2026 First-Half Innovation Work Conference & Excellent Performance Management Model Training

On July 3, Shandong Kaitai held the 2026 H1 Innovation Work Conference and Excellent Performance Management Model Training. The conference comprehensively summarized the achievements of innovation work in the first half of the year, systematically arranged key tasks for innovation management in the second half of the year, and commended and rewarded outstanding teams and individuals for their remarkable performance in innovation work.

Lv Jie, Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jinan, Wang Ruiguo, General Manager of Shandong Kaitai, and senior corporate executives including Deputy General Managers Yin Jianguo and Wu Chengmin attended the meeting. Liu Chunbo, Deputy General Manager, presided over the meeting, and Zhang Xiao, Deputy General Manager, delivered a summary report on innovation work.

Strive for Excellence · Commend Innovative Pioneers

During this round of sustained innovation incentive campaign, all departments responded enthusiastically. A number of high-quality projects featuring job-based implementation and remarkable results have emerged, covering a wide range of fields including process optimization, equipment improvement, cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, intelligent upgrading, and management improvement.

Winners of Category E Incentive Award

Winners of Category D Awards

Winners of Category C Awards

Winners of Category B Awards

Recipients of the Outstanding Contribution Award

From tooling improvements on the frontlines of production and intelligent upgrades of equipment systems, to domestic substitution of key components and cost reduction across manufacturing processes, every fruitful innovation embodies the craftsmanship and hard work of all Kaitai staff, and every honor reflects their down-to-earth spirit and sense of responsibility to shoulder heavy tasks courageously.

Improve Quality and Boost Efficiency · Break New Ground Through Service Innovation

At the meeting, Zhang Xiao, Deputy General Manager, comprehensively reviewed the progress of innovation work in the first half of the year and made systematic arrangements for further deepening innovation in the second half of the year.

Zhang Xiao, Deputy General Manager of Shandong Kaitai, delivered a speech

Since Shandong Kaitai launched the strategic initiative "Service Reaches Thousands of Households", it has built a new type of cooperative relationship featuring strategic coordination and value sharing through long-term in-depth services that draw closer to customers and take root on-site. Meanwhile, the company has rolled out incentive programs for continuous innovation and implemented excellent performance management as well as in-depth quality improvement projects.

These two measures are closely linked and coordinate internal and external efforts. The "Service Reaches Thousands of Households" initiative encourages the company's management and staff to go out and bring back authentic first-hand feedback from the market. The continuous innovation incentives, on the other hand, drive the team to delve inward and convert the issues raised in feedback into internal improvement projects. One focusing on external outreach and the other on internal refinement, they form a complete closed-loop system spanning market insight, internal optimization and final implementation of outcomes.

Zhang Xiao fully affirmed the phased achievements made by all employees in innovation practices. During the event, all departments carried out continuous research and development focusing on five major directions: process optimization, equipment improvement, cost reduction and efficiency enhancement, intelligent upgrading, and management improvement. They translated customer pain points collected through the "Services Reach Thousands of Households" initiative into improvement projects one by one, yielding a batch of practical and effective innovation outcomes. These efforts have successfully resolved bottlenecks in production management and laid a solid foundation for the enterprise to improve quality and boost efficiency.

01 Unify thinking and engage all staff to make innovation a regular habit.

Break the mindset that "innovation only belongs to a small number of people or technical positions", establish the philosophy that "every post is a frontline for innovation", enable every employee to take part in innovation, and make proactive innovation and continuous improvement a regular part of all staff's daily work.

02 Focus on pain points and prioritize practical results to align innovation closely with production and operation.

Avoid formalistic practices and superficial work. Always center on the core goals of cost reduction, quality improvement, efficiency enhancement and excellence creation, keep a close eye on production bottlenecks and process deficiencies, ensure every innovation can be implemented effectively, replicated and promoted, and truly achieve the goal of "going out with problems, returning with solutions, and implementing improvements".

03 Promote work in a closed-loop manner and pursue long-term development to drive continuous iteration and upgrading of innovation.

Set up a regular advancement mechanism for innovation, form a positive closed-loop system of "market feedback – problem identification – optimization and improvement – standard solidification – sustained progress", conduct project summary, promotion and experience reuse, and make innovation work regular, long-lasting and high-quality.

Long-term In-depth Cultivation · Empowerment through Excellent Management

Excellent performance management constitutes a long-term systematic project that requires continuous learning, repeated practice and constant deepening. Following previous training sessions, this meeting once again invited Lyu Jie, Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jinan, to deliver special training on the excellent performance management model for all participants.

Lv Jie, Vice Dean of the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Jinan, delivered a special training session

The training focuses on performance excellence and brand development. Centered on brand quality policies, it delivers comprehensive, multi-dimensional and in-depth interpretations covering three core segments of performance excellence-based brand strategy, customers and markets, as well as process management. Integrating theories with practical cases, the course further broadens employees’ understanding of performance excellence management, and provides clear theoretical support and practical guidelines for enterprises to thoroughly advance relevant work.

Small improvements lead to excellence, and continuous innovation shapes the future. The year 2026 is a pivotal year for Shandong Kaitai to comprehensively advance quality management and systematically boost execution efficiency. This meeting serves not only as a thorough review of innovation practices in the first half of the year, but also as a rallying call for innovation breakthroughs in the second half.

Standing at a new starting line, all Kaitai staff will thoroughly implement the spirit of the conference, benchmark against advanced benchmarks, take initiative responsibility, and persevere. They will translate every customer expectation garnered from the "Service Reaches Thousands of Households" initiative into innovative efforts at their posts, uphold craftsmanship to forge quality, empower operations with outstanding performance, and fuel the high-quality development of the company to new heights with sustained innovative momentum.