Life takes off because of dreams, and is wonderful because of struggle. Wang Mingliang, who was born in a peasant family, went in the wind and rain, wore stars and moon, cried, tired, pained, happy... After years of hard work and accumulation, he founded Chongqing Qifu Machinery Co., Ltd., dedicated to the grouting of steel bars. A comprehensive entity enterprise whose main business objects are the research and development of sleeve, steel reinforcement mechanical connection technology, PC component embedded parts, engineering promotion and related supporting technology and equipment manufacturing, with an annual comprehensive output value of more than 500 million yuan. On December 10, the reporter conducted an interview on his entrepreneurial journey.
Self-employed and practice career pursuit
In 1974, Wang Mingliang was born in a rural family in Shuangfeng Town, Chongqing. The tenacity of his parents deeply influenced him, and he developed an indomitable and persevering character from an early age. After graduating from Chongqing Radio and Television University with a major in business management in 1995, Wang Mingliang began to engage in labor contracting. Wang Mingliang originally thought that life should be spent simply and steadily all the time.
Then, the occurrence of two safety accidents became a major turning point in his life. In 2003, on the construction site where he was responsible for providing laborers, two consecutive safety accidents occurred in just ten days. Seeing the disappearance of his living life, Wang Mingliang was greatly shocked. He once lost confidence in labor contracting. His young and passionate entrepreneurial role also created an indelible shadow. The cooperative unit persuaded him to find another job. Wang Mingliang lost his job!
In his long-term dealings with the construction industry, Wang Mingliang found that a large number of screw-like connectors were used on construction sites to seamlessly connect two steel bars. At that time, he thought, since this kind of connector is used so much in the construction industry, can I sell this kind of connector, will this be a business opportunity?
After understanding, this kind of connector was originally called a "sleeve for mechanical connection of steel bars." Wang Mingliang, who saw business opportunities, was determined to transform into trade. Because of his persistent pursuit of his career, Wang Mingliang started his business again. In 2005, he took out all his savings for many years and registered Chongqing Gongwei Trading Co., Ltd. in Longxi Town, Yubei District, which was mainly dedicated to the sales of steel mechanical straight threaded sleeves.
In several years of business operation, the keen Wang Mingliang found that the products on the market for steel reinforced mechanical connection sleeves are uneven, some products are shoddy with inferior steel, and some products are stealing market share at low prices, stealing craftsmanship, and stealing materials. The products abound.
History is always created by the brave. Wang Mingliang realized that the construction industry will usher in a wave of deep reshuffle. Why can't I build a factory to produce products, and then build a benchmark in the industry? Wang Mingliang was influenced by Lu Zuofu’s spirit of “serving the country through industry” since he was young. He is not afraid of change, does not walk alone, and does not evade responsibility. In addition, Hechuan is vigorously attracting investment. In May 2013, he resolutely decided to return to his hometown to take his Chongqing Gongwei Trade Co., Ltd. The company reorganized with Chongqing Penghui Machinery Co., Ltd. and established Chongqing Qifu Machinery Co., Ltd. Mainly engaged in the research and development, production and sales of grouting sleeves for steel connection, sleeves for mechanical connection of steel bars, and PC component embedded parts.
Ingenuity, not forgetting the original intention of starting a business
Everything is difficult at the beginning. At the beginning of 2014, when Wang Mingliang's old factory was being demolished and the new factory had not yet been completed, the bank believed that his company's development prospects were worrying, and the risks appeared, and implemented a loan. Faced with the company's lack of funds, insufficient staff, and poor market conditions, Wang Mingliang mortgaged his car and real estate, starting with renting workshops and equipment, and actively coping with the current predicament.
"I did not give up, because I firmly believe that to realize my dream, I can only practice, work hard, give, and fight hard." Wang Mingliang recalled that he knew that if he wanted to not be eliminated by the market, he must lay a solid foundation for product quality. The development path of winning by quality.
Wang Mingliang adheres to the business philosophy of "survive by quality, profit by management, and market share by reputation", centered on the product development direction of "professional, refined and special", and strives to build the core competitiveness of "product quality and service" and settle down. Build a quality culture, carry out quality control in a solid manner, firmly grasp the link of reliability, and improve quality and core competence.
The company has formulated strict business workflows and working standards for each production and operation process, and formed an organic systematic project for the management and control of process quality, product quality, work quality and service quality in the manufacturing process. In strict accordance with national standards, we have carefully produced and strictly inspected, and implemented a product quality inspection mode led by worker self-inspection and mutual inspection. The functions of first inspection, process inspection and completion inspection are all assigned to workers. Products are in the previous random inspections in the market. High-quality thread rolling machine tools, seamless steel pipes and other products have established a good reputation and reputation among central enterprises such as China Communications and China Construction.
At present, Wang Mingliang’s company has built a headquarters base integrating operation, R&D, production, and sales, and an assembly base integrating precision processing and assembly. It has a team of more than 30 professional and technical personnel with intermediate and senior titles, and has an annual production capacity of 80 million connecting sleeves. It has formed a complete business chain integrating R&D, sales, manufacturing, delivery and service, and the whole process Implementation of ISO9001 quality management system certification, there are more than 60 practical and invention-based national patents, and the annual comprehensive output value exceeds 500 million yuan.
Under the leadership of Wang Mingliang, the products of Chongqing Qifu Machinery Co., Ltd. have spread throughout the country and even overseas markets. The company has successively won the Hechuan District Civilized Unit, Advanced Primary Party Organization, Excellent Private Enterprise, Excellent Material Supplier, High-tech Enterprise, High-tech Enterprise Honorary titles such as R&D center. He also served as the secretary general of Chongqing Steel Bar Connecting Sleeve Association, and won honors such as the expert review of the implementation rules of Chongqing product quality supervision and spot check, and the expert who participated in the grouping of industry standards for prefabricated grouting connecting sleeves.
"Perseverance, pursuit of excellence" and a strong sense of social responsibility and principle constitute Wang Mingliang's spiritual characteristics. While creating economic benefits, he pays attention to gratitude and thinking about the source, conveys great love, and actively repays the society. In 2016, the Qifu Charity Foundation was established to carry out the "Kidstone Unity·Fu Xuetongyuan" donation activity at Dashi Primary School. The target group includes 146 poor students and outstanding students in all grades; to create Qifu's "Ten Billion Dream" project , Achieve employee dreams. Targeted poverty alleviation was carried out in 2017, condolences to poor households and supported college students until graduation. Wang Mingyang said that delivering great love is the foundation of entrepreneurs, and it is the responsibility of entrepreneurs to give back to the society.
Regarding the future development, Wang Mingliang said that following the party’s footsteps, implementing the party’s spirit, and insisting on improving quality and core competitiveness as the center, the high-quality development of private enterprises is to form differentiated competition that can withstand market tests. The key to strength lies in independent innovation and craftsmanship. As a benchmark in the industry, Qifu is willing to work tirelessly with outstanding companies from all walks of life to contribute to the promotion of economic development.
