Wanhua Chemical Group: Break through the "stuck neck" technology and seize the commanding heights of independent innovation

Without new materials with excellent performance and reliable quality, innovative R&D designs cannot be implemented; without breakthroughs in key materials, advanced manufacturing can only be a castle in the air
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To realize the dream of a manufacturing powerhouse, Wanhua is marching forward bravely towards this established goal: to firmly grasp new chemical materials and new technologies in their own hands
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"Why Wanhua?" Faced with the reporter's questioning, Wanhua's answer was surprisingly consistent: the effect of innovation depends on the attitude towards innovation
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Looking at the resumes of Wanhua's previous responsible persons, it is not difficult to find that every "helmsman" is a technical background.
They always regard independent innovation as the core competitiveness of the enterprise, and never hesitate to invest in innovation and research and development
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Wanhua's annual financial report shows that from 2017 to 2019, R&D expenses continued to rise, reaching 1.
238 billion yuan, 1.
610 billion yuan and 1.
704 billion yuan respectively
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How to face failure reflects the company's view of innovation
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Yang Kai, deputy director of the Science and Technology Management Department of Wanhua Academia Sinica, told reporters a four-year trial and error story
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In 2015, Wanhua invested more than 500 million yuan to build an industrialized test facility for hydrogen chloride hydrogen chloride, but it was shut down within a few days
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After a check, there is a problem with the catalyst, change it! Check again, there is a problem with the reactor, and then change it.
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It took 4 years to change it, and tens of millions of yuan were invested every time it was changed
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The team members are all under "great pressure", but Yang Kai has never heard the chairman say how much the project has lost and what to do if it can't be corrected.
Instead, he always tries to find ways and ideas together
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Finally, in 2019, the hydrogen chloride oxidation technology was perfected, breaking the bottleneck of by-product treatment for the long-term sustainable development of isocyanates
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"Why do your employees have glowing eyes when they work?" Last year, the person in charge of a company in the province left such confusion after visiting Wanhua
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From 1999 when "Limu Jianxin" rewarded technician Sun Dunxiao with 210,000 yuan, it is not new that the profit commission of technical achievements is more than 100 million yuan.
Zhao Jide, senior human resources director of Wanhua, believes that in Wanhua, "encourage innovation, tolerate failure, and reward "Success" is by no means empty words, thus forming a complete R&D system and incentive mechanism
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Professional and administrative dual-channel promotion sequence opens up room for R&D personnel to rise
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The "chief scientist" at the upper level of the professional channel has the same status as the company's own academician, and the income is equivalent to the vice president
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There are bonuses for the success of the small test, bonuses for the success of the pilot test, bonuses for industrialization, commission bonuses for 5 consecutive years of benefits, and bonuses for basic research that does not produce direct benefits
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Only in science and technology incentive funds, Wanhua issued 45 million yuan last year
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It is no wonder that in Wanhua, there are vacancies in administrative positions, and few people apply for transfer from technical positions
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In the innovation ecosystem carefully created by Wanhua, technicians are properly protected like treasures, and the goal of R&D innovation is extraordinarily simple and determined
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Despite the turbulent economic situation and external environment, Wanhua insists on using the certainty of talents and innovation ability to hedge against future uncertainties
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Standing in the headquarters base building and overlooking, the sea breeze blows over the verdant vegetation of Cishan, setting off a surging wave
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A senior researcher from Wanhua once led five young men in their early 30s to break through the production technology of organic chemical raw material MMA
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The production manager can't believe it: "Can it be done?" Unexpectedly, industrialization was really realized in 2018
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Born in 1981, the general manager of the Beijing company, the general manager of the purchasing department in 1985, and the director of the strategic development department in 1988.
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Counting Wanhua's "back waves", Zhao Jide said that the average age of Wanhua's R&D team Only 30 years old, Wanhua provides them with good treatment and platform, gives them trust and opportunities for trial and error, and enables young talents to thrive
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Pointing to the corner of the base, Zhao Jide told reporters that there is the teaching building of Wanhua University, which will be opened on June 1
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"The name of the university is actually Wanhua's remodeling and re-engineering of the talent training system.
From training to cultivation, Wanhua is building its own professional, professional and leadership-oriented new talent team
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"Two years ago, the general secretary asked me how many R&D personnel Wanhua had, and I said more than 1,000
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In less than two years, the number exceeded 2,500
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" Liao Zengtai said that despite the impact of the epidemic this year, Wanhua still insisted on increasing the number of R&D personnel.
The attractiveness of big talents, it plans to recruit more than 2,400 people, and more than 900 people have officially signed the contract
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Talent is the main body of innovation, and innovation-driven is essentially talent-driven
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Wanhua is well aware of this point, and is consistently depicting the talent blueprint of "abundant talents, strong growth, and successors" to consolidate the foundation of innovation
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