Fifth Anniversary | Company Employees Discuss "My Five Years with JianTou"

Yunnan Construction Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. has been integrated and reorganized since 2016 for five years. For the Group, these five years have been five years of vigorous development and also five historic years.

Yan Xin - Employee of the First Engineering Department

As an employee who has been working on projects for nearly two years, I would like to share my observations and experiences to help you understand the development of JianTou.

My first project was the Sichuan Jinchuan Lithium Mine project. At that time, I had just graduated from university in Sichuan, so I naturally went there. I had heard of Yunnan JianTou while at university, so even though the company didn't recruit from our school, I went to Kunming with my resume. Fortunately, my efforts paid off, and I successfully became a member of the Yunnan JianTou family. Why do I have such a deep impression of this project? Not only because it was my first project, but mainly because it was in Sichuan. As a Yunnan enterprise, our project business has expanded outside the province. This was shocking for us fresh graduates with no social experience. The construction industry in Sichuan is very competitive, so being able to enter and occupy a share is already impressive. This filled me with confidence in the Group's future.

My second project was the Laos Wanwan Expressway project. This was my first overseas project and my first time going abroad. In the past, I used to identify 'fellow countrymen' by province. After going abroad, I felt like a Chinese person. This trip abroad gave me a new and higher understanding of the Group. Before even leaving the country, on the back of the entry and exit form on the plane to Laos, I saw the words "Yunnan JianTou." This filled me with immense pride and gave me reassurance about working abroad. After working diligently on the Wanwan Expressway for 10 months, the impact of the epidemic made the progress of the work very difficult. However, the Group responded promptly, and a series of epidemic prevention policies, measures, and regulatory systems made us overseas JianTou employees feel extremely safe and allowed the work to proceed relatively normally. Under these circumstances, none of us on the Wanwan Expressway project contracted COVID-19. Moreover, thanks to scientific management and epidemic prevention systems, and the "Plateau Iron Army" spirit that is cultivated in all JianTou employees from the moment they join the company, we successfully completed the project 13 months ahead of schedule! This is Laos's first expressway, a symbol of friendship between the Chinese and Laotian people, and a symbol of the Group's development!

Yang Jianwu - Chief Economist, Second Engineering Department

My Story with JianTou:

When I first joined JianTou Group, I was full of hope and longing for the future, following the trajectory of my life, pursuing my dreams step by step. With a dedicated heart, I started as a project construction worker. The conditions on the project site were quite difficult, and I had a hard time adapting at first. However, the construction site is a great place to learn and grow. This experience made me more accepting of the hardships of growth, and I learned to embrace the loneliness of the construction site and quickly adapt to the work environment. I believe that once my mindset changes, I will soon break free and fly towards a journey filled with sunshine.

Initially, I didn't know how to approach budget work, but through gradual exploration, I learned how to control the process, how to handle process documents, how to conduct targeted analysis of project contract lists, identify unbalanced quotations and loopholes, and handle targeted visas and supplementary materials for tentative items. Later, I participated in the settlement tasks for Bihan Villa and Chengjiang Hilton. Through the experience and training gained from these two large projects, I finally gained a certain understanding of project management. To do a good job on a project, you must start from the source, and you must make reasonable arrangements for initial cost control, personnel organization, reasonable selection of teams, material control, etc.

After several years of experience at JianTou, I have grown from a construction worker to a budgeter, then to a project manager, and finally to the chief economist of the engineering department.

Hu Jixing - Project Manager, Third Engineering Department

In 2016, the Group fully entered the field of expressway construction. In April, due to work needs, I was transferred to the LuMi Expressway project, moving from a construction worker to the position of project engineering director. I transitioned from electrical installation in civil buildings to my first experience with expressway traffic safety and electromechanical engineering construction. Just as I was entering a new stage in my life, news came that the Group's integration and reorganization had been completed, and Yunnan JianTou Group was officially established. All JianTou employees felt that this was a landmark event in the Group's development history, marking the beginning of a new chapter and the Group's expansion into broader fields. The speeches given by leaders at the establishment ceremony filled me and all the members of the project department with confidence and courage to do a good job in the construction of expressway electromechanical engineering.

With a new mission, I devoted myself to the construction of the LuMi project, learning as I went, from the construction of the site and the initial planning of the project, to familiarizing myself with drawings, developing plans, dividing labor service sections, selecting material subcontractors, and organizing on-site construction. I gradually adapted to the construction management rhythm of highway projects and accumulated a lot of valuable experience in highway electromechanical installation technology and management. The project was successfully completed, and various aspects such as quality, safety, progress, and cost were repeatedly praised by the company and the command center.

Through the training of LuMi Phase I, the project department expanded, and several key project construction personnel were appointed as project managers for different projects. In 2019, the company appointed me as the person in charge of the KunYu expansion and renovation project. This project involved multiple disciplines, including building water and electricity, fire protection, power supply and distribution, toll collection canopies, municipal traffic safety, lighting, communication, power, reclaimed water, beautification, highway traffic safety, and electromechanical engineering. The project was not large in scale, but the construction difficulty was considerable. In the initial stage of the project, through preliminary planning and detailed division of labor service subcontracting, I managed to handle many small tasks. At the peak of the project, there were 10 labor service teams and nearly 150 construction personnel. Faced with frequent cross-operations and a large amount of communication and coordination, I clarified responsibilities, implemented strict control, and broke away from the previous construction sequence while ensuring quality and safety. The toll station was constructed simultaneously from underground to above ground. Within just one month, we completed all the work of the 7-lane toll collection canopy foundation, steel structure, decoration, electromechanical toll islands, weighing platform foundation, equipment installation, and wiring, successfully ensuring the traffic opening node and completing the expansion and renovation tasks of the Hexi Factory, Youfu, and Niu Lian toll stations. The "Plateau Iron Army" spirit of JianTou people was highly praised by our partners, establishing a good corporate image locally. Thus, I lived up to the company's training and successfully transitioned from a technician to a project manager.

Time flies, and the years are fleeting. Along the way, I have gained a lot. The five years of the Group's development and growth have also been the five years in which I have grown from a construction worker to a qualified project manager. I firmly believe that every small step we take is a big step for the Group, and every brick we lay can become a milestone in the Group's development. In the workplace, the happiest thing is that personal growth and the company's development are synchronized. I contribute to the company, and the company promotes my development. In the workplace, the luckiest thing is that personal ideals and corporate ideals coincide. The company gives me a stage, and I give the company a surprise.

Under the leadership of the Group, I hope to let go of all past hardships, strive forward, never give up, and live up to myself and the Group!

Liao Yili - Employee, Metal Structure Processing Center

Broad Sky - My Five Years with JianTou

That day

I pushed open the sun-drenched window

Watching rows of birds

Facing the wind

Opening the wings to chase boundless dreams

I imagined

Flying out, there would be a vast sky

You told me that the path of growth

Has belonging and loneliness

And building my beautiful dreams

Is not following the crowd, but breaking new ground

But to fade away the superficiality, forge ahead, and set sail.

You told me

In long-term engineering construction projects, there will be loss and disappointment

There will also be

The difficulty of crossing the Yellow River with ice blocking the river and climbing Taihang Mountain with snow covering the mountains

Here you also have a group of people like you

Thousands of people like you

We gather together

Boldly meet the difficulties of growth

You said, please believe

The prospect of breaking waves and sailing straight to the sea

Five years of fragrance

Walking through the changing scenery of the four seasons

Walking through the expressway where the chasm has become a smooth road

Slowly

I understand you

You are that vast sky

Providing wings of dreams for countless people

We are constantly growing

Because of your help

In your tolerant embrace

Closely following

I want to treat this as my sky

Spread my tender wings

Chasing boundless dreams

Yang Wenkang, employee of the Sixth Engineering Project Department

My five years with JianTou have been arduous, challenging, and also a period of growth and harvest. Time flies, and I, a recent graduate, have been working at Yunnan JianTou Group for five years. In these five years, I have experienced all kinds of emotions, but time has been brewing, allowing me to fully integrate into this big family, grow with it, move forward, and continuously write new and beautiful chapters.

In these five years, the project department has been adhering to the behavioral principles of "loving one's job, cherishing one's position, honesty and trustworthiness, and operating according to law," carrying forward the "wolf spirit, plateau iron army spirit, and craftsman spirit" of our JianTou Group; with the overall goal of "four guarantees, one control, and one tree" project management; constantly striving for progress and optimizing management systems. It is this kind of atmosphere that allows us to grow bit by bit, based on the management goal of high-quality project construction and brand image building; allowing us to continuously summarize the valuable experience gained along the way under strict systems and responsibilities, constantly practicing, summarizing, and optimizing in new projects, breaking through ourselves, and contributing to the construction of Yunnan JianTou Group's journey towards the world's top 500.

Chu Wenlin, employee of the Sixth Engineering Project Department

I have been working on the Dali project, and unknowingly, five years have passed. Time flies, but it also witnesses the development and progress of the group. From the Three Reservoirs Connection to the Ecological Corridor, the vast number of cadres and employees of the group have fully demonstrated the "wolf spirit" and "plateau iron army spirit," making due contributions to the green and sustainable development of Dali. Today, standing in the beautiful ecological corridor, feeling the wind and waves on Erhai Lake, and looking at the flowers, plants, and trees on both sides of the corridor, I feel that the sky of Dali is even bluer, and I always feel that in that extreme scenery, the busy figures of JianTou people are flickering.

Ding Zhigang, employee of the Eighth Engineering Project Department

The group has been selected as one of the top 500 Chinese companies for five consecutive years, ranking 156th in 2020 and first among Yunnan state-owned enterprises, with significantly improved social reputation and brand influence. In the past, people would ask me, "What do you do? How is your company?" Now they say, "I heard you are very good, very professional..." Today, when I face the industry, society, and friends, I can confidently pat my chest and say: We are professional, we are the best, we can surpass everything! As a member of JianTou, seeing the development of the group today, I always feel immense joy and pride.

I firmly believe that after five years of honing, we will be ready to strike, and our life stage will be more beautiful and colorful because of our own hard work and struggle.

Wang Yandong, project manager of the Ninth Engineering Project Department

In 2016, Yunnan Construction Investment Holding Group Co., Ltd. was established through the integration and reorganization of the former Yunnan Construction Engineering Group, the 14th Metallurgical Construction Group, and Southwest Jiaotong Construction Group. This was also my first year of employment, and also the opening year of the "13th Five-Year Plan," meaning that in these five years, JianTou's development will undergo earth-shaking changes, and JianTou's prospects will be bright. In these five years, my company and I have sparked many different sparks. Today, five years have passed in a flash, and 2021 marks the opening year of the "14th Five-Year Plan." This is a new five years of both opportunities and challenges, and I believe that the entire group will continue to move towards brilliance, and its future development will be immeasurable.

Through five years of ups and downs, I have witnessed the brilliant development of the entire group, and the continuous and positive changes in the development of the entire company; JianTou has accompanied me for five years, and I have also grown and improved myself continuously in these five years. I am very fortunate that my first job was at JianTou, which often makes me feel grateful. JianTou has given me such a platform and such a rare opportunity, allowing me to realize my ideals here and contribute my modest efforts to the company's development.

He Yanqi, employee of the Ninth Engineering Project Department

As a Yunnan Construction Investment employee, I am fortunate. The company values and cares about my overall development, providing various training opportunities each year and a platform for self-expression; I have mentors and colleagues who share their experience and help me grow; and there is a harmonious atmosphere of mutual support and collaboration. Through experience gained on projects such as the Laos Hongta Tobacco Factory, Zhaotong Pharmaceutical Factory, Chuxiong Chemical Plant, and Baoshan urban renewal project, and through diligent study, I have grown from a novice student with limited knowledge of welding to a skilled and independent employee. In our team, every employee is proficient in their respective professional skills and can work independently. My eight years of work experience have deeply impressed upon me the significant responsibility of a welding engineer. I believe that the greatest professional value I can achieve as a JianTou employee is to integrate a sense of responsibility into every aspect of my work, welding each seam perfectly and completing each technical handover meticulously.

Today, we witness the changes brought about by the group's restructuring over the past five years, and we have honed our wisdom together with the company's elite; in the future, history will witness our achievements, and we will share the sweet fruits of our labor with those who follow!