The aging industry changes three entrepreneurship on the road

The mottled paint and old reaction kettle tell of great changes in the vicissitudes of life. Recently, at the site of the remains of the giant fossil carbide industry, the theme education mobilization and deployment meeting of the giant chemical group "never forget the first heart and remember the mission" was held. The new and old giant chemical people are looking back on the past and drawing a new grand plan for development. "This set of calcium carbide furnace device is the origin of the development of Juhua, and also the spiritual home of Juhua people who forget the original industry to serve the country." Hu Zhongming, chairman of Juhua Group, said.
Now this old set of devices has been eliminated, but more and more modern devices have been born. Today's giant is shouldering the new mission of "becoming the world's advanced manufacturing base" and striving for the world's first-class enterprises with global competitiveness, making every effort to become stronger, better and bigger. This year marks the 61st anniversary of Juhua's construction. From breaking the international monopoly to developing and producing chemical raw materials for IT chip manufacturing, Giant's performance in the transformation of the old state-owned enterprises has a certain representativeness.
Three entrepreneurship keep in mind the mission of industry to serve the country
Standing before the remains of the megafossil calcium carbide industry, the reporter felt the special epochal significance of the calcium carbide furnace as the origin of arduous entrepreneurship. After the shutdown, Juhua decided to protect the production equipment and plant of the calcium carbide furnace in an all-round way and to build an industrial heritage exhibition area. The Calcium Carbide Furnace in the project is the only remaining and well-preserved early open-ended Calcium Carbide Furnace in China and the only remaining project of chemical industry in the country.
"I remember that on May 11, 1958, Juhua started construction of the first production plant, calcium carbide furnace." A veteran employee of Juhua told reporters at the scene. This set of calcium carbide furnace has since become the origin of the development of mega-scale, the starting point of Quzhou's modern industry, and the starting point of Zhejiang's chemical industry. At that time, the enormity not only filled the gaps in Zhejiang chemical industry, but also was the first large-scale chemical joint venture in New China that independently designed, manufactured, installed and commissioned safely. As a result, Juhua completed its first venture and ranked among the eight major chemical bases in China. In retrospect of history, at the beginning of the founding of New China, Zhejiang's chemical industry foundation was very weak. In order to increase grain production, Comrade Jianghua, then the first Secretary of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee, asked Chairman Mao Zedong to set up a fertilizer plant with an annual output of 10,000 tons. Chairman Mao said, "If we want to do it, we should make it bigger." So a blueprint for a large chemical plant began to be drawn. In response to the Party's call, the first generation of entrepreneurs of Juhua gathered from all sides of the motherland to Qiantangtuan, Quzhou, southwest of Jinqu Basin, relying on "two shoulders, two hands, one shoulder and one shovel", filling the gap of chemical industry in Zhejiang Province. At the beginning of 1990s, Gu Xiulian, then Minister of Chemical Industry, put forward that Juhua is going to come out of the mountain when she inspected Juhua. We should jump out of the western Zhejiang basin, carry out industrial layout for the whole country, create high-end excellent products, and go to the world. As a result, Juhua started its second venture. With the help of Zhejiang fluorite resources and the supporting advantages of Juhua's products, Juhua has rapidly built the earliest and largest fluorine chemical base in China, with fluorine chemical industry as the core and coal chemical industry and salt chemical industry as the support.
Entering the new century, Juhua started its third magnificent undertaking, opened a new round of industrial restructuring dominated by high-tech industries, vigorously nurtured new growth points such as electronic chemicals, functional materials, high-end equipment manufacturing, and expanded logistics and other productive services, with the goal of creating an economic benefit. Good, low resource consumption, excellent ecological environment, sustainable development of modern new enterprises.
enters into the production base of Juhua's subordinate enterprises, Borui Company and Kaisheng Company. Clean dust-free workshop, advanced production equipment and precise quality control equipment come into sight in the second place. The factory has first-class configuration and excellent quality of electronic chemicals. It has realized the supply capacity of ultra-pure electronic wet chemicals and special gases for the manufacture of serial integrated circuits. The successful development of PPT grade electronic gas products fills the gap in China's industry. Products are indispensable raw materials for the manufacture of "China Core" instead of imports. Nobody had ever thought that such a high-quality and sophisticated product originated from a fertilizer factory and a traditional basic chemical enterprise.
From self-reliant design and production of chemical fertilizers and tri-acid and alkali products to the introduction of technology and innovation for the development of fluorine chemical industry, we are now vigorously cultivating new materials industry of electronic chemical industry. Market demand of national economic system is changing, people's living needs are changing, and enterprise products are also transforming and upgrading. However, Juhua adheres to the principle that industry should serve the country. The original intention and mission of realizing the rejuvenation of national industries have never changed.
Old trees, new branches, turnip branches and lush leaves
If we draw a huge product structure map according to the extension of the industrial chain, we can clearly see that the huge product system is now like a big tree.
Flowers blossom and fall, and plants grow and wither. Every product has its ups and downs. This is especially true for Juhua, a 61-year-old aging industrial enterprise. For a long time, Juhua has been producing traditional chemical products such as urea, triacid and alkali, calcium carbide and so on. Today, traditional products with high energy consumption, high pollution and poor market efficiency have been cut down, and the industrial pattern of fluorine chemical industry, chlor-alkali chemical industry, coal chemical industry and petrochemical industry has been formed. How to ensure that the huge product system flourishes? Eliminating the fittest, eliminating turnips, and eliminating backward products and production devices with poor market potential are among the issues of transformation and upgrading, just like repairing branches for trees.
But a single pruning can not make the big branch flourish.
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2026-07-13
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