterprises like Sinopec and PetroChina, with its products exported to regions across Asia, Europe, and America. Through sustained investment in R&D, the company has secured multiple new patents over the past five years, participated in the formulation of numerous national standards, and earned the title of “Little Giant” enterprise.
Today, Longgang Pump’s product portfolio has expanded into high-end sectors such as nuclear power, environmental protection, and aerospace. The company has become a key supplier for central enterprises like Sinopec and PetroChina, with its products exported to regions across Asia, Europe, and America. Through sustained investment in R&D, the company has secured multiple new patents over the past five years, participated in the formulation of numerous national standards, and earned the title of “Little Giant” enterprise.
According to the information, China Hi-tech Industry Herald is a comprehensive industrial and economic newspaper under the administration of the Ministry of Science and Technology. As China’s only national media outlet directly targeting the high-tech industry sector, its editorial policy encompasses four key orientations: policy, industry, technology, and market. It serves multiple domains including R&D, industrial development, market operations, product promotion, and knowledge dissemination.
