Preface Ⅱ
Mr. WANG Gongwei, secretary of the Party Committee of Xiao County, director of the Standing Committee of People's Congress in Xiao County
During the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the concepts of "green development, circular development and low-carbon development" and "making efforts to build a beautiful China" have been proposed. Anticorrosion industry plays a critical role in conserving resources, protecting environment, guaranteeing public security and building a beautiful China, and provides key technical support to the construction of ecological civilization. Therefore, it is an emerging industry we cannot afford to overlook during the course of economic development. Though it is a relatively small industry in the overall national economy, corrosion control could reduce the loss up to 30% every year and generate some 3% of GDP, thus effectively enable the highly-efficient, safe and durable usage of the protected objects. Corrosion control can not only benefit ourselves but also benefit our future generations across the world. Xiao County has her reason to be proud for devoting herself to this ordinary yet noble undertaking.
Anticorrosion industry in Xiao County was started from scratch in 1960s. Over the development of more than half a century, it finally embarks on a road to profession, regularization, mechanization and modernization and forms a whole industrial chain ranging from scientific research and education, design and consultancy, product manufacturing, engineering construction to inspection and testing, management and maintenance. It has transformed from single construction work to a comprehensive business, and gradually developed into industrial clusters. Anticorrosion industry in Xiao County is top of the league in terms of technology, management and equipment, and over 100, 000 people are involved in the industry. It provides a wide range of services including petroleum, chemical engineering, shipping, bridge, metallurgy, water conservancy, highway, food, medicine, aeronautics and astronautics, national defense, gas, water supply and other industries. It has also been actively engaged in a wide range of major construction projects in both China and abroad, such as the construction of Lianyungang nuclear power station, West-to-East Natural Gas Transmission Project, the Three Gorges Project, South-to-North Water Transfer Project, the National Stadium (Bird Nest), the Hangzhou Bay Cross-Sea bridge, the aerospace launcher in Taiyuan Satellite launching center, the Dushanzi Petrochemical, ships and warships, etc., accounting for a third of the domestic market. The business operation has reached over 38 countries and has become a well-known brand in and outside China. In the 1980s, Xiao County was awarded one of the "Four Leading Counties of Anticorrosion Industry in China", and then the "First County Leading China's Anticorrosion Industry", and also held the Fourth China International Corrosion Control Conference thereafter. We couldn't have achieved such a success without the hard work and persistence of the several generations of people in Xiao County, the support from the county Party committee and county government, or the guidance and assistance from China Industry Anticorrosion Technology Association.
Anticorrosion industry in Xiao County plays a pivotal role in the county's economic and social development. It is the pillar industry that enriches the people and rejuvenates the county. The anticorrosion industry in Xiao County is an important channel to create employment, ease the pressure of the rural labor force and help more peasants get rid of poverty and become better-off. It advances the agricultural modernization and boosts the consumption of Xiao County. The anticorrosion industry in Xiao County is booming with abundant capital accumulation and is a major force driving the growth of private economy and the building of urban and rural infrastructure. The urban and rural integration of the county is accelerated by the industry, and its economic development ranks the top among all counties and cities in Anhui province. A large number of excellent entrepreneurs are cultivated, who are the valuable resources driving the development of Xiao County. People engaging in anticorrosion industry in Xiao County are courageous and keen to fulfill their social responsibilities and are driving the course of social undertakings in urban and rural areas and improving the infrastructure of the region. Integrity, quality and friendship are highly valued in anticorrosion industry in Xiao County, and they have become a bridge linking Xiao County with the outside world, thus expanding its influence and improving its competitiveness.
As the Chinese economy has entered the New Normal, and the global economy integration has accelerated, the anticorrosion industry in Xiao County should proactively adapt to new changes and be actively engaged in the Four-Pronged Comprehensive Strategies and the Belt and Road Initiative proposed by General Secretary Xi Jinping. We should follow the Five Development Principles featuring "innovation, coordinated development, green, opening up and sharing" and embark on a new journey of creating an international brand of anticorrosion. We should make full use of our brand as the First County Leading China's Anticorrosion Industry and pursue green anticorrosion and scientific anticorrosion. Innovation should be regarded as the No. 1 driving force. We should make breakthroughs in technical innovation and management innovation in order to secure and further expand the market. We should also make innovations in government services and improve the environment for sustained development. Since integrity is the soul of anticorrosion industry in Xiao County, we should improve the incentive mechanism to encourage people who honor their commitment, and improve the punishment mechanism to warn those who don't, thus enabling entrepreneurs to fulfill their social responsibility. We should advance standardization by participating in the standard setting, and should meet the life-cycle general standard of corrosion control in order to take initiatives in the expansion of the global markets and speed up the international branding process.
In the new era, the county Party committee and the county government in Xiao County will, as always, support and encourage the anticorrosion industry, further promote the social and economic development and strive to make the industry achieve the goal of becoming a global brand.
December 28th, 2016