On April 7, led by Prof. Ma Shizhuang (the vice president of GUCAS) and Prof. Zhao Hong (the vice dean of the School of Management), the students from Xinjiang doctoral class visited Kailuan Group in Tangshan, Hebei Proveince. They were received by Dr. Yang Zhong (the former president of Kailuan Group, deputy director of the NPC Environmental Resources Committee of Hebei Province). Prof. Xu Yanmei and Dr. Zhou Jianghua from the School of Management also joined this investigation activity.
Founded in 1878, Kailuan Coal Mine is a leading Chinese coal producer, named the living fossils of Chinese coal industry. It left many typical and unique history and culture over three centuries of development. "China's best ore", "China's first railway with standard rail ", "the first steam locomotive in China ", "China's first overpass of railway and highway ", and "the earliest Chinese share-holding system" were all born here.
At present, Kailuan Group has developed into a group corporation LLC, whose business covers coal production, coal washing and dressing, coal chemical, modern logistics, electricity, equipment manufacturing, construction, building materials and chemical industry, and cultural tourism.
In the morning, first, the faculty and students from the School of Management were shown history of Kailuan Group, then professors from the School of Management and the management layer of Kailuan Group sat together to discuss the future development strategy and objectives of the enterprise.
In the afternoon, the study group visited Kailuan National Mining Pivots Park, and tried to understand the coal production and the basic principle and process of the mining. They truly experienced the glory and hardship in the course of Kailuan’s development over 100 years.
