Salt manufacturing in China covers a landscape both modern and ancient. For those of us running production lines, each headline about China Salt Guoben Salt Industry Co., Ltd. grabs attention because it reflects the challenges and opportunities in the field. Many outside the industry imagine salt as nothing more than a seasoning or a humble raw material. On the ground, producing industrial-grade salt on a massive scale takes strict controls, years of experience, and close attention to regulatory changes. Each year, we witness government policies tightening around food safety, environmental protection, and supply chain transparency. Unlike traders or distributors, manufacturers get up early to test new purification methods and make sure every batch matches strict specifications. China Salt Guoben, as a major state-owned name, sets benchmarks that affect thousands of smaller operators like us. Standardization at this level affects everyone down the line—which suppliers qualify, which technologies get adopted, and what quality standards must become routine. When state-owned companies like Guoben pioneer automation or introduce zero-discharge wastewater projects, the rest of us must catch up fast or risk being left behind. It takes capital and effort, but in this business, reputation and compliant production secure our long-term place.Global supply chains face constant uncertainty, but domestically in China, consolidation around large producers like China Salt Guoben shapes every contract negotiation. Small and midsize manufacturers feel both pressure and opportunity whenever a big player optimizes logistics or shifts export strategy. Demand fluctuates—not just because of end users, but through policy measures on price controls and export limits. Last year’s shifts in domestic allocation and seasonal price spikes sent everyone scrambling to fill orders and keep retailers supplied. Companies like Guoben manage distribution networks on a scale smaller firms can only observe, but we all draw lessons from their resource management and risk hedging. For example, Guoben’s ability to secure upstream raw material contracts gives them stronger leverage during shortages, but it sets a road map for how we should structure our own procurement. The pace at which the industry modernizes owes much to how quickly large manufacturers move. Their investments in digital traceability or inspection equipment push suppliers up and down the chain to invest in similar systems. Although copy-paste solutions don't work for everyone, the push for digitization and real-time monitoring has become non-negotiable throughout the industry.In our factories, environmental challenges can define the day-to-day reality more than anything else. Reports about China Salt Guoben expanding low-emission processes prompt us to review our handling of byproducts and waste streams. Emissions from brine disposal, dust from drying lines, and water management now draw far more official attention. Moving to closed-loop water cycles or cleaner fuel sources isn’t just a box to tick—it brings real production costs, training requirements, and at times, a pause to retool entire sections of a plant. Setting up monitoring systems and retraining workers is tough amid ongoing production targets, but the example set by industry leaders is clear. As salt demand grows and spreads across food, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals, the bar rises year on year. Cases involving substandard product or accidental releases turn into nationwide headlines. Those of us who manufacture salt at scale have moved beyond thinking of environmental standards as a pure compliance issue—they shape profitability and reputation. The standard raised by Guoben reverberates through the rest of us; every successful implementation of green solutions sets an industry-wide precedent.Running a salt manufacturing operation means constant engagement with changing technologies—sometimes that means training staff on new automations; sometimes, it means learning from larger companies with bigger R&D budgets. China Salt Guoben’s integration of digital platforms and process controls has rippled across the sector, pressing smaller manufacturers to look at their own operations for inefficiencies. Robotics, real-time process analytics, and ERP platforms cut costs and reduce downtime, but also create demand for technicians able to operate, maintain, and troubleshoot advanced machinery. Workforce upskilling becomes central to maintaining competitiveness as knowledge gaps between old-line, manual operators and newer hires steeped in automation start to show. Competing for talent who can handle both chemical processes and software troubleshooting means investing in education partnerships or running in-house apprenticeships. Big companies like Guoben attract young talent by showcasing innovation and career pathways. Medium-size firms sharpen their training and offer practical experience the textbook jobs can’t match. Over time, as the ecosystem levels up, every plant floor feels the uplift—whether from new safety practices, process control, or plant-wide data systems that predict bottlenecks before they occur.As governments move toward stricter food safety standards and ever-stricter environmental enforcement, it pays to watch how leading firms address these head-on. Guoben’s involvement in drafting or piloting compliance protocols sometimes foreshadows tomorrow’s regulations. Small lapses by big companies quickly become benchmarks for what regulators investigate everywhere else. In this environment, traceability through the supply chain, linked directly to manufacturing batch numbers and sources of raw materials, is no longer just for the industry leaders. For those of us making millions of tons each year, mistakes or lapses in records carry steep consequences—not just regulatory, but market-based as buyers increasingly demand proof of origin and safety documentation. Local sourcing, protection against adulteration, and responsive recall capability are now part of every serious negotiation with downstream users. Successful firms have moved ahead of the curve, treating regulatory exposure as a business problem with direct financial impacts.No salt manufacturer can exist in a vacuum, and we rarely view large players like China Salt Guoben as distant competitors. Instead, the entire sector depends on a web of collaborations—joint standard-setting, pilot environmental projects, and shared training initiatives. Experience across decades shows that technical conferences, equipment sharing, and best-practice exchanges between public, private, large, and medium producers push the sector forward much faster than isolation. During raw salt supply shocks or price fluctuations, backchannel information between plants becomes crucial. Shared learnings about closed-loop upgrades, energy efficiency retrofits, or waste valorization projects filter across the industry. Guoben’s role in piloting new purification processes serves as a real-world testbed. Their public reporting gives us early insight into what might be feasible at smaller scale, after commercial rollout. These collaborations speed up progress toward higher quality and more consistent supply chain performance for the entire market.In salt manufacturing, the world has changed from simple extraction and drying. Now plants keep pace with digital monitoring, traceability demands, energy transition goals, and shifting global markets. China Salt Guoben Salt Industry Co., Ltd. charts many of these and draws the attention of regulators, buyers, and industry partners with each strategic shift. Smaller manufacturers watch carefully, not in imitation, but seeking cues on how to future-proof their operations, secure skilled staff, and grow in a sector defined by scale, reputation, and regulatory certainty. The push to cleaner processes, higher automation, and transparent supply chains raises the standards for all. Experience shows that adapting swiftly while holding onto the hard lessons learned at each stage of technological and regulatory evolution allows for sustained viability. Every year brings new surprises, but those who produce at scale know that adaptability—rooted in technical know-how, practical partnerships, and genuine commitment to quality—turns disruption into lasting advantage.
Read moreAccording to the salt industry system reform plan issued by the State Council, the long-awaited salt industry system reform officially kicked off this year. At the end of last year, China National Salt Industry Corporation, Tianjin Changlu Salt Industry Corporation, and Hebei Salt Industry Monopoly Group jointly invested in the establishment of China Salt Beijing Tianjin Hebei Salt Industry Co., Ltd. As the only well and mineral salt enterprise in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Co., Ltd. located in Ningjin County, our province, will become the production base of Zhongyan Beijing Tianjin Hebei Salt Industry Company. The people of Beijing Tianjin Hebei will have access to high-quality well and mineral salt produced in Hebei. On January 13th, the reporter visited the packaging workshop of Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Chemical Co., Ltd. and saw bags of 400 gram small packaged salt slowly moving forward on the production line. At present, we are packaging well mineral salt from foreign real estate. After the project is put into operation in the future, this area will become a packaging workshop, "said Liu Baofeng, the company's chief engineer. The Longxiang Salt Chemical Project is under construction and is expected to be put into operation in 2018. At that time, the people of Beijing Tianjin Hebei region will be able to enjoy the well mineral salt produced in Ningjin. The salt produced by mining ancient rock salt deposits is called mineral salt, and the salt produced by extracting shallow surface or underground natural brine through drilling is called well salt. Due to the coexistence of rock salt deposits with natural brine salt deposits, and the use of drilling water-soluble methods in mining rock salt deposits, well salt and mineral salt are also known as well salt. Compared with sea salt made from seawater, well salt has the advantages of being purer and of better quality. Sea salt needs to be recycled to enter the salt market, and the cost does not have advantages. In previous years, a large-scale rock salt (rock salt) deposit was proved in Ningjin County, with rock salt reserves exceeding 1.60 billion tons. The salt mine in Ningjin has the characteristics of large reserves and high grade, and the development prospect is good. Liu Baofeng said that Longxiang Salt will adopt the gypsum type brine non purifying MVR salt production process technology, which can save 45 million yuan in brine purification equipment investment, reduce the direct cost per ton of salt by 20 to 30 yuan, and more importantly, the product purity can reach over 99.85%. Product purity Over 99.85% Longxiang Salt will be the first domestic enterprise to adopt MVR salt production technology. ”Liu Baofeng said that the salt produced by this process has a uniform particle size distribution, high purity, and no additives, which will be more popular among consumers. It is understood that the purity of salt produced by domestic brine purification technology can only reach about 99.75%. As the first modern salt industry enterprise in China that integrates production and sales across regions, China Salt Beijing Tianjin Hebei Company will strive to ensure the safety and quality of salt supply in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region under the new situation. Li Yaoqiang, Chairman of China National Salt Industry Corporation, said that for a long time, China National Salt Industry Corporation, Tianjin Changlu Salt Industry Corporation, and Hebei Salt Industry Monopoly Group Corporation have all faced problems such as single business operations, excessive reliance on salt monopoly policies, relatively backward institutional mechanisms, extensive management, and weak market competitiveness. The degree of homogenization of the three parties' businesses is high, and resources cannot be shared. Next, Zhongyan Beijing Tianjin Hebei Company will establish a standardized corporate governance structure and market-oriented operation mechanism in accordance with modern enterprise systems. Strive to fully leverage Beijing's brand promotion advantages, Tianjin's R&D and port advantages, and Hebei's production and logistics advantages, to achieve unified business operation, unified financial management, and unified resource allocation. At the same time, Zhongyan Beijing Tianjin Hebei Company will continue to promote the strategy of increasing variety, improving quality, and creating brands, and establish a system and mechanism that adapts to market competition needs. Li Yaoqiang said that the Longxiang Salt Chemical Project has strong competitive advantages in terms of location, scale, and cost. After completion, it will further enhance the salt security capacity of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region and significantly improve the salt safety and quality standards.
Read moreOn May 18th, the theme event of "5.20 World Metrology Day" in Xingtai City was held in our county. In recent years, our county has conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the higher authorities, carried out in-depth measurement work, cultivated numerous trustworthy measurement demonstration units, and set a benchmark for the orderly development of measurement work in the city. By awarding licenses to 49 units including Ningjin Yiming Medical Equipment Sales Co., Ltd. and Hebei Fenglaiyi Liquor Industry Co., Ltd., it marks the commitment of the units to enter the stage of comprehensive social supervision from self construction and voluntary declaration, enhancing the sense of achievement, honor, and recognition of the enterprises in carrying out integrity measurement work, and deepening the transformation of the enterprises from "asking me for integrity" to "I want integrity". Ningjin Yiming Medical Equipment Sales Co., Ltd Ningjin County Maternal and Child Health Hospital Hebei Fenglaiyi Liquor Industry Co., Ltd Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Chemical Co., Ltd Ningjin County Jiayuan Tianwanwanxin Trading Co., Ltd Hebei Maode Catering Service Co., Ltd Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin First Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Second Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Third Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Fourth Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Fifth Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Sixth Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Seventh Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Eighth Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Ninth Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Tenth Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin Eleventh Gas Station Sinopec Sales Co., Ltd. Hebei Xingtai Ningjin 13th Gas Station Hebei Golden Century Mining Cable Co., Ltd Jincheng Gas Station, Ningjin County Hebei Longfeixiang Flour Co., Ltd Ningjin County Huancheng Gas Station Ningjin County Education Glasses Store Guangming Glasses Store in Ningjin County Jinghua Petroleum Gas Station in Ningjin County Ningjin County Jiehua Gas Station Mincun Gas Station, Ningjin County, Hebei Dongming Petrochemical Guohe Energy Co., Ltd Rongsheng Gas Station in Ningjin County Jinte Cable Co., Ltd Ningdong Gas Station in Ningjin County Ningjin County Agricultural Materials and Building Materials Company Gas Station Chaowen Gas Station in Ningjin County Xinda Gas Station in Ningjin County Ningjin County Shicheng Gas Station Yufang Gas Station in Ningjin County Taifeng Cable Co., Ltd Xiaoya Glasses Store in Ningjin County Ningjin Sihang Glasses Sales Co., Ltd Ningjin Donglaixing Trading Co., Ltd Tianxin Supermarket in Ningjin County Changhao Cable Co., Ltd Baihui Cable Co., Ltd Hongliang Cable Co., Ltd Changshi Cable Co., Ltd Kangshi Eyewear Store in Ningjin County Shibing Gas Station in Ningjin County Kangning Glasses Store in Ningjin County Ningjin County Mingshi Glasses Store Zhonghai Gas Station in Ningjin County
Read moreOn site inspection activities On the morning of the 15th, attendees went to Longxiang Salt Factory in Hebei for on-site inspection. Bu Ming, the general manager of Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Co., Ltd., introduced the basic situation of Longxiang Salt Factory and led a tour of the factory area and packaging workshop. The meeting is officially held The meeting was officially held at 10:00 am the next day. At the meeting, Lu Jian, the Marketing Center Manager of China Salt Beijing Tianjin Hebei Salt Industry Co., Ltd., took the lead in giving a speech, summarizing the sales and market promotion work in suburban counties in 2018, and summarizing the existing problems and the next steps of sales work. County and district company exchange speeches Subsequently, companies from various suburban districts and counties exchanged and discussed the issues and opinions regarding the work in suburban counties in 2019, and worked together to learn and explore. During the communication and speeches, various district and county companies fully affirmed Longxiang's equipment, salt production technology, and products, and also put forward higher requirements for Longxiang to strengthen quality management. Leadership Speech Subsequently, company leader Yuan Zhihua gave a speech, expressing gratitude for the friendly cooperation between companies in various districts and counties, and answering questions and opinions raised by each district and county. Finally, Shao Bing, the head of salt affairs at the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology, gave a speech, summarizing the policies of salt industry system reform and the current situation of the Beijing salt industry market, and making requirements for the standardization of salt management in the next step. Meeting Summary The meeting ended successfully at 11:30 noon on the 16th. After two days of meetings, researcher Shao Bing from the Urban Industry Department of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology highly praised Longxiang's production equipment and capacity. The operation of Longxiang Company is an important link in ensuring the supply of salt in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. Companies in various districts and counties have highly recognized the products produced by Longxiang Company through visits, and have expressed that Longxiang Company will become the main salt supplier in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region in the near future.
Read moreIn recent years, the Ningjin County Economic Development Zone has closely focused on industrial clusters for development, investment, and project development, expanding the total volume, attracting external investment and internal development, and improving quality and efficiency. It has always regarded the economy as the main engine to promote high-quality development of the county. Recently, the reporter visited Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Chemical Co., Ltd. located in Ningjin County Economic Development Zone and saw that the fully automated production line is operating in an orderly manner. Huo Yang, the head of the company's finance department, told the reporter that thanks to the implementation of the policy of reducing fees and taxes, the enterprise has achieved sustained development. [Minister of Finance of Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Chemical Co., Ltd., Huo Yang] Since the implementation of the tax reduction and fee reduction policy, we Zhongyan Longxiang have received a total of more than 33 million yuan in taxes and fees. This money is used in talent introduction, technological innovation, etc. Good policy guidelines provide a strong guarantee for the funds of our enterprises. Ningjin County Economic Development Zone continues to promote the policy of benefiting enterprises directly. At present, the R & D expenses have been deducted by 236 million yuan, and the tax reduction and fee reduction are 1.087 billion yuan, and the tax refund is 594 million yuan, an increase of 285.71% year-on-year. [Lei Jingzhao, Deputy Director of the Tax Administration Department of Ningjin County Taxation Bureau]Our tax department conducts policy lectures and one-on-one coaching in enterprises to ensure that policy dividends are directly enjoyed and help enterprises overcome difficulties. [Bi Bohua, Director of the Economic Development Bureau of Ningjin Economic Development Zone]Through contacting environmental protection experts, safety experts, and land use experts, expert opinions were provided. In conjunction with the natural resources department, the issue of the construction plot ratio of this project was jointly solved, enabling the enterprise's project construction to advance and achieve production efficiency within the year.. Adhering to integrated services and creating the best business environment, Ningjin County has launched a "project leader" mechanism, where all projects are designated as "project leaders" from the beginning of signing, and contracted cadres provide full service to help enterprises build and put into operation as soon as possible. At the same time, we also launched the "internal education and external attraction, focusing on projects to promote development" campaign, fully stimulating the "new vitality" of reform and development in the development zone. [Li Shengkai, Deputy Director of the Party Working Committee of Ningjin Economic Development Zone]We will take the upgrading of the development zone as an opportunity to gather elements such as funding policies, outstanding young cadres, and pilot mature bases in the development zone, and stimulate new vitality for reform and development;; Adhere to the development model of leading enterprises such as JA Solar and Yufeng, rely on key industrial clusters to strengthen and extend chains, cultivate new driving forces for industrial transformation, cultivate new fertile ground for business environment, and make every effort to enhance various work in Ningjin Economic Development Zone.
Read moreNingjin County has abundant salt mineral resources, with a proven amount of over 100 billion tons of high-quality salt mineral resources. Based on its advantageous resources, Ningjin County has planned and built a salt chemical circular economy park relying on the economic development zone. Following the principle of "industrial agglomeration and chain development", it strives to create a national highland for the development of salt chemical industry. Entering the production workshop of Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Chemical Co., Ltd., on the fully automated assembly line, there is a bustling production scene. Wang Shinang, Chairman of Hebei Zhongyan Longxiang Salt Chemical Co., Ltd.: Currently, most of the salt consumed in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region is produced by our company. We can produce over 400000 tons of edible salt annually, which can meet the daily consumption and food processing needs of the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region for one year. Longxiang Salt Chemical is the first enterprise to settle in the Ningjin Salt Chemical Circular Economy Park. Its settlement not only fills the gap of well and mineral salt in North China, but also is currently the largest well and mineral salt production and sales enterprise in the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region. When it comes to why they want to settle in Ningjin, the person in charge of the enterprise gave this answer. Compared to the natural environment at the same latitude, Ningjin Salt Field has large natural reserves and the highest purity, which is an important reason why we chose to build a factory here. Moreover, the park where we are located is a gathering area for salt chemical industry with a complete industrial chain. We can keep up with the strong alliances of downstream enterprises and develop together. The ability for enterprises to form strong alliances and develop together is mainly due to the strict entry threshold of Ningjin Salt Chemical Circular Economy Park. Jiang Can, Director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of Ningjin Economic Development Zone, said that in order to develop and grow, it is necessary to adopt a large-scale cluster development model. It is necessary to clearly classify the salt chemical industry chain and ensure that all types of salt chemical industry projects cannot enter the park in a homogeneous manner. Therefore, anyone who fails to meet these two standards will not be allowed to enter the park. To further promote the scale and cluster development of the salt chemical industry, the park actively carries out investment promotion around the industrial chain and strives to cultivate new economic growth points. At present, Haopu Technology Xingtai Co., Ltd. in the park is accelerating the construction of a 6000 ton per year phthalic anhydride and supporting project. The chemical high-performance composite materials produced by the project can be widely used in the production of composite new materials such as high-speed rail, aerospace, and wind power. The product we produce is encouraged by the state to be introduced and researched, developed, and produced. It is at the forefront of composite materials and the only enterprise in Hebei Province that produces this product. After the project is fully put into operation, it is expected to have an annual output value of over one billion yuan and profits and taxes of over one hundred million yuan. Clarify the development direction of the leading industry, plan the industrial layout of Ningjin Salt Chemical Circular Economy Park from a high starting point, optimize resource allocation, and strengthen the mechanisms of chain extension, chain strengthening, and chain supplementation. After nearly 10 years of development, a total of 36 enterprises have settled in the park, forming a preliminary industrial chain based on salt production and coordinated development of fine chemicals, biopharmaceuticals, and new chemical materials, laying a solid foundation for the rapid circular development of the park. Shi Kedong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Working Committee and Executive Deputy Director of the Management Committee of Ningjin Economic Development Zone, said that through the "industrial park+industrial chain" investment model and commercial investment model, we can focus on introducing salt chemical industry projects with good growth potential, high investment intensity, high product added value, and the ability to supplement, extend and strengthen the chain. With the cultivation path of "incubating stock, attracting increment, and improving quality", we can attract more salt chemical upstream and downstream enterprises to settle in our park. Strengthening project support, creating a development platform with superior carrying conditions, and further optimizing industrial layout, Ningjin Salt Chemical Circular Economy Park will leverage its unique resource advantages, clarify industrial development path measures, and accelerate the high-quality development of the salt chemical industry. We will rely on high-quality salt mine resources, focus on park construction, industrial cultivation, project attraction, technological transformation investment, and factor guarantee, extend the chain of salt chemical industry, improve the operation mechanism of development zones, promote the scale and cluster development of salt chemical industry with a first-class business environment, ensure a high-quality first quarter "good start", and achieve an output value exceeding 20 billion yuan by 2027. We will make every effort to build a highland for the development of salt chemical industry in the country, and make the contribution that an economic county should make to the city's leapfrog development.
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