Hengtong Optic-Electric has achieved several great milestones in sustainability so far this year, among other things:· Rated BBB at MSCI· Scored 45 in the recently released S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA)· Rated AA at WIND, representing the top 7.63% in optical communication industry in ChinaThese progresses featured Hengtong Optic-Electric’s concrete and continuous efforts in promoting renewables-oriented energy mix, GHG emissions reduction, waste management, innovation and R&D, supply chain management, labor rights and health & safety, CSR and governance. Looking ahead, Hengtong will aim higher and join hands with our partners to make more contributions to global climate governance and a sustainable future.

Jiangsu Hengtong Wire & Cable Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hengtong Group, has ranked first and successfully won the bid in China Mobile's centralized procurement project for LV flexible power cables for telecommunications use!This procurement involves a total scale of 50,250,400 meters of LV flexible power cables. Thanks to its leading technical expertise and reliable product quality, Hengtong Cable secured the largest award share of 27.78%. This achievement once again highlights Hengtong's core competitiveness and market influence in the field of communication energy infrastructure.Hengtong is committed to supporting China Mobile with high-quality products and services, contributing to the construction of a safer, more efficient, and greener communication network. Let's move forward together and empower the digital future!

Hengtong, in collaboration with China Unicom, has successfully deployed and begun operating China Unicom's first commercial hollow-core fiber optic cable line.This hollow-core fiber cable is now serving a dedicated line for a bank branch in Jiangsu, where it has been integrated into the live network. To verify stable operation, two test services were configured and monitored, confirming the fiber's compatibility and reliability under real-world commercial conditions.For this application, Hengtong provided a hybrid cable configuration comprising “46-core G.652 fibers + 2-core hollow-core fibers”. This design supports compatibility with current networks while utilizing hollow-core fiber to enhance transmission performance—a balance of present utility and future potential.This deployment represents a meaningful step in applying hollow-core fiber technology within operational telecom infrastructure.

Jiangsu Hengtong Smart Grids Co., Ltd., a key part of the Hengtong Group, has got its Net-Zero target certified by SBTi (Science Based Targets initiative), which means Jiangsu Hengtong Smart Grids will: Near-Term Targets (by 2035): Reduce absolute Scope 1 & 2 GHG emissions by 63.0% from a 2024 base year. Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 37.5% within the same timeframe.  Long-Term Targets (by 2045): Reduce absolute Scope 1, 2 & 3 GHG emissions by 90.0% from a 2024 base year.  This milestone is part of Hengtong Group's sustainability drive. To date, 5 companies within our group have committed to SBTi, among which 3 have their Net-Zero targets set. This collective effort reflects our unwavering dedication to integrating environmental responsibility into the core of our business operations.

Hengtong, in consortium, has secured the EPCI contract for the Liaoning Huadian Dandong Donggang Phase I Offshore Wind project, featuring 500kV HVDC XLPE transmission technology.A total of over 120 km of submarine cables, engineered to evacuate 2GW from the offshore converter station to shore as a system, will enable efficient, long-distance delivery of clean energy from the 84 wind turbines installed in Phase I, which will generate 1GW in its initial stage.Scope: Full EPCI delivery, including cable supply, cable laying, and wind turbine installation.This project sets new benchmarks in scale, complexity, and execution, reinforcing China’s accelerating commitment to decarbonisation and sustainable development, with HVDC technology enabling grid expansion and offshore integration.

The 15th 2025 Top 500 New Energy Enterprises Forum was held in China on September 27, the "2025 Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises" list was officially released, with Hengtong Group surging from last year’s 39th place to this year’s No. 6.The remarkable jump reflects the global recognition of Hengtong’s innovative strategies and global practices in the new energy sector, underscoring its strong capability and influence in driving green transformation.Hengtong Group has long been committed to developing a future-oriented energy interconnection system, with strategic focus on key sectors such as smart grids, rail transit, offshore wind power, offshore oil and gas, and energy integration (wind, solar, storage, charging and hydrogen). As always, it will spare no efforts to drive the energy transition with green and intelligent technologies and pitch in for the global efforts to tackle climate change.

On the 20th, the 2025 World Manufacturing Conference officially opened in Hefei. At the opening ceremony, the China Enterprise Confederation and the China Entrepreneur Association released the 2025 Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises list. Hengtong Group achieved a new high, rising to 62nd place, a 12-place jump from last year.Hengtong Group's continued rise in the ranking of the Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises is a testament to its commitment to the real manufacturing sector.

At the 2025 China Quality Conference on September 16th, the 5th China Quality Award was officially announced. Hengtong Optic-Electric, a listed subsidiary of Hengtong Group, was awarded the accolade. As the highest honor of quality in China, the China Quality Award recognizes organizations and individuals that have made significant innovative achievements in quality management models, methods, and systems. Winning this top award in the quality field this time is a new height that Hengtong has reached in quality management after consecutively winning the nomination award in the 2nd and 3rd sessions. It marks that Hengtong's quality management practices have obtained authoritative certification at the national level. As a leading enterprise in China's information and energy interconnection field, Hengtong has always regarded quality as the lifeline of the enterprise and driven the high-quality development of the enterprise with high-quality product technology and services. The refinement of its new quality management system—defined by full staff engagement, all-factor integration, end-to-end process coverage, and full digitalization—is a culmination of Hengtong’s years of practical exploration in quality management. Guided by the strategic direction of customer-centric quality credibility and globally-oriented quality brand, this system is implemented through four key pathways: independent R&D across the entire technology stack, full-scale digital empowerment, all-dimensional consolidation of quality infrastructure, and quality ecosystem building throughout the entire value chain. It further propels Hengtong to continuously upgrade and transform towards high-end, intelligent, and green development, and move towards the high end of the global industrial chain and value chain. Nowadays, this quality management model has been replicated and implemented in Hengtong's subsidiaries at home and abroad, and promoted and applied in enterprises in the upper and lower reaches of the industrial chain. Especially following the wave of the digital era, Hengtong has fully implemented the "Digital Leadership" plan, promoted the whole-process digital control of quality, and built the first "Lighthouse Factory" in the optical communication industry representing the world's highest level of intelligent manufacturing, the national cross-industry and cross-domain industrial Internet platform, the first batch of national intelligent demonstration factories, and the first batch of national excellent intelligent factories. It empowers the cultivation and development of new quality productive forces with digitalization, and accelerates the promotion of industrial upgrading and transformation as well as the sustainable progress of industrial development.

On September 4th, Hengtong Group attended the Senior Level Dialogue on "Building Sustainable Business and Brands" at the United Nations Palace of Nations in Geneva. During the dialogue, the "Commitment to Build Sustainable Brands", a initiative led by China Association for Standardization (CAS) in partnership with UN organizations including UNCTAD, was launched. As one of the first signitories, Hengtong had the honor to witness the launch of the initiative on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the UN.With the goals of reaching "carbon peaking by 2028 and carbon neutrality by 2045", Hengtong Group has been working closely with global partners on carbon reduction. Moving forward, Hengtong remains, as always, committed to forging an industrial chain ecosystem for a sustainable future.

On the 2025 list of China's Top 500 Private Enterprises released on August 28, Hengtong Group ranked the 35th, advancing 12 places from last year’s 47th, and demonstrating robust development momentum.Simultaneously, the group amounted to the 26th place (up 5 spots) on the list of the Top 100 Manufacturing Private Enterprises of China.Produced by the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce every year, the rankings bear witness to Hengtong's unwavering commitment to technological innovation and industrial upgrading, with deep expertise in core areas of optical fiber communication, smart grids, and marine energy.Looking ahead, Hengtong will continue focusing on innovation and development, making more contribution to the world in a sustainable manner.