On February 15, 2025, the Jinan Metallurgical Institute held a grand innovation conference for all staff and the third lecture of the internal trainer training camp. More than 190 representatives from the company's middle and senior management, marketing, production, technology, quality, functional departments, and frontline employees participated in the training. This meeting is not only a concentrated review and summary of the past innovative achievements of Jinan Metallurgical Institute, but also an important starting point for embarking on a new year of innovation journey for all employees and deepening the construction of internal training system.

     At the beginning of the meeting, the Quality Lean Department Manager comprehensively summarized the company's innovation and improvement situation in 2024.  Showcased achievements in improving production efficiency, reducing production costs, enhancing product quality, and optimizing technical processes. At the same time, the focus of innovation work for all employees in 2025 has been clarified: by refining proposal levels and accurately evaluating employee innovation suggestions; Establish an innovation management team to guide innovation projects and other measures throughout the process, and create a strong atmosphere of innovation for all employees through multiple measures.

     At the meeting, outstanding innovation representatives from various departments and management personnel from business units shared excellent proposal cases and innovation improvement experiences, and conducted a lottery activity. The company awarded the "Innovation Model" armband to outstanding innovation personnel in the fourth quarter of 2024.

     At the conference, company leaders issued appointment letters to middle and grassroots management personnel who were selected through open competition and encouraged them to cherish their positions, live up to expectations, and make new achievements.

       In the third session of the internal trainer training camp, Technical Director Deng Lifang focused on "innovation drives technological progress", combining cutting-edge industry developments with company technological innovation examples to deeply analyze how innovation empowers technological breakthroughs and injects strong momentum into enterprise development. Li Tianfei, the manager of the Operations Management Department, focused on the "qualification standards for grassroots and middle-level managers", and elaborated on the basic requirements of diligence and responsibility that grassroots management cadres should possess from the dimensions of professional ethics and ethical standards, combined with the excellent middle-level manager Sun Xingbo around them, providing guidance for the company to reserve management talents at all levels.

      Finally, company leader Liao Mao made a concluding speech, pointing out that:

     1. For the innovation work of all employees in 2025, the first step is to strengthen the responsibility of the company and department heads, attach great importance to it, and create an atmosphere of learning and catching up internally; Secondly, the company builds a platform, periodically organizes the extraction of innovative and efficient highlights, selects innovative pioneers, and organizes the sharing of excellent case experiences to continuously create an innovative atmosphere and stimulate innovation enthusiasm. The company should focus on indicators such as participation rate, per capita proposal quantity, proposal quality, and implementation rate, and conduct monthly PK competitions; We should focus on key links, emphasize summarization, establish benchmarks, sow a culture of integrity and innovation, and promote the implementation and effectiveness of improvement measures.
     2. Regarding the newly appointed management cadres, Mr. Liao emphasized that the company adheres to the employment principle of "putting character first, possessing both abilities, being recognized by the masses, and trusted by leaders". The company will provide a broad career development platform for employees who want to work and are capable of working. Character, sense of responsibility, sense of duty, and prioritizing company interests are always the first criteria for evaluation.
Be pragmatic and proactive, always treat the position as a career and the work as a responsibility; To strengthen communication and cooperation, and promote the spirit of unity and struggle; Be afraid in your heart, stop in your actions, be a clean person, and do things with integrity.
At the same time, for college students and young employees, Mr. Liao requires everyone to keep in mind their original intention of integrity, maintain a healthy lifestyle, abide by the bottom line, observe discipline, and abide by rules; To have lofty aspirations, dare to work hard, communicate more with positive energy senior employees, actively participate in major projects and key difficult work of the company, enhance comprehensive abilities in practice, and contribute to the development of the company.
     3. Finally, Mr. Liao emphasized the company's selection of an internal trainer team and encouraged employees to actively participate. Each internal trainer training session is themed differently, with multiple levels of requirements, typical examples, and culture building, aiming to create a positive and high-quality workforce.