From the research and development of motorcycle exhaust catalysts in a simple factory building in 2005 to the construction of a technology ecosystem covering the entire dual carbon chain today, Zhongzi Technology Co., Ltd. has crossed five 'life and death checkpoints' in 20 years. "On July 15th, at the 20th anniversary celebration and technology achievement press conference held in Chengdu, Zhongzi Technology Co., Ltd., Chairman Chen Qizhang condensed the company's development history into a history of overcoming difficulties in his speech at the celebration.

In the early stages of entrepreneurship, talent shortage is the first challenge. Zhongzi Technology has a team of graduates from Sichuan University and recruited professional talents from multiple universities. Through the establishment of a "theory+practice" dual track training system, it has gradually formed a national level R&D team of more than 200 people, including high-level talents such as the National Ten Thousand Talents Plan and National May Day Labor Medal winners.

Technological transformation is a more severe challenge. Faced with the situation of multinational corporations monopolizing catalyst technology, Zhongzi Technology has overcome problems such as catalyst rust, detachment, and insufficient conversion efficiency from laboratory samples to mass-produced products, achieving breakthroughs in the entire chain from small-scale and pilot testing to industrial production. It has won 2500 domestic and foreign environmental protection announcements, making motorcycle exhaust catalysts the industry benchmark.

Upgrading production and quality is equally arduous. Due to the lack of compatible equipment, the company independently developed production processes and went through iterations from manual, semi-automatic to intelligent to achieve fully digital control of quality indicators. In just two years, the milestone of producing and selling one million sets of gasoline vehicle catalysts was achieved.

The stability of the capital chain is the key to industrial expansion. As a capital intensive industry, Zhongzi Technology has solved the capital turnover problem of "payment upon delivery" and "three-month payment" through multi-party cooperation such as factoring support from financial institutions, customer prepayments, and supplier credit extension, ensuring order delivery.

The opening of the market stems from the adherence to a customer-centric approach. Starting from zero industry experience, the team has won trust at home and abroad by virtue of toughness. Now the products have gone to the markets along the "the Belt and Road", so that China's green technology can benefit the world.

For the past twenty years, Zhongzi Technology has always anchored the national "dual carbon" strategy and built deep technological barriers in the three major fields of environmental catalysis, energy storage and energy storage+, and composite materials.

In the field of environmental catalysis, its internal combustion engine exhaust purification catalyst has achieved a leap from "following" to "leading". The sales of gasoline engine catalysts have exceeded one million sets, and products such as natural gas vehicle post-treatment catalysts have broken international monopolies. It has also provided stable combustion technology support for the Beijing Winter Olympics and Universiade torches. In response to the upgrade of future emission standards, the company has launched the National 7 technology pre research three years in advance. Currently, it has reserved National 7 post-treatment catalysts for natural gas vehicles, diesel vehicles, passenger cars, as well as cutting-edge products such as Euro 5 and Euro 5+post-treatment catalysts for motorcycles.

In the field of energy storage and energy storage+, Zhongzi Technology has laid out household, industrial and commercial, and megawatt level energy storage products, extending to smart energy ecosystems such as smart microgrids, source grid load storage, and virtual power plants, providing "heart level" solutions for global green energy transformation. Especially in the issue of power shortage in underdeveloped countries, its technological solutions are gradually becoming effective.

Composite materials, as the backbone of high-end manufacturing, from thermosetting and thermoplastic prepreg to carbon fiber structural components, are supported by Zhongzi Technology's dual track system of "automotive intelligent manufacturing+aviation standards" to achieve lightweight and low-carbon solutions for aircraft, rail transit, robots, and other industries, filling multiple unmet market demands.

As of now, Zhongzi Technology has won 20 provincial and ministerial level science and technology awards (including 1 second prize for national scientific and technological progress), led or participated in the formulation of 27 national/industry standards, obtained more than 200 domestic and foreign patent authorizations, and has also established national innovation platforms such as national enterprise technology centers and postdoctoral workstations. It has landed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board in 2021, achieving a leapfrog development of "scientific and technological innovation+capital empowerment".

At the technology achievement release stage, Wang Yun, General Manager of Zhongzi Technology, unveiled seven core technologies covering environmental catalysts, industrial catalysts, hydrogen fuel cell catalysts, energy storage and storage+, smart microgrids, virtual power plants, and composite materials, marking the strategic upgrade of the enterprise from single exhaust gas treatment to full chain layout of new energy materials.

These technologies not only serve the current upgrading of internal combustion engine emissions reduction, but also directly point to the pain points of the transformation of the new energy industry, "Wang Yun introduced. Among them, technologies such as hydrogen fuel cell cathode catalysts and smart microgrids will provide core support for hydrogen energy applications and energy system intelligence, while industrial exhaust gas purification catalysts will further broaden the application scenarios of pollution reduction and carbon reduction.

Twenty years of accumulation tells us that short-term development relies on opportunities, medium-term growth relies on management, and long-term survival relies on culture. "During the release of Corporate Culture 2.0, Chen Qizhang's words pointed out the password for enterprises to overcome cycles. He emphasized that in the face of uncertainty in the future market, Zhongzi Technology will anchor itself with the cultural core of "customer value as the core and innovation as the foundation", gather consensus among all employees, and continue to tackle bottlenecks in areas such as environmental catalysis, energy storage, and composite materials, steadily advancing towards the goal of becoming a "century old enterprise".

From the first catalyst sample in the laboratory to the industry leader listed on the Science and Technology Innovation Board; From keeping up with technology to participating in global standard setting, Zhongzi Technology has written a growth model for Chinese green technology enterprises in 20 years. Standing at a new starting point, this enterprise is contributing the "Zhongzi Plan" to the global green and low-carbon transformation with a more open attitude and harder core technology.
Source: China Economic Net