The sixth session of the fourth general assembly of the China Machinery Industry Federation and China’s Advanced Machinery Industry Collectives and Model Workers Commendation Conference were held in Beijing recently. At the general assembly and the commendation conference, the R&D team of the VAD + OVD intelligent equipment platform of Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable Joint Stock Limited Company ("YOFC" for short, stock code: 601869.SH and 06869.HK) was awarded the honorary title of "China’s Advanced Machinery Industry Collective". YOFC was the only company to win this award in China’s optical fibre and cable industry.

China’s Advanced Machinery Industry Collectives and Model Workers Commendation Conference is held every five years, aiming to further stimulate and mobilize the enthusiasm and creativity of the national machinery workers, carry forward the main theme of injecting more positive energy into the machinery industry, and contribute to the continuous improvement in stability, transformation, and upgrading of the machinery industry. The Commendation Conference is held according to the spirit of the Notice on the Selection of Advanced Collectives, Model Workers and Advanced Workers in China’s Machinery Industry issued by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the People’s Republic of China. Since August 2018, 96 advanced collectives, 91 model workers and 3 advanced workers in the machinery industry have been selected based on the level-by-level recommendation and evaluation, and reviewed by the leading group of the machinery industry commendation activity.

As a global leader in the optical fibre and cable industry, YOFC has always been driven by innovation and kept deepening the concept of intelligent manufacturing. YOFC developed the VAD + OVD technology and equipment platform with fully independent intellectual property rights, successfully realizing the industrialization of the VAD + OVD technology. In Qianjiang, Hubei, YOFC has built the world's first preform and optical fibre intelligent manufacturing factory, whose intelligent equipment, intelligent processes, and intelligent systems embody the industry leading level of intelligent manufacturing.

In the future, adhering to the mission of "Smart Link Better Life", YOFC will continue to optimize and upgrade the intelligent process platform, explore universally applicable technologies and applications in the manufacturing field, and make greater contributions to the high-quality development of China's optical fibre and cable industry and even the entire manufacturing industry.