Major economic indicators of the National Congress hit new highs again
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2009-03-16 03:31
For Shandong Guoda Gold Co., Ltd., 2008 was a landmark year. That year, faced with the global financial crisis and unfavorable market conditions, Guoda Company's cadres and employees, guided by the 24-character principle of "reducing loans, improving efficiency, shrinking the front line, highlighting the main business, integrating resources, and honing internal skills," focused on the annual production and operation goals and achieved significant results.
Guoda Company, through strengthening production organization management and market marketing, accelerating technological innovation and project construction, and improving the company's overall quality, successfully seized development opportunities and overcame the significant difficulties brought to the company's normal production and operation by the financial crisis. It successfully completed the tasks of various projects in the preparatory year, creating three glorious achievements: profits exceeding 100 million, taxes exceeding 100 million, and fiscal contributions exceeding 100 million.
Major economic and technical indicators hit new highs
In 2008, Guoda Company produced a total of 10.47 tons of gold, 59.48 tons of silver, 307,600 tons of sulfuric acid, and 2,384.79 tons of copper, with a total waste heat power generation of 30.8677 million kWh. All economic indicators exceeded the annual targets. Annual sales revenue reached 2.18 billion yuan, with profits of 100 million yuan, taxes of 181 million yuan, and fiscal contributions of 128 million yuan. This represents year-on-year growth of 12.18%, 79.9%, 60%, and 197%, respectively, creating three glorious achievements of landmark and epoch-making significance in the history of the factory. In addition, the company, through the active implementation of capital chain operations, reduced loans by a total of 108 million yuan.
Due to its outstanding performance, Guoda Company was awarded "Best Creditworthy Customer of Shandong Banking Industry" and "Grade A Tax Credit Rating Unit of Yantai City" last year.
Significant achievements in technological innovation
Guoda Company's national debt project for the comprehensive utilization of gold tailings, with a total investment of 158 million yuan, officially started on May 8 and is now in the final stages. This reflects the company's emphasis on technological innovation.
Since last year, Guoda Company has continuously increased its investment in technological transformation and innovation, completing 21 production process technology transformations throughout the year. It successfully completed experiments on gold recovery from high-gold tailings, comprehensive utilization of red ore tailings, and comprehensive recovery of lead and zinc. The company was awarded the title of "National Torch Plan Key High-tech Enterprise." Two scientific and technological achievements independently researched and developed by the company won the first prize and special prize of the China Gold Association Science and Technology Award, respectively, and one achievement won the second prize of Shandong Provincial Science and Technology Award. The high-tech enterprise application submitted during the year passed the provincial review, and the 9.4 million yuan subsidy for the national debt project has been fully received.
In 2008, Guoda Company applied for 10 patents, all of which were accepted by the State Intellectual Property Office. The company has a total of 27 patent applications.
Comprehensive improvement of enterprise comprehensive quality
In order to improve the company's overall quality, Guoda Company fully implemented innovative financial management, potential improvement and efficiency enhancement, and internal skill enhancement. Company-wide innovation and financial management activities have been further developed. A total of 460 innovative projects were completed throughout the year, creating benefits of 6.1165 million yuan, and 804 financial management projects were completed, creating benefits of 7.0694 million yuan.
Guoda Company also actively promoted enterprise comprehensive management work, with "improving skills for all employees and improving management levels" as the core. It reformed the salary system, fully implemented a skill-based wage system, and conducted various forms of training courses both internally and externally to improve the skills of all employees. At the same time, it carried out activities to "simplify processes to improve efficiency and refine management to prevent loopholes," implemented pilot programs for "post company system and employee manager system," and invited enterprise management consulting institutions for consultations to refine and improve various aspects of enterprise management, further improving the company's overall management level.
In 2008, Guoda Company successfully passed the on-site review for the creation of a learning enterprise in Shandong Province, the review for a first-class archive room in Shandong Province, and the ISO9001 quality management system supervision audit. It received honorary titles such as provincial civilized unit, advanced collective of Shandong Provincial Archives Work, top ten model units for caring for employees in Shandong Province, and advanced grassroots party organization in Yantai City.
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