Shandong Kaitai Delivers Impressive Results in 2025 Talent-Driven Corporate Strategy

Looking back at the year's end, Shandong Kaitai has achieved remarkable progress in talent development, presenting a substantial and high-value report card: In 2025, the company added 1 senior chief engineer, 5 associate senior engineers, 8 engineers, and 6 assistant engineers; Through independent welder evaluations, 5 individuals attained Level 2 Technician certification and 10 achieved Level 3 Senior Technician status.

To date, the company has cultivated a total of 289 R&D talents in surface treatment—including 4 Chief Engineers, 16 Senior Engineers, and numerous other engineers.

Sustained technological innovation relies on the solid foundation of a highly skilled workforce. The company consistently prioritizes skilled talent development at a strategic level. Through innovative apprenticeship programs, modern apprenticeship systems, the “Golden Blue-Collar” training initiative, and a smooth career progression pathway for high-skilled professionals via autonomous evaluation, it systematically cultivates master craftsmen at multiple levels to meet evolving development needs. Today, the company has successfully built an elite workforce comprising 14 senior technicians, 122 second-level technicians, and 180 third-level senior workers. This constitutes a substantial, well-structured, and highly capable “talent fleet.”

Among them, technical backbone Liu Xudong was successfully awarded the title of “Senior Engineer” for his outstanding professional expertise. Li Jiliang received high recognition for his significant contributions to driving transformation and upgrading, earning him the “Information Technology Merit Award” from Binzhou. The company's application for the “Binzhou Master Craftsman Workshop” was also successfully approved. This series of breakthroughs signifies that Kaitai has taken a solid and decisive step forward in its journey toward independently cultivating high-level, highly skilled talent.

In 2025, the company added 1 full professor, 5 associate professors, 8 engineers, and 6 assistant engineers.

Liu Xudong and Liu Yue were honored as “Outstanding Engineers of Binzhou's Global and National Champion Products” in 2025.

Li Jiliang and Dong Kai received the “Outstanding Engineer” award from the Shandong Equipment Manufacturing Industry Association in 2025.

The company won the Third Prize in the Shandong Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

It also earned the Excellence Award in the inaugural Shandong Digital Technology Engineer Competition.

Won Second Prize in the Fifth Bohai Vocational Skills Competition of Binzhou, among other achievements.

1. System Design: Building an Ecosystem for Growth Through Full-Staff Innovation and Holistic Development

Behind the impressive figures lies a robust and dynamic talent development system. By 2025, riding the wave of Total Quality Management, Shandong Kaitai will extensively integrate the QC (Quality Control) team model into production processes, enabling “micro-innovations” to thrive in every operation and detail.

2025 Quality Management Achievements Conference

“Empowering Every Employee” has enabled frontline workers to take the lead in quality improvement and process optimization, giving rise to numerous “Innovation Pioneers,” “Chief Technology Officers,” and “Quality Model Teams.” At the 2025 Year-End Summary and Commendation Conference, a large number of innovative talents were honored with great fanfare.

The conference honored a group of outstanding innovative talents.

These “practical experts” who have emerged from hands-on experience, alongside top-tier intellectual resources such as university professors and Taishan Scholars recruited by the company, and internally cultivated R&D backbone personnel, collectively weave a deeply integrated innovation network spanning industry, academia, research, and application. This versatile team, capable of both tackling cutting-edge industry challenges and addressing practical production line issues, has become the core engine driving Kaitai's ability to meet challenges and lead development.

2. Intelligent Manufacturing for the Future: Charting a New Blueprint for High-Quality Development Through Talent-Driven Momentum

Talent flourishes, and enterprise thrives. For Shandong Kaitai, the growth of every individual and the certification of every qualification embody the company's culture of innovation and spirit of craftsmanship. More than that, they serve as the intrinsic driving force propelling the manufacturing sector toward high-end, intelligent transformation and upgrading.

From the approval of the “Master Craftsman Workshop” to the proliferation of QC teams, Shandong Kaitai is building a multi-dimensional, all-channel talent development platform. Here, learning and innovation thrive, while skills and value are highly revered. The company not only provides a stage for talents to realize their ambitions but also meticulously paves a clear growth path from “worker” to “master craftsman,” and from ‘technician’ to “expert.”

Looking ahead, Shandong Kaitai will steadfastly uphold the principle that “talent is the foremost resource.” We will continuously optimize our talent development ecosystem, deepen industry-academia-research collaboration, and empower more exceptional talents to thrive within our expansive environment. By continuously strengthening our talent advantage, we will solidify our core competitiveness and contribute more Kaitai practices and Kaitai wisdom to propel China's transformation from a manufacturing giant to a manufacturing powerhouse.