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They，Down to earth，Be brave and take responsibility；They，Have a dream，Win glory；They，Forge ahead，Run into the distance……

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC，All over the country、Countless strugglers in different industries are moving forward on the road to realizing the Chinese dream.，Keep forging ahead。

From October 14, 2022，Economic Voice of China Central Radio and Television Station Launches Financial Media Report《On the way to pursue dreams》，Invite a dreamer to speak vividly about their role in rejuvenating the country through science and technology、Overcome poverty、Cultural inheritance、Ecological protection and other aspects play an important role.、Personal experience of innovation and practice，Show the ever-changing development of all walks of life in China。

Report in this issue，《On the way to pursue dreams》Follow the founder of Sunward Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.、Honorary Chairman、Chief expert He Qinghua，Walk into Sunward Intelligence together，Listen to Equip Man Breakthrough“Stuck in the neck”Technology，Don't copy homework，Stick to it“Pilot innovation”The story of。

  

He，Used to be a university professor.，53 years old“Go into the sea”Start a business，Make the company into the top 50 of the global construction machinery。At the age of 76, he has devoted himself to the study of engineering equipment for more than 50 years.，Made by Breakthrough Excavator“Stuck in the neck”Technology，Break the monopoly of foreign enterprises，Firmly grasp the core technology in their own hands。He is the founder of Sunward Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd.、Honorary Chairman、Chief expert He Qinghua。

Innovation is the most important quality of enterprise management.

September 17, 2020 afternoon，General Secretary Xi Jinping came to Hunan Changsha Shanhe Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. in the rain.，View the production line and product display，Understand enterprise technology R & D、Manufacturing、Sales and operation。

Knowing that the enterprise has successfully developed more than 200 kinds of equipment products with independent intellectual property rights and core competitiveness，General Secretary Xi Jinping said happily to the employees of the enterprise.：“It is cold today.，But my heart is warm.，I am deeply impressed by your innovative spirit.。Innovation is the most important quality of enterprise management.，It is also what we must do to climb the slope and cross the ridge in the future.。The key core technology must be firmly in our own hands.，The manufacturing industry must also be in our own hands.。”

Hear the general secretary's encouragement to enterprises，He Qinghua felt extremely excited.：“The general secretary saw so many different kinds of engineering equipment products.，Used it‘A dazzling array of beautiful things’Four words，It fully affirms the independent innovation of Sunward Intelligence.。In the years to come，We should make innovation more solid.，Make the volume bigger.，It is also necessary to make our country's equipment manufacturing truly stronger and bigger.，From Manufacturing to Creation。”

  

He Qinghua（Right）Accept《On the way to pursue dreams》Reporter interview（Photograph by Zhang Zhan）

 Sunward Intelligence adheres to the path of independent innovation and development，Efforts should be made to build a smart model for innovation and development of high-end equipment manufacturing industry.。For two years，The company applied for 334 patents.，Among them, there are 105 invention patents.，134 new product development projects。January 7 this year，Global Conference of Sunward Intelligent Underground Engineering Equipment Held，Two models independently developed by Sunward“The best in the world”Products——World's Largest Rotary Drilling Rig、World's Highest Full-hydraulic Crawler Pile Frame，And two“The world's first”Products——Guide hole type static pile driver、Large-diameter pile-planting drilling rigs appear in turn，Become the focus of the whole audience。

He Qinghua said，General Secretary Xi Jinping's encouragement has strengthened his determination to persevere in the front line of entrepreneurship and innovation.。“In the future, the volume of Sunward Intelligence will be larger.，More importantly, the product should be more comprehensive.，Every detail should be world-class.。We should innovate from product categories.、From the point of view of manufacturing, design some products that did not exist before.，There is differentiation，Let people see that it is produced by Sunward Intelligence.。This is our greatest pursuit.，It is also my personal dream.。But there is still a long way to go to realize this dream.。”

From“Stuck in the neck”To the first in the world

1969，He Qinghua, as an educated youth, jumped the queue to Yiyang Gehu Commune Agricultural Machinery Factory.，Get in touch with machinery and equipment here.，He often makes some small inventions.，“Mechanical Edge”This is the beginning。A few years later，He returned to Changsha，Entered the factory as a worker.。

  

The world's highest super pile frame independently developed by Sunward（Map provided by Sunward）

 1980，He Qinghua, who has only a high school education，Successful admission to Central South Institute of Mining and Metallurgy by self-study（Now Central South University），Became the first graduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering，After graduation, he stayed at the school to teach.。

 1999，He Qinghua, 53, decided“Go into the sea”，To solve what existed at the time.“Difficult transformation of scientific and technological achievements”The problem。According to He Qinghua，At that time, most of the core technologies and components of domestic construction machinery manufacturing enterprises relied on imports.，Domestic Construction Machinery Enterprises Survive in the Crack。

“Let's talk‘Stuck in the neck’，More than a decade ago, our excavator production was the same.‘Stuck in the neck’Engineering，China can't make good excavators.，At that time, we still had to buy imported engine components.。”

Around 1999，China's construction machinery industry“Low ebb”，He Qinghua believes that if we want to open up the situation,，You must have your own.“Key core technologies”。At the beginning of the company，He Qinghua is the only one who owns the invention patent of hydraulic static pile driver.，But it is very popular in the market.，It was profitable in its first year.。He Qinghua said，Hydraulic static pile driver is a kind of unique basic construction equipment in China.，Energy saving and high efficiency，“With Chinese characteristics，Belong to‘Pilot innovation’The product of。”Like this“Pilot innovation”Gene，Two years later, it flowed into the field of excavators.。

“In all construction machinery，Excavator hydraulic cylinder requirements are the highest.。After we made the excavator.，Find some supporting factories in China.，They even found some joint ventures to make hydraulic cylinders.，It still doesn't work，In the end, we decided to do it ourselves.。Up to now, our hydraulic cylinders under 15 tons are all produced by ourselves.，This is the breakthrough of hydraulic components.。”

  

He Qinghua led reporters to visit the production line.（Photograph by Zhang Zhan）

 Hard work pays off，In recent years，Through sustained efforts，China's construction machinery enterprises have made major breakthroughs in a number of core technologies.，At present, the market share of Chinese and foreign enterprises in the domestic excavator market has changed from the original inverted three-seven to the positive three-seven.。Sunward Intelligence has also entered the top 50 global construction machinery enterprises.，The products are exported to more than 100 countries and regions in the world.，It contributes a lot to the innovation and development of China's construction machinery industry.。

“In the entire excavator industry，The volume of Sunward Intelligence is not very large.，But we are now the largest exporter of excavators in Europe.。The Korean market was originally dominated by Japanese products.，After several years of effort，We are in performance、Security、It surpasses Japanese products in operability and other aspects.。Although it has not yet achieved a comprehensive transcendence.，But this progress is still very fast.。”

May and July 2022，Central European train carrying hundreds of excavators and skid loaders(Changsha)Sunward intelligent special train，Successfully shipped to Europe。First half of 2022，Export of Sunward Intelligence increased by 60% year-on-year%，Among them, the growth of excavator category reached 80%，The category of mining equipment has grown to 200%。

According to data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology，China has now formed 22 categories of construction machinery products.，Become one of the countries with the most complete product categories and varieties，Excavator、Crane、The output of loaders and other major products ranks first in the world.，The products are exported to more than 210 countries and regions in the world.，Export and overseas business income accounted for more than 30 percent%。

  

General-purpose aircraft produced by Sunward（Map provided by Sunward）

Pilot innovation

 In the Sunward Intelligent Factory，Hundreds of them are painted.“Mountains and rivers are green”Colored mechanical equipment neatly arranged，Waiting for delivery to the customer。

Facing a new excavator.，He Qinghua told reporters.，When the traditional excavator is working，Boom up and down，Energy consumption is very high.，If we can store the gravitational potential energy generated by the lowering of the boom,，And then released when the boom is raised，It can achieve the purpose of energy saving and efficiency improvement.。Based on this new energy-saving concept and technology，Sunward Intelligence developed this excavator.，Fuel consumption saves 10% compared with similar products%Above，It is now in mass production.，Become a star product in the market。

From Educated Youth of Farm Machinery Factory to University Professor，And then to the entrepreneurs who serve the country in industry.，Under the leadership of He Qinghua，Sunward Intelligent Focus Equipment Manufacturing，Achieve leapfrog development in just 20 years，Become one of the leading construction machinery enterprises in China，The secret is persistence.“Pilot innovation”。

What is“Pilot innovation”？He Qinghua explained：“Since the reform and opening up，There are only two modes for enterprises to develop products.：One is market-following.，A product sells well.，Just copy it quickly，Or a slight change to mass production.，Follow the market demand，Produce what the market wants.；The other is that there is no product or technology on the market.，I'll do it，Or the market has，But I'm not quite the same.，So as to lead market consumption，This is called‘Pilot innovation’。

  

Sunward Intelligence recently launched a pure domestic excavator.（Map provided by Sunward）

“‘Pilot innovation’Not a simple imitation.，It must be a relatively complete innovation process.。We have abandoned the model of following the market.，Enter the market before others in a forward-looking way，It has brought differentiated development opportunities to enterprises.。This is also a more complex.、More difficult whole-process product development model，They often have to go through more twists and turns.、Pay a greater price。But this is the industry.，For industrial development as a whole，It all makes sense.。”

At“Pilot innovation”On the basis of the concept，Sunward Intelligence has derived original innovation.、Integrated innovation、Open and innovative、Four modes of continuous innovation。He Qinghua thinks，Products are constantly improving in use.。Products should stand the test of customers and practice.，Find the problem，And then go round by round.，Update iteratively over and over again，Continuous innovation and accumulation，Finally, the product will reach a higher level.，This is the industry-university-research mode in the field of construction machinery manufacturing.。

In front of the office building of Sunward Intelligent Factory，“Ideals make the future”，Six golden characters nearly one person high stand by the lake.，Very striking。This is the enterprise spirit signboard set up by Sunward Intelligence.，It was also written by He Qinghua to the staff.，It is also a sentence written to myself.。

He Qinghua said：“The Chinese nation has fallen behind in the modern machinery industry.，We should always strive for China's machinery to catch up with the world's advanced level.，Adding Chinese Wisdom to the World Machinery Industry、China's strength struggles。”