Founded at the beginning of reform and opening up, Nanshan Group has developed into a large-scale private joint-stock enterprise stably listed in the Top 500 Chinese Enterprises at present after forty years of arduous struggle, forming a multi-industry simultaneous development pattern led by aluminum industry, textiles and garments, finance, aviation, real estate, health, education, tourism, etc. In 2017, Nanshan Group ranked the 165th in Top 500 Chinese Enterprises and the 68th in Top 500 Enterprises in Chinese Manufacturing Industry by virtue of its comprehensive strength.

The most distinctive feature of Nanshan’s industrial development is “highlighting the main business with chain operation; developing steadily to become stronger and more practical”. The industrial chain of Nanshan Aluminum spreads over several links including energy sources, aluminum oxide, electrolytic aluminum, aluminum profile, aluminum plates, stripes and foils and aeronautical materials, and the terminal products are widely used in such fields as aeronautics, astronautics, ships, high-speed trains, electricity, autos and containers. In 1999, Nanshan Aluminum A Share (code: 600219 Nanshan Aluminum) was listed on Shanghai Stock Exchange. The industrial chain of textiles & garments spreads cover such links as wool procurement, wool top processing, spinning dyeing and finishing, spinning fabrics, advanced garment processing and brand operation, making it an international leading production base of worsted and compact-spinning fabrics as well as an advanced production base of garments. Nanshan Finance is committed to establishing an all-license big financial layout in such fields as bank, security, insurance, leasing, equity investment, private equity and asset management. Nanshan Aviation strives to build a comprehensive aviation industry group integrating air transportation, business flight, aviation education and aeronautical material manufacturing. Nanshan Real Estate has developed into a real estate enterprise with overall development strength in high-grade residence, high-end hotel, tourism and sightseeing, commercial service, relaxing on holidays, elderly and health care, etc., whose projects spread over such provinces and cities as Beijing, Qingdao, Hainan, Yantai and Longkou. Nanshan Health is committed to building a health care industry system integrating medical care, health management, loving care and healthcare drugs. Nanshan Education has a complete education and training system from kindergarten to university, in which Yantai Nanshan University is a private common undergraduate university approved by the Ministry of Education. Nanshan Tourism has formed an integrated leisure vacation industry system integrating tourism and sightseeing, leisure and entertainment, star hotel group, high-end commerce and conference services. Besides the leading industries, Nanshan Group has such supporting enterprises as construction and installation as well as green food manufacturers related to the life of residents and employees, including peanut oil, flourmill, purified water, eggs and meat products.

With the expanding industry scale, Nanshan Group gradually forms a strategic layout centering on Longkou, spreading over the country and marching towards the world. At present, it has established branches and offices in such places as Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Yantai, Hainan and Hong Kong, which has also established branches in many countries such as Australia, America, Germany, Italy, Singapore and Indonesia to move towards the international market and participate in the global competition.

The capability of independent innovation is the key to the success of the industrial development of Nanshan. Nanshan Group has such technical research and development platforms as national enterprise technology center, academician workstation and postdoctoral workstation, which establishes the only “Aluminum Alloy Pressure Processing Engineering Technology Research Center” in the Chinese aluminum processing industry, and cooperates with research academies including Beijing Institute of Aeronautical Materials, Shandong University, Central South University, Northeastern University and Xi`an Polytechnic University to improve the technical innovation ability and transfer ratio of research achievements. Thereinto, Nanshan Aluminum and Nanshan Fabrics & Garments have undertaken technical research and development projects of the state or above the provincial level for many times, and a lot of achievements are in the international leading or advanced level. Nanshan ever won such technical awards as the First Prize of Shandong Technical Progress Award and Shandong Governor Quality Prize.

The development of Nanshan Group benefits from the reform and opening-up policy of the party and the state, the “loyal, responsible, hardworking and devoted” Nanshan spirit formed by the old generations of Nanshan entrepreneurs and the rules of conduct that “empty talk makes a botch while only hard work makes sense”. While developing the economy, Nanshan Group never forgets to fulfill its social responsibilities and successively drives the villagers of dozens of surrounding villages to realize common prosperity, realizing the transfer that villagers changed to citizens and villages changed to cities. Besides, Nanshan Group also establishes charitable mutual fund and education scholarship to help worker families and poor students in trouble, and actively participates in social public welfare career such as road construction, environmental protection, afforestation, disaster relief and donation, making active contributions to boosting the new urbanization construction, promoting the social economy and social development and other aspects. It has been granted such honorary titles as “National Civilized Village”, “National Advanced Primary Party Organization”, “National Small Town Construction Demonstration Area”, “Meritorious Enterprise during 30 Years of Reform and Opening up in Shandong Province” and “The Most Responsible Brand in Shandong Province”.

“Good morality towards perfection, accumulated hills towards mountain”. Nanshan Group will continue adhering to the “loyal, responsible, hardworking and devoted” enterprise spirit and take building the centenary Nanshan as the target to make new contributions to the economic construction of the state.