Alashan High-tech Zone: Cultivating Manufacturing Single Champions to Unlock New Momentum for Industry Upgrading

Technological innovation is the primary driving force behind development. In recent years, Alxa High-tech Zone has deeply implemented an initiative to cultivate and enhance manufacturing companies recognized as industry champions. By adopting precise strategies and providing targeted services, the zone has helped a number of enterprises forge ahead in their niche segments, enabling them to build robust market competitiveness.

In the finished goods warehouse of Inner Mongolia Brothers Chemical Co., Ltd., bags of tightly sealed, packaged Reduced Indigo are neatly stacked, awaiting loading onto trucks. As one of the leading enterprises dedicated to the research and development and production of Reduced Indigo, Brothers Chemical has consistently focused on the niche segment of dye chemicals. Through continuous investment in R&D, the company has mastered core production technologies, enabling its Reduced Indigo products to account for 28% of the global market share. To date, it has secured 30 national utility model patents and achieved ISO9001 quality management system certification, establishing a comprehensive, standardized system that spans R&D, production, and quality control. Leveraging its technological and quality advantages, coupled with stable production capacity, the company’s products not only serve the domestic market but are also exported to international markets such as India, Pakistan, Turkey, and Germany. This recent recognition as an Autonomous Region Manufacturing Single Champion Enterprise precisely validates the company’s distinctive development ethos—“long-term focus, technology leadership, and market dominance”—and aligns perfectly with the core criteria for identifying Manufacturing Single Champion Enterprises: “specialization in niche areas, cutting-edge technology and processes, and a globally leading market share.”

Zhu Hailong, Executive Deputy General Manager of Inner Mongolia Brothers Chemical Co., Ltd.

Next, once the funding is secured, it will be primarily allocated to production, environmental protection process upgrades, and capacity optimization—enhancing productivity while firmly upholding the commitment to green development—and striving to become a benchmark "hidden champion" in the industry. Moving forward, the company will continue to remain deeply rooted in the fertile manufacturing landscape of the autonomous region, driving growth through technological innovation as its core engine, and contributing even more significantly to the high-quality development of the region’s manufacturing sector.

Also recognized as a Manufacturing Single Champion Enterprise is Inner Mongolia Ruixin Chemical Co., Ltd. As a company specializing in a specific niche product, Ruixin Chemical takes technological innovation as its core driving force. Not only has it been approved as the "Autonomous Region Sodium Metal Research and Development Center," but it has also earned its place among the nation's high-tech enterprises. The "High-Entropy Molten Salt Electrolysis Technology for Preparing Metallic Sodium," jointly developed with Beijing University of Chemical Technology, along with its key electrolysis system, has been officially recognized by authoritative experts as reaching an internationally leading level overall. Leveraging its patented technology, the company has established robust intellectual property barriers, ensuring that its products consistently rank among the best-performing in China within their category. Building on this recognition, Ruixin Chemical will continue to deepen industry-academia-research collaboration, driving continuous innovation and upgrading of its advanced metallic sodium products. This initiative will further strengthen the company's global market position, injecting fresh momentum into Inner Mongolia's manufacturing sector as it undergoes a transformative shift toward high-end, intelligent, and sustainable production.

Chen Yan, Deputy General Manager of Production at Inner Mongolia Ruixin Chemical Co., Ltd.

Receiving this honor is not only a recognition for us but also a powerful motivator. The awarded funding will be strategically invested in upgrading our innovation platforms and optimizing key manufacturing processes, aiming to further strengthen our technological edge in niche areas and enhance the competitiveness of our products.

In recent years, the Alxa High-Tech Zone, leveraging its abundant resources and robust industrial foundation, has established a circular economy framework dominated by salt chemical industry, coal chemical industry, and fine chemical industries—providing fertile ground for nurturing single-item champion enterprises. Building on this foundation, the high-tech zone has crafted a tiered cultivation pipeline spanning "innovative SMEs—specialized, refined, and innovative enterprises—single-item champion enterprises," seamlessly integrating enterprise development into every stage of industrial growth. To address critical milestones in corporate development, the Alxa High-Tech Zone has introduced tailored support measures that tackle challenges from multiple angles, including policy, funding, and services. Guided by the overarching strategy of "Revitalizing Inner Mongolia through Science and Technology," the zone closely aligns the cultivation of single-item champions with the region’s broader goals of advancing industrial sophistication, intelligence, and sustainability, while prioritizing robust support for technological innovation, standard-setting, and market expansion.

Today, the cultivation of single-champion enterprises in Alxa High-Tech Zone has shifted from "isolated breakthroughs" to "clustered emergence." Five single-champion companies now span multiple niche sectors, including chemicals and new materials. Their rise not only highlights the success of this nurturing initiative but also drives the overall upgrading of the industrial chain, propelling the region's industries toward higher-end, more sophisticated development at an accelerated pace.

Su Xuefeng, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Economic Development Bureau of Alxa High-tech Zone

Next, we will seize the opportunity presented by upgrading the national high-tech zones to continuously refine our nurturing system, strengthen support from innovation platforms, consistently optimize the business environment, and step up policy incentives. This will encourage more enterprises to pursue "meticulous cultivation" in their niche segments, enabling manufacturing single-champion clusters to become the region's premier "golden brand" for high-quality industrial development—and ultimately laying a robust industrial foundation for the region's sustained economic growth.