On February 3rd, Dawn Group held its annual summary and commendation ceremony, as well as the signing of the target responsibility for 2024, on the third floor of Dawn Lakeside Hotel, which aimed to review the work, analyze the situation, commend outstanding achievements, clarify responsibilities, and mobilize cadres and employees to continue their efforts to achieve the goals for the new year. The main venue of the meeting was set up in Longkou, Shandong, with video conference sub-venues in Qingdao, Beijing, Shanghai, Chongqing, Jiangsu, Guangdong, and Russia. Yu Xiaoning, Chairman and President of Dawn Group, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.

In the morning, Xiao Hui, Executive Vice President of Dawn Group, reported on the operational situation of Dawn Group in 2023. The annual sales revenue increased against the trend, production and sales reached a new high, project construction progressed rapidly, investment and mergers accelerated, continuous efforts were made in technological innovation, and the corporate footprint continued to expand, significantly enhancing the overall strength of the company. Vice Presidents Song Huidong, Qiu Huanling, Wang Keyou, and Liu Lili respectively provided analyses and reports on the annual work from financial, market, park, and human resources perspectives.

Subsequently, the heads of various functional departments and the general managers of operating units successively reported on their work in 2023. They presented the completion status of key performance indicators (KPIs) and major tasks for the year, highlighted existing issues, outlined improvement measures, and scientifically deployed plans for the new year. The overall theme emphasized was "accumulate strength for the future, and win the future with wisdom."

The meeting announced the list of winners such as the 2023 Comprehensive Ranking No. 1 Award, the Fourth Quarter Efficiency Excellence Award, the Fourth Quarter Double Growth Award, the 2023 Rising Star Award for Efficiency Creation, the 2023 Multiply Increasing Plan Activity Excellence Award, and the 2024 Business Plan Development Excellence Award.

Dawn Polymer, Dawn Runhe Company, and Dawn Polymer (Chongqing) Company respectively won the first prize in the first, second, and third-class enterprise rankings. Dawn Runhe Company won the fourth quarter efficiency excellence award. Qingdao New Materials Company won the Fourth Quarter Double Growth Award. Qingdao Zhoushi Company won the 2023 Rising Star Award for Efficiency Creation. Qingdao New Materials Company, Dawn Titanium Company, and Dawn Special Elastomer Company won the 2023 Multiply Increasing Plan Activity Excellence Award. Dawn Titanium Company, Dawn International Logistics Company, Dawn Zhoushi (Longkou) Company, and Dawn Tourism Company won the 2024 Business Plan Development Excellence Award.

During the responsibility signing session, Chairman Yu Xiaoning, along with the executive management team of Dawn Group, and Executive Vice President Xiao Hui, along with the heads of various functional departments and the general managers of operating units, individually signed responsibility statements for the 2024 business objectives, safety and environmental protection, and integrity and self-discipline. A commitment letter is not just an obligation; it serves as both a constraining pressure and an impetus. Everyone will treat the targets as work objectives, the pressure as work motivation, and the responsibility as a mission, striving to achieve the annual objectives with high standards.

In the afternoon during the concluding commendation ceremony, outstanding teams and individuals who made significant contributions in 2023 were solemnly honored. The leadership of Dawn Group awarded the winning teams and individuals with honorary banners, certificates, and bonuses. Representatives of the advanced teams and individuals delivered speeches in succession.

As a representative of outstanding college students, Yang Haoqing from Dawn Polymer expressed in his speech, "I will fill in my own knowledge gaps, enhance my work skills, and contribute to the company in practical actions."

Representing the advanced workers, Li Weiwei from Qingdao New Materials Company stated, "We are no longer focusing on our own narrow specialties and detailed work; instead, we need to find ways to transform theoretical knowledge into scalable productivity."

"As the most basic unit of the enterprise, the team is like the cell of the enterprise. If the team is active, the enterprise is active. If the team is strong, the enterprise is strong," said Yu Lili, the representative of outstanding team leaders from Dawn Titanium Industry Company.

"Only through innovation and change, altering business strategies, and iterating marketing models, can we break through constraints and achieve a rebirth," said Wu Xiaoyan, Deputy General Manager of Dawn Chemical Company, as a representative of outstanding cadres.

As a representative of outstanding general managers, Wang Zefang, the General Manager of Dawn Polymer, made a statement, "Fully inspire the subjective initiative of all cadres and employees, quickly solve relevant problems in the business process, fully enhance the company's operational management level, and continue to strive forward to achieve the annual business goals."

"In 2024, all functional departments will cooperate sincerely, advance together, forge ahead, faithfully fulfill their responsibilities, and bravely shoulder the responsibilities entrusted by the company," said Wang Xiaoli, the Director of Investment and Financing Management Department of Dawn Group, as a representative of outstanding department heads.

In the commendation section for the "Most Beautiful Blue-Collar Workers" and the "Loveliest Dawn People," there were frontline employees, grassroots managers, marketing personnel, and research teams. From the grassroots to management, from production to research and development, it showcased the "dedication, professional competence, business ability, and entrepreneurial passion" of Dawn employees. It is worth noting that this year, New Year gift packages were also distributed to the families of outstanding managers.

As the highest special award of the year for Dawn Group, the Chairman's Special Contribution Award recognizes significant, historic, and creative contributions to driving the company's development. It encourages everyone to raise their position, broaden their horizons, and unite to support the company's leapfrog development.

In accordance with the relevant regulations on Dawn Group's compensation management, value sharing calculation, and distribution, and based on the actual operational performance, Chairman Yu Xiaoning and Executive Vice President Xiao Hui awarded value-sharing to six operating units that achieved outstanding results in 2023, which further enhanced the atmosphere of "comparison, learning, catching up, helping, and exceeding."

Executive Vice President Xiao Hui summarized the work of 2023, reviewing aspects such as production and sales volume, project construction, organizational coordination, safety and risk control, and achievements in technological innovation. He also outlined the work direction for 2024. He emphasized that it is necessary to focus on the goals and tasks, strengthen fine management, and comprehensively build a lean operation management system; it is necessary to focus on the "seven tough battles" to make a profit and win the tough battle of corporate governance of loss-making enterprises; it is necessary to focus on the transformation of scientific research and do reserve large projects to build the potential for enterprise development; it is necessary to focus on risk prevention and control, strengthen compliance management, and follow the right path of green and sustainable development.

Chairman Yu Xiaoning, in his concluding speech, pointed out the importance of seizing opportunities for economic development and strengthening research on industrial policies. It is crucial to closely follow major national policies and the direction of industrial structure upgrading, converting policy dividends into vitality for corporate development. It is necessary to tighten safety production and effectively build a solid line of defense for safety production; strengthen communication and coordination to form "flat communication A-word management"; continue to optimize management images to promote high-quality development of enterprises; accelerate digital transformation and build a digital economic industry ecosystem.

Chairman Yu Xiaoning emphasized the need to enhance operational capabilities, and promote the production and efficiency of projects. All departments and units should be guided by "chain development to form clusters" and excel in the "Technology content, quality, output, sales volume; efficiency; return on investment, asset-liability ratio" aspects of completed projects; maximize the release of production capacity, speed up the stringing of beads into chains, the gathering of chains into groups, and the accumulation of energy to create an industrial park with "ten thousand employees and hundreds of billions  park"; optimize the organizational structure and strengthen the construction of the talent team; optimize the "nine fixed" work, carry out organizational reforms, strengthen the construction of talent teams, and give full play to talent advantages; stimulate the vitality of the "12311" R&D system and provide strong talent guarantee and intellectual support for the company to take off again.

During the Spring Festival banquet held that evening in 2024, members of the board of directors, leadership team, managers at the department level and above, directors at the operational unit level and above, officials at the deputy department level and above, members of the youth cadres training program, as well as retired veterans and employee family members participated in the event.

“Let's raise our glasses to the past, to the era, to the future, to a beautiful life, and to everyone and their families!” Chairman Yu Xiaoning led the leadership team of Dawn Group to the stage for a brief speech, reviewing the achievements of the past year and expressing gratitude for the efforts of all Dawn employees.

The new member units inject fresh vitality into the Dawn family. The heads of business units who have joined Dawn in the past two years took the stage to give a toast, expressing their blessings for the company and their confidence and determination for future development.

During the banquet, the wonderful performance written, directed and performed by Dawn employees, which integrated songs, dances, poetry recitations and other forms, was brilliant and eye-catching, winning rounds of applause and cheers from the audience.

The highlight of the evening was the "Lucky Star" lottery session, igniting the climax of the banquet. The continuous and surprising lucky draws brought joy to the winners as they went on stage to receive their prizes, take photos, and share the excitement with everyone. This festive atmosphere, combined with the rich cultural spirit of Dawn, further strengthened the sense of belonging and the happiness of employees, igniting a powerful force for the upcoming challenges.