The Zhenghe Group won an outstanding contribution award for its contributions to Shandong’s industrial development recently, from the provincial government with sponsorship from the provincial industrial and economic association’s award committee. The award is one of the highest in the industry in Shandong and is intended to encourage industrial enterprises and special projects that follow scientific development and industrialization ideas and have advanced production, operations and management, and make a major contribution to industrial development and the provincial economy. The award committee began work in December 2013 under strict guidelines for applications, qualification, examination, preliminary review, expert review, field inspections, and final approval from the Shandong government. There were 17 companies getting outstanding contribution awards and 27 getting commendations.