Cement for the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, silicon steel for the Mt. Beauty Hydropower Station in Brazil ...... Behind countless projects, products and services around the world, the names of enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta are engraved.

The eyes look at the sky and the earth, and the feet straddle the gullies and ravines. At present, the Yangtze River Delta world-class enterprises and hidden champions of subsectors emerge, innovation vitality is released, products are iterative and new, and a number of enterprises are beginning to emerge in the international market. In the list of Fortune 500 companies published by Fortune Magazine in 2023, a total of 25 enterprises from the Yangtze River Delta are on the list.

Figure Strong, Unstoppable

Walking into the Dalian Changxing Island Petrochemical Industrial Park of Hengli Group Company Limited, what comes into your eyes are not only refining devices and metal pipe corridors, but also green grass and colorful flowers, where industrial civilization and natural scenery are intertwined.

Hengli Group, one of the world's top 500 enterprises, was born in Suzhou, and has built nine industrial parks in five provinces across the country, with a sales revenue of more than 800 billion yuan in 2023. Chen Jianhua, chairman and president of the company, said, "Hengli builds a world-class enterprise, promotes the development of manufacturing industry to high-end, intelligent and green, and strives to achieve an annual sales revenue of more than one trillion yuan in 2 to 3 years."

Hengli Group epitomizes the innovative development of many enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta. In the Yangtze River Delta more than 300,000 square kilometers of land, more and more enterprises began to polish the "signboard" in the international competition.

Anhui Conch Group Co., Ltd, a Fortune 500 company, was once a small cement factory in southern Anhui, but now it has investments in 17 countries and regions, and has exported its products and services to landmark projects such as the Oakland Bay Bridge in the United States and the Burj Khalifa in Dubai.

Quality and technology excellence, establish rules and regulations dare to be the first. From Brazil's Mt. Beauty Hydropower Station, to the China-Brazil Economic Corridor Murrah DC Transmission Project, to the Beijing Winter Olympics Green Power Protection Project, the silicon steel products produced by China Baowu Iron & Steel Group Company Limited, a Fortune 500 company, are widely used in these representative projects. The company's chief scientist Li Guobao said, China Baowu has developed four series of 58 high-grade oriented silicon steel products.

Seeking new, cutting through the thorns

Key core technology is the most important weapon of the country, and is of strategic significance in promoting high-quality economic development and safeguarding national security. World-class enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta are aiming at the frontiers of science and technology, improving their innovation capability, making great innovations in basic science and technology, and making great breakthroughs in the field of key core technologies.

The 130,000-ton-per-year PETG plant independently developed by Sheng Hong Holding Group Co., Ltd, a Fortune 500 company, was successfully put into operation at one time in the Lianyungang Petrochemical Industrial Park in Jiangsu Province.

Sheng Hong Group has built the National Innovation Center for Advanced Functional Fibers, Petrochemical Innovation Center, Advanced Materials Research Institute and other platforms, and has carried out more than 100 projects on cutting-edge technology research and transformation of scientific and technological achievements. In the next three to five years, the enterprise will also invest 10 billion yuan in research and development funds.

The practice of world-class enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta to win the development trend with scientific and technological advantages illustrates the power of innovation.

Anhui tongguan nonferrous metals (chizhou) limited liability company to innovation to lead the transformation of metal die-casting high-end, for more than 300 customers to provide materials. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Holding Co., Ltd, one of the world's top 500 enterprises, Tongguan Nonferrous Metals (Chizhou) Co., Ltd. has set up a zinc alloy joint laboratory with sister enterprises and universities to build a whole industrial chain of "production, learning, research, marketing and service".

December 23 every year is China Baowu's "company day", but also the enterprise's "innovation day". The combination of "Innovation Day" and "Company Day" stems from the enterprise's far-sightedness on innovation. Since the reorganization and establishment of China Baowu in 2016, the company has developed more than 70 products that are the first of their kind in the world.

Plotting momentum, gathering fire to become a torch

Driven by world-class enterprises, more and more enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta are accelerating the cultivation of new quality productivity and standing out in niche areas.

Ningbo Shuitelong Group Co., Ltd. produced ashtrays for automobile manufacturers in the early years, but now the company has expanded to form 10 series of auto parts brands.

Being an accessory does not mean being a "supporting role". Shuaite Dragon set up a post-doctoral workstation, led the drafting of the motor vehicle door handle industry standards, products are widely welcomed by customers at home and abroad.

There is a standard-bearer in the front, and there is a pursuer in the back. Goodbaby Children's Products Co., Ltd. builds smart factories and promotes lean, automation, digitalization and intelligent transformation.

"The company empowers the high-quality development of the children's products industry with artificial intelligence, big data, Internet of Things and other technologies, and the global sales of children's safety seats produced by the company reached more than 4 million units last year, and are expected to reach more than 5 million units this year." Song Zheng, chairman of the company's board of directors, added.

The rise of high-quality enterprises, the global economic geographic map of the "Yangtze River Delta coordinates" more clearly.

In December 2023, the first battery product of the Thailand factory of Hefei Guoxuan Gaoke Power Energy Co. As an enterprise engaged in the R&D, production and sales of lithium batteries, Guoxuan Gaoke has laid out 8 global R&D centers, 20 battery production and manufacturing bases, and 8 material bases. Cheng Qian, the executive president of the company's international business segment, believes that continuous research and development of technology is the mystery of an invincible enterprise.

Posideng Group, which has been deeply engaged in the garment field for nearly half a century, now has an automation rate of 90% in key production processes. Gao Dekang, Chairman and President of the Board of Directors of the Group, said that Bosideng links more than 2,000 upstream and downstream enterprises, and in the future will further drive and support the digital transformation of small and medium-sized enterprises, and promote the overall upgrading of the industrial chain.