On the morning of February 18, the 3rd Session of the 17th Workers' Congress of Yuchai Group was held. Li Changguan, deputy secretary of the CPC Yulin Municipal Committee, was present for congratulations and instructions.

In 2013, Yuchai Group positively coped with the severe challenge of increased pressure from economic downturn, with its annual sales revenues rebounding to 42.5 billion yuan. Yuchai Machinery Co., Ltd. registered engine sales of over 500,000 units, up 16.1 percent, thus securing its lead in the industry and making remarkable contributions to Yulin's economic development. In the future, Yuchai Group will continue implementing the strategy of "invigorating Yuchai and prospering Yulin" mapped out by the municipal committee and government, thoroughly advance the "second startup" with Yuchai Industrial New City as the carrier and platform, high-end equipment manufacturing development as the primary task and Yuchai's industrial support as the orientation, thus achieving an annual output value of over 100 billion yuan in three to five years.

On behalf of the municipal committee and government, Li extended congratulations on the success of the congress and the achievements of Yuchai Group. He said, as an indigenous enterprise in Yulin, Yuchai Group has made improvement constantly and worked hard to achieve encouraging results over the 63 years. With a focus on promoting transition of Yulin's industry from the initial stage to the middle & later stage, the municipal committee and government will unswervingly implement the strategy of "invigorating Yuchai and prospering Yulin", support Yuchai in "second startup", and accelerate the construction of Yuchai Industrial New City to build Yuchai, the machinery industry and a park with an output value of 100 billion yuan. He hoped that Yuchai would assume the heavy duty, unite with and lead its workers to make endeavor to build Yuchai into a globalized enterprise with an output value of 100 billion yuan with "second startup" as the opportunity and industrial new city construction as the important carrier and content. He hoped that Yuchai's labor unions would perform respective duties and make all-out efforts to build the "home of workers" trusted by workers, thus boosting corporate development. Also, he hoped that Yuchai's workers would enhance their sense of ownership and take active part in "second startup" to contribute to corporate development.

(Source: Lu Xiaoqing/Yulin Daily)