On September 14, the 2026 Shandong Top 100 Private Enterprises List Release Conference and the Provincial High-Quality Private Enterprises Supporting Jining's High-Quality Development Conference were held in Jining City. Wang Suilian, Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, Chairperson of the Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce, and President of the Provincial General Chamber of Commerce, along with Wen Jinrong, Secretary of the Jining Municipal Party Committee, delivered addresses. Yu Xiaoning, Chairman and President of Dawn Group, attended the conference, took the stage to receive awards, and delivered a keynote speech at the 11th Standing Committee Meeting of the 14th Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce.

According to reports, Dawn Group ranked 30th on the 2026 Shandong Top 200 Private Enterprises List, moving up two places from the previous year and securing 2nd place in Yantai City. It was also recognized as 74th on the Shandong Top 100 Private Enterprises for Employment Absorption, climbing 14 spots from the previous year and ranking 6th in Yantai City. Its subsidiary, Dawn Polymer, was listed 42nd on the Shandong Top 100 Innovative Private Enterprises, maintaining the same position as last year and placing 4th in Yantai City. The enterprise's steady advancement demonstrates its formidable comprehensive strength, outstanding contribution to employment, and robust innovation momentum.

During a media interview, Chairman Yu Xiaoning elaborated on the company's development practices, focusing on deepening core businesses, strengthening technological innovation, applying core products, and attracting and cultivating top-tier talent. He stated that leveraging the platform advantages of the Dawn New Materials Science and Technology Industrial Park, the company refines and extends its industrial, product, corporate, and talent chains, building a distinctive cluster of chain-based industries to lay a solid foundation for competing in the global market. "We will take the release of this list as a new starting point, strengthen and optimize our enterprise, continuously enhance our social contributions, and contribute the strength of private enterprises to the province's high-quality economic and social development."

Currently, Shandong is intensifying efforts to cultivate and develop new productive forces, with private enterprises shouldering the epochal mission of technological innovation and transformation and upgrading. In his speech titled "Deeply Cultivating Real Industries, Empowering Innovation, Fulfilling Duties, and Writing a New Chapter in the High-Quality Development of the Private Economy," Chairman Yu Xiaoning stated that over more than three decades of dedicated action, the enterprise has always adhered to its original aspiration of serving the country through real industries, focusing on "bottleneck" technologies in key areas to carry out scientific research, actively exploring deeply integrated innovation paths for industry, academia, research, and application, and driving breakthroughs in the localization of key materials across multiple fields.

Looking ahead, Dawn Group will anchor itself to the "Two Trillions" goal — a trillion-yuan enterprise and a trillion-yuan industrial park. It will deepen its focus on the main track of polymer new materials, vigorously develop new productive forces, accelerate technological iteration and industrial upgrading, and inject private enterprise momentum into building Shandong's modern industrial system. "As Vice Chairperson of the Provincial Federation of Industry and Commerce, I will treasure my responsibilities and mission even more, hold fast to the foundation of real industries, focus on the difficulties and blockages in technological innovation and industrial transformation, observe actual conditions, offer sound suggestions, and join hands with fellow private entrepreneurs to strive to write a brilliant new chapter of innovative breakthroughs, improved quality, and enhanced efficiency in Shandong's private economy," Chairman Yu Xiaoning's words resounded with conviction.