OREANDA-NEWS.  January 15, 2014. The award ceremony of the highest honor award given by the China Government in quality field –the first China Quality Award—was held in Space City in Beijing.

Shanxi Taigan Stainless Steel Co. Ltd. (STSS) was nominated for the China Quality Award by ranking No.4 and was the only enterprise to win the nomination from Shanxi Province and the iron and steel industry. State Councilor Wang Yong attended the award ceremony. Chairman of the Examination and Commendation Committee of China Quality Award Zhi Shuping made an important speech. President of STSS Zhang Zhifang accepted the award on behalf of STSS.
 
In recent years, TISCO, focusing on “consolidating the ISO 9000 quality management system, full-scale introduction of six sigma management and performance excellence model,” continuously pushed forward the quality management innovation while absorbing the advanced management methods, formed the whole process delicacy management mode centered on Six Sigma, promoted steadily the improvement of the product quality and laid a solid foundation for the construction of the featured steel products base. Now TISCO has formed the high efficiency, energy saving, durable product cluster mainly based on stainless steels, including cold rolled silicon steel, steel for railway, high strength and toughness steel. Among them, the market share of 28 products ranked first in China, 36 products filled the domestic market gap, which leads the enterprise out of the red sea and into the blue ocean.
 
Now, 88 countries and regions, including USA, EU, Germany and Japan, have set up national quality awards. China Quality Award was set up in 2012 by the approval of the Government of China, is the highest honor award for quality in China. The China Quality Awards were divided into two categories: China Quality Award and China Quality Nomination Award. The awards are reviewed once every two years to commend the organizations and individuals that make major innovation achievements in quality field or make outstanding contributions to the improvement of quality. The China Quality Award and The China Quality Nomination Award are reviewed by China Quality Award Selection Committee, examined by China Quality Award Examination and Commendation Committee and approved by the State Council.
 
In 2013, there were 261 organizations and 97 individuals to take part in the selection of the first China Quality Award. 45 organizations including TISCO and 4 individuals were awarded the China Quality Award or the China Quality Nomination Award for their contributions to promoting the method innovation, the mode innovation and the system innovation of China quality management.