Cixi Daily | A "Spring" of Growth Takes Root in the Workshop
2026/04/23 20
On the green transformation journey, Taiji Environmental Protection has also been working hard to break new ground. When our reporter met Shi Yuezhan, General Manager of Taiji Environmental Protection, he was overseeing the dispatch of flue gas treatment equipment bound for Thailand.
Several years ago, the environmental equipment sector was characterized by unsophisticated, cutthroat competition, and customers treated equipment as a mere formality to pass inspections. Taiji chose a different path: to genuinely clean the flue gas while recovering waste heat. In 2019, its self-developed desulfurization and denitrification technology was commissioned, delivering results well beyond industry standards.
Gansu Jinchang High-energy Project
Although the equipment had been upgraded, a new challenge soon arose: customers lacked the know-how to operate it. At one steel plant, improper operation caused a system shutdown. Shi Yuezhan personally led training sessions, compiled operating manuals, and stationed engineers on the front line. Customers gradually mastered the operating procedures.
This March, one of Taiji's new technologies was recognized as internationally leading: it treats sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide simultaneously while recovering waste heat. "A medium-sized smelter equipped with this system recovers heat equivalent to over 1,000 tons of standard coal annually. The resulting savings pay back the equipment investment within three to five years."
Indonesia Zhongqing Project
From reactive compliance to proactive adoption, Taiji equipment has been deployed in five Belt and Road countries, including Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam. Overseas business accounted for 30% of sales last year, and overseas contract sales reached approximately 200 million yuan over two years. The share of cross-functional professionals skilled in both environmental protection and digitalization is growing year on year, with several core engineers and technicians rising from the front line.
As the setting sun lit up rows of equipment ready for dispatch, Shi Yuezhan's phone kept ringing: a project in Vietnam was pressing for delivery, and Indonesia was awaiting the second batch of equipment.
To date, Cixi has established 385 star-rated green factories, with green manufacturing benchmarks continuing to emerge. This year opens the 15th Five-Year Plan, and accelerating comprehensive green transformation has been explicitly incorporated into the plan. The shift from "dual control of energy consumption" to "dual control of carbon emissions" is a threshold Cixi must cross on the path to high-quality development, as well as a necessary task for the new era.