On April 29th, the first meeting of the academic committee and the technical expert committee of the National Key Laboratory of Intelligent Mining and Equipment for Deep Metal Mines, jointly established by Northeastern University, Northern Heavy Industries and Shaoxing University of Arts and Sciences, was held at Northeastern University. In this high-profile event that brought together many academicians, the vertical shaft boring machine independently developed by Fangda Group's Northern Heavy Industry reflected the cold industrial beauty under the spotlight, showcasing the hard-core strength of Northern Heavy Industry as a national team in the equipment manufacturing industry to the world, and also presenting a gift to the 6th anniversary of the NHI mixed-ownership reform.

History always echoes at critical moments: In just six years, this "eldest son of the Republic's equipment" has been reborn under the empowerment of the market-oriented reform of Fangda Group, becoming a core equipment supplier for national strategy-level projects and showcasing the charm of a new era's major national equipment.

Climb to the peak of technology

Strengthen the backbone of the national industry

Since the mixed-ownership reform in 2019, North Heavy Industries has filled 19 national gaps and set 5 world records. Among them, the engineering verification of the first 100% domestically produced shield machine jointly manufactured with the Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, successfully broke through the key technologies of key components such as main bearings and cutting tools, achieving a breakthrough in the "last mile" of domestic production of shield machines, and its overall performance reached the international leading level.

In the field of tunnel engineering, in 2021, the world's first full-face tunnel boring machine with a main beam medium displacement walking type for coal mines rolled off the production line. In the field of bulk material handling, in 2022, the world's largest-span portal scraper conveyor QGM700/65 was successfully applied in overseas markets. This project not only won the Excellent Award in the National Machinery Industry Product Quality Innovation Competition, but also its common rail technology was the first of its kind in China. In the field of metallurgical equipment, in 2023, the world's largest specification Φ5200×24500mm mixers and granulators emerged one after another. In the same year, the design of the world's largest 5500mm wide medium and thick plate cutting head shears and fixed-length shears was completed.

From technology introduction to reverse output, North Heavy Industries has achieved a qualitative leap from a "follower" to a "leader", demonstrating the strength of major national equipment.

From "Three Benefits" to "Five Conforms"

Forge the strategic support force of the country

On April 19th, the meeting room of Northern Heavy Industry was bustling with excitement. The lecture on "The Logic of New Quality Productivity Development" given by a professor from the Central Party School kept the pen tips of the middle-level and above managers present from leaving the paper all the time. Keywords such as "national strategy", "global competitiveness" and "industrial chain security" filled over a hundred notebooks. This mechanism of holding monthly lectures by experts from the Central Party School for many consecutive years has established a deep value connection between enterprise employees and the country.

Enterprise values of "Three Benefits" (When running a business, it is essential to be beneficial to the country, the enterprise itself, and the employees.) and “Five Conforms” (Comply with laws and regulations; Conform to the principle of marketization; It is beneficial to the customer. It is beneficial to all employees.), has brought about a profound ideological transformation for Northern Heavy Industries, which is highlighted when the national strategy requires support, and enterprises invest in research and development regardless of cost. When overseas projects encountered technical difficulties, the research team worked and lived in the workshop for three consecutive months to tackle the problems.

Mixed-ownership reform is not merely a simple capital reorganization, but rather a reshaping of ideological genes. Zhang Yifei, the president of NHI, presented the strategic coordinate system that has been iterated and upgraded over the past six years. This value elevation has been transformed into tangible combat effectiveness - over the past six years, we have participated in the research and development of more than ten major national engineering equipment projects, won several honors, and cultivated a group of industry experts and top talents.

Build an industrial ecosystem

Activate new impetus for major national equipment

At the end of 2024, the establishment of Liaoning Fangda Equipment Manufacturing Group Co., Ltd. shook the industry. This platform, with Northern Heavy Industries as the main body and targeting global enterprises in the equipment manufacturing industry chain, is leveraging the core advantages of Northern Heavy Industries such as factory facilities, technological research and development systems, and industrial worker teams to build an equipment manufacturing industrial cluster covering fields such as mining, metallurgy, and aviation. Through a new business model of "equipment manufacturing + engineering services + technical solutions", the future is with great enthusiasm.

Over the past six years, in terms of industrial chain collaboration, Northern Heavy Industries has demonstrated the responsibility of a leading enterprise. By establishing a supplier collaborative innovation center, it has driven the common development of over 1,200 enterprises in the industrial chain and achieved the establishment of more than 100 strategic partners. This symbiotic and mutually beneficial industrial ecosystem has led to a continuous increase in the agglomeration degree of the equipment manufacturing industry in Tiexi District, Shenyang, and a substantial growth in the annual output value of related industries.

This ecological empowerment effect is particularly significant in cross-border integration. Relying on the synergy of the five major sectors of Fangda Group, namely carbon, steel, medicine, commerce and aviation, NHI is extending its experience in heavy equipment manufacturing to fields such as new energy and aerospace.

Looking back from the sixth anniversary of the mixed-ownership reform, this once faltering "eldest son of the People's Republic" has grown into a "wall-breaker" in the field of deep underground engineering equipment and an "enabler" of industrial chain upgrading. Its independently developed products not only carve out the texture of the earth, but also measure the new height of "Made in China". When the cutter head of the North Heavy Industry tunnel boring machine starts up again, the rumbling sound carries the powerful voice of The Times for the revival of a national industry.