On May 3rd, Dawn Group's business analysis meeting for the first quarter of 2023 was held at Dawn Lakeside Hotel. Yu Xiaoning, chairman and president, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Xiao Hui, executive vice president, presided over the meeting. Directors of the board, members of the leadership team, cadres above the deputy ministerial level of various departments, cadres above the director level of each business unit, and members of the young cadre class participated in the meeting.

At 7:30 a.m. on the same day, the first-quarter business analysis meeting with the theme of "Gathering Potential, Empowering and Winning a New Situation" began with the sound of "Song of Dawn". Relevant leaders of Dawn Group reported the overall business situation from the aspects of operation, finance, market, park, and human resources. The data showed that in the first quarter, the production and sales volume of Dawn Group both increased by more than 10% year-on-year, the market share was further expanded, and the social influence was significantly improved.

Subsequently, the leaders in charge of the three major industrial sectors of polymer new material industry, trade logistics industry, and titanium industry reported the operating situation in the first quarter and the main work arrangements in the second quarter. The business unit that completed the first quarter's task target made a typical speech, allowing the participants appreciate the experience and practice of overcoming difficulties and overtaking in corners by not making excuses for failure but only thinking of ways for success under the environment of intensified competition and weak market.

In the first quarter, the industrial chain, product chain and enterprise chain of the Dawn Group continued to forge and elongate. In the promotion of new products, the heads of Dawn Biodegradable Materials Co., Ltd., Yantai CMC Plastic Packages Co., Ltd. , and Longkou Shuanglong Chemical Co., Ltd. respectively introduced products such as degradable materials, hose packaging materials, and "Shuanglong" ultramarine. The business philosophy of "products-rooted, people-oriented, technology-led, and customer-first" is more deeply rooted in the people’s hearts.

Tighten the "screws" of cost reduction and calculate the "management accounts" of operations. In the first quarter, Dawn Group carried out the special action of "extreme cost reduction and gross profit improvement". Relevant business units shared the phased results, which helped to promote advanced cost reduction methods and further clarified the work direction of extreme cost reduction. The person in charge of each business unit said that it was necessary to benchmark against advanced standards, find the deficiencies, learn from typical examples of cost reduction and efficiency increasing, reduce procurement costs, optimize production processes, and dig deep into its own potential.

At the meeting, the first quarter comprehensive ranking first award, the double growth award, the benefit creation award and the first quarter good start award were awarded to the business unit. Shandong Dawn polymer Co., Ltd, Dawn Shengrong Small Loan Co., Ltd., and Dawn Zhoushi (Longkou) Company respectively won the first quarter comprehensive ranking first prize of enterprises in the first, second and third categories.

It was particularly worth mentioning that the conference specially set up the "good start award for the first quarter". Chairman Yu Xiaoning and Executive Vice President Xiao Hui presented awards to the 6 award-winning units, encouraging each business unit to learn from their advanced management experience, taking pride in accomplishing the goals, outperforming the market, and surpassing the competitors.

Executive Vice President Xiao Hui pointed out that all business units should face up to problems, reflect on benchmarks, and identify shortcomings that restrict development. It is necessary to visit the site in person, investigate and study, and effectively solve the difficulties and problems in the business operation process. It is necessary to command from the front, coordinate in an all-round way, do a good job in tackling key problems in proposed and ongoing projects, and promote the healthy and sustainable development of enterprises. With the sense of responsibility of "always taking care of", it is necessary to lay a solid foundation for safety and environmental protection, and do a good job in safe production. It is necessary to actively carry out the ultimate operation activities of "extreme cost reduction, ultimate pursuit of innovation, ultimate efficiency improvement, ultimate increase in efficiency, and ultimate implementation" to ensure the successful completion of the performance indicators in the second quarter.

Chairman Yu Xiaoning fully affirmed the operating results achieved by the steady start in the first quarter. He emphasized that it was necessary to grasp the economic situation, follow the trend, and actively seize development opportunities. It is necessary to keep a close eye on the strategic goals, dig deep and tap the potential, and constantly consolidate the foundation for development. It is necessary to accelerate the project construction, strengthen the increment and reach the production capacity, and fully release the development potential. It is necessary to build a solid foundation for the park, do a good job in attracting investment, and continuously accumulate development momentum.  It is necessary to strengthen the support of the team, implement the quality and efficiency of execution, and continue to strengthen the development engine.

This meeting was held on the eve of China’s Youth Day. Chairman Yu Xiaoning expressed his earnest expectations for Dawn's young talents. "Youth is the mainstay of the century-old Dawn's grand journey and the hope for the company's future development." He called on young talents to keep up with the company's development pace, strengthen their confidence in advancing, set up great ambitions, become great talents, take on great responsibilities, and constantly improve their overall quality and work ability, so that the struggling youth could grow and progress together with the company.

Chairman Yu Xiaoning emphasized that all cadres and employees should uphold the core values of "integrity, responsibility, diligence and gratitude", muster up the enthusiasm for the decisive battle for half a year and the decisive victory for the whole year, raise the momentum of grasping projects and attracting investment, set up the orientation of technology leading and customer first, bring up the state of striving for progress and striving to be the first, gather the joint efforts of knowing about the responsibility, taking the responsibility, uniting and striving, and lay a solid foundation for overfulfilling the annual task goals.