On December 23, well-known experts from pulp and paper, energy-saving engineering and other industries evaluated 10 scientific and technological achievements completed by Asia Symbol (Shandong) Pulp & Paper in the second half of 2023. After the review of the expert group, all 10 achievements passed the evaluation, of which the overall technology of 3 achievements reached the international advanced level, 4 achievements reached the domestic leading level, and 4 achievements reached the domestic advanced level.
The evaluation meeting was presided over by Liu Min'an, director of the Enterprise Service Department of Shandong Light Industry Association and director of the Provincial Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Development Promotion Center, and the company's management Li Runming, Wang Shaoguang and Chang Yonggui attended the meeting. According to the management measures for the evaluation of scientific and technological achievements and relevant standards, the expert group reviewed the project information documents, listened to the on-site report of the project team, and agreed to pass the evaluation after strict review and inquiry discussion.
The expert group believes that the 10 technical achievements in this evaluation have clear innovation points, significant economic and social benefits, and broad prospects for promotion and application, which have a demonstration and leading role in the development of the pulp and paper industry in the province and even the whole country. The experts at the meeting spoke highly of and recognized the achievements of Asia Symbol in technological innovation, achievement transformation, industry-university-research cooperation, etc., as well as the company's adherence to innovation and development, continuous increase in R&D investment and talent introduction, acceleration of digital empowerment and brand assignment, extension of the industrial chain, and realization of green, low-carbon and high-quality development, and hoped that the company will continue to make breakthroughs in scientific and technological innovation and in-depth cooperation between government, industry, academia and research in the future, maintain the momentum of development, serve as an industry benchmark, and bear more fruits.
As a benchmark enterprise for industrial upgrading, technological progress and green development in the pulp and paper industry, Asia Symbol has given full play to its leading and exemplary role in the transformation and upgrading of the industry, taking technological innovation as the driving force, continuously increasing investment in scientific research, building an "innovative" enterprise, strengthening the construction of technological innovation system and talent system, and has undertaken and completed more than 150 national, provincial and municipal science and technology projects, applied for 114 patents, participated in the drafting of national standards, 23 industry standards have been formulated and revised, providing strong technical support for enterprise transformation and upgrading and high-quality development, and leading the technological progress of the pulp and paper industry.
The company has been rated as a national high-tech enterprise, a national intellectual property demonstration enterprise, a national green factory, an environment-friendly enterprise in China's paper industry, an outstanding corporate citizen in China, a model enterprise of social responsibility in China, a national outstanding foreign-invested enterprise, a single champion enterprise in the manufacturing industry of Shandong Province, an advanced energy-saving enterprise in Shandong Province, a circular economy demonstration enterprise in Shandong Province, and a meritorious enterprise in Rizhao City.