From October 13 to 15, 2025, the 9th Membership Congress of the China Steel Structure Association and the 2025 China Steel Structure Conference were held in Nanning, Guangxi. Leaders, experts, and corporate representatives from the steel structure industry across the country gathered at the conference to discuss new opportunities for industry development and explore innovative paths for technological advancement. Guo Lixiang, the company's chief engineer, attended the meeting.

The conference venue
At the meeting, Comrade Wang Yuwei, Vice President of the Group, was hired as the Vice President of the 9th Council of China Steel Structure Association. The conference also awarded the 2025 China Steel Structure Association Science and Technology Progress Award and Technology Innovation Award. The company's "Research and Application of Composite Support and Suspension Steel Structure System Construction Technology" project, with its innovative technological breakthroughs and significant practical achievements, won the second prize of scientific progress. Li Da, Wu Fangliang and other company R&D personnel who participated in this technology also received this personal honor.

The picture shows the company's Chief Engineer Guo Lixiang (second from the right) receiving the award on behalf of the company

The above awards are not only a recognition of the hard work and outstanding wisdom of the project team, but also a high recognition of the company's long-term commitment to technological innovation and progress, injecting new impetus and confidence into the company's future development. The research and application of construction technology for composite support and suspension steel structure system involves five key technologies. This project aims to address the problems encountered in the construction process of composite support and suspension steel structure systems. A thick walled large-diameter circular pipe welding method is designed to effectively improve the welding quality of column bodies; Develop anti overturning devices for steel columns and a large diameter circular pipe column docking operation platform to solve the problems of easy overturning during the installation of the first layer of steel columns and no operating space for column height to air docking; A new installation method for high-rise suspension structures has been proposed, significantly improving the efficiency of engineering installation and effectively ensuring construction quality and safety. As an important member of the steel structure industry, the company will continue to uphold the corporate spirit of honest management and innovative development, strengthen industry exchanges, closely cooperate with upstream and downstream enterprises, jointly create a green ecological chain in the steel structure industry, and help the steel structure industry continue to develop steadily.