Birth of Conch Group

In 2026, Conch Group is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary. Over the past 30 years, it has moved from Anhui to the whole country and the world, and has become the leader of China's cement industry. It has been the leader in the cement industry for many years. But few people know that 30 years ago, Conch Group was almost stillborn.

The story begins in 1994. At that time, a wave of reform of government institutions swept across the country, and Anhui responded positively. On April 20, 1994, Wanfa No.5 Document "Reform Plan of Provincial Party and Government Institutions" required that "the original administrative functions of the Provincial Building Materials Bureau should be transferred to the Provincial Economic and Trade Commission respectively".

"In accordance with the deployment of the provincial Party Committee and the provincial government, the Anhui Building Materials Bureau has issued a plan to establish the Anhui Building Materials (Group) Co., Ltd. (Hereinafter referred to as the head office), through the authorization of the government, to establish the property rights relationship between the parent and subsidiary companies of the group head office and the member enterprises of the group with assets as a link, and to establish the property rights of the parent and subsidiary companies of the group." According to the overall development plan of the group, the head office of the group makes a unified decision within the scope of the group enterprise to adjust the organizational structure and product structure of the enterprise.. In the office building of Anhui Building Materials Bureau, the original director's office has been opened into the chairman's office, and the reception secretary has been found in the outside room. At the same time, the head office's personnel assigned to important positions in Ningguo Cement Plant, a directly affiliated enterprise, are also brewing and legendary. Guo Wensan,

then director of Ningguo Cement Plant, was restless after learning about the plan. In the hearts of him and a group of people, he has always cherished the dream of building Conch Group. Since its establishment in 1978, Ningguo Cement Plant has been developing for many years and has emerged in the industry. After Guo Wensan took charge of Ningguo Cement Plant in 1991, the first thing he did was to localize the new dry process cement to solve the problem of too many people and low labor productivity in Ningguo Cement Plant. In 18 months, a new dry process localization production line with a daily output of 2000 tons was built with an investment of less than 300 million yuan. Ningguo Cement Plant has determined the strategic idea of "one industry as the main industry, diversified economy, trans-regional and trans-industry development", invested in the production line of building materials steel profiles in Wuhu National Economic and Technological Development Zone, and established an Anhui Ningchang Plastic Packaging Co., Ltd. and a construction and installation company. After receiving the

Since there were two different opinions, at that time, the Anhui Provincial Government invited Liu Zhengtian, member of the Standing Committee of the Anhui Provincial Advisory Committee, Liu Chun and Jin Wenxuan, who had participated in the construction of Ningguo Cement Plant, to conduct research. The latter two have held leading positions in the construction headquarters of Ningguo Cement Plant and Anhui Building Materials Bureau.

The research team has visited the enterprises directly under the Anhui Building Materials Bureau

Research Team have all held important positions in government agencies." They know that running an enterprise and administrative management are two different things. In the investigation, they learned that there were three things that made the enterprise unable to believe that the head office transformed by Anhui Building Materials Bureau had the ability to run the enterprise well.

The first thing is the construction of the building materials building. At the end of the 1980s, the Anhui Provincial Building Materials Bureau demolished a vacant lot in Sanxiaokou, a prosperous and important place in the center of Hefei, and planned to build a building materials building. At that time, there were two options: First, to other units of construction, building materials Bureau out of the land, do not take a penny, after the completion of the two sides of the construction area; Second, building materials Bureau independent construction.

When discussing the plan, the members of the leading group unanimously agreed to the independent construction plan. Everyone thought, there are cement and glass enterprises directly under the Provincial Building Materials Bureau, and they are engaged in building materials, can't they build a building?

Provincial Building Materials Bureau to build building materials building, subordinate enterprises naturally can not stand idly by. The directly affiliated enterprises have invested in succession. Ningguo Cement Plant took out more than 8 million yuan. However, in the process of project promotion, problems come one after another, construction costs continue to rise, and the funding gap is growing. Seeing that it was difficult to continue, the Provincial Building Materials Bureau asked Ningguo Cement Plant, which invested the most, to send a deputy director to the Building Materials Building and take full responsibility for the construction of the building. After the deputy factory director was stationed, he found that the personnel composition of the construction preparatory office was complex, and many of them had the endorsement of leaders from all walks of life. The deputy director of Ningguo Cement Plant felt powerless in the face of such a situation. Guo Wensan made a decisive decision to withdraw the personnel. He would rather give up the more than 8 million than go to this muddy water and fill this bottomless pit.

Since then, for a long time, the building materials building has become uncompleted residential flats. It was not until the abolition of the Building Materials Bureau in 2004 that the Anhui Economic and Trade Commission coordinated the businessmen from Wuhan to clean up the mess. It was renamed Jinchuan Building. Wuhan businessmen are said to have invested 40 million yuan, built the building and sold it for 50 million yuan. Because the design of the building is congenitally deficient, the revolving restaurant on the top floor is naturally gone. Underground parking, only a few cars. In order to make profits, Wuhan businessmen sold the hall into a facade room, making an apartment building located in the downtown area, neither fish nor fowl. The rent is lower than surrounding office buildings. The subordinate enterprises of the Building Materials Bureau have invested tens of millions of yuan, and the last square area has not been obtained. Instead, some employees of the Building Materials Bureau got "benefits". Because this building blocks the sunshine of the staff dormitory behind it, the staff of Building 4 of the Building Materials Bureau. Each household received an average of about 1.

The third thing is the construction of Tongling Cement Plant. Tongling Cement Plant is a World Bank loan project. The provincial building materials Bureau is responsible for the preparation, which is a famous "beard" project. Construction began in 1983, and the headquarters team without a legal person changed again and again. Due to the lack of investment and construction funds, the budget was adjusted from 800 million to 16. In September 1995, the Anhui Provincial Government decided to appoint Guo Wensan, director of Ningguo Cement Plant, as chairman and general manager, with Ningguo Cement Plant as the main body. Set up

Tongling Cement Plant's first dry process cement with a daily output of 4000 tons. On August 26, https://price.ccement.com/Price_list-1-s0-e0-p0-c0-k100059-b0.1996

, the Anhui Provincial Party Committee and the provincial government held a conference in Wuhu on the development of the Wanjiang River. Echoing the "provincial industrial work conference" in Pudong. Through unknown channels, Guo Wensan was given a valuable opportunity to report to Lu Rongjing, Secretary of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee. Facing the secretary of the provincial party committee, Guo Wensan said sincerely: Although I am not from Anhui, I came to Ningguo Cement Plant as soon as I graduated. I have worked here for more than 10 years. I started as a grass-roots operator, and I am full of feelings for every post and every tree and grass in the plant. We have taken the lead in realizing the localization of the new dry process production line in the country, formulated a clear development plan, and wanted to build a unique competitive Conch Group. If it is incorporated into the Building Materials Corporation, the space for independent development will be limited, which will be a huge loss for enterprises and employees.This is not that we do not trust Anhui Building Materials Bureau, but in practice, we deeply realize that there is an essential difference between enterprise operation and organ administration, a main body is both a boss and a mother-in-law, it is difficult for enterprises to truly develop efficiently in accordance with market rules. In his report,

Guo Wensan expressed the confidence of the leading group of Ningguo Cement Plant to make Conch Cement bigger and stronger, and expressed the determination to succeed or die. If Ningguo Cement Plant is merged into Anhui Building Materials Corporation, he will resign as director of Ningguo Cement Plant and return to his hometown in Shandong or to his wife's hometown in Ningbo. These words from the bottom of his heart gave Secretary Lu a deep understanding of the demands of Ningguo Cement Plant and laid a foreshadowing for the subsequent decision-making. After comprehensive consideration, on September 3, 1996, Anhui Province issued a document on the establishment of Conch Group.

Tongling Conch Cement Clinker Production Line

with a Daily Output of 10000 Tons Chaohu Conch Three New Dry Process Cement Clinker Production Lines

with a Daily Output of 5,000 Tons Conch Group Baimashan Cement Plant 50,000 Tons Carbon Dioxide Capture, Collection and Purification Demonstration

Project SRC = "https://img7.ccement.com/news/2505/richtext/img/94131hefnk1747621006362. what the plan makers did not expect was that their original plan objectively played a role in hastening the birth of Conch Group." Thus, it promotes the process of cement structure adjustment in Anhui and even the whole country. As a result, Anhui Building Materials Bureau was retained until it was abolished in the institutional reform in 2000. As the saying goes, if you have the intention to plant flowers, they will not grow. If you have no intention to plant willows, they will become shade.

A leading Comrade who worked in Anhui Building Materials Bureau sighed with emotion about the ups and downs in the birth of Conch Group: Thanks to the wise decision of Secretary Lu Rongjing in those years, Anhui and even the whole country have such an excellent enterprise, an enterprise that Chinese people can be proud of in front of the world.