On April 27, the 2022 Hunan Entrepreneur Activity Day and Entrepreneurs Annual Conference was held in Changsha. The conference commended the 2021-2022 National Outstanding Entrepreneurs and the 2021-2022 Hunan Outstanding Entrepreneurs. Zhou Haibing, Vice Governor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, attended the event and presented awards to seven national outstanding entrepreneurs. He Qinghua, founder, honorary chairman and chief expert of Sunward Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sunward Intelligent"), was named a "2021-2022 National Outstanding Entrepreneur" in recognition of his deep-rooted patriotism, unwavering innovative spirit and forward-looking international vision.

He Qinghua is a member of the 11th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and an expert entitled to special government allowances from the State Council. He has received numerous honors, including the Third Prize of the National Invention Award, the Second Prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award, the Bauhinia Cup Outstanding Entrepreneur Award, the Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Implementation of the National Science and Technology Program during the 11th Five-Year Plan period, the National Outstanding Science and Technology Worker title, the Outstanding Builder of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics title, and the Ho Leung Ho Lee Science and Technology Innovation Award.

He Qinghua attaches great importance to independent innovation and the development of a system for industrializing research achievements. He founded Sunward Intelligent and Hunan Sunward Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sunward Technology"). With a forward-looking approach, he established a pioneering innovation model and system, put the model of integrating industry, academia, research and application into practice, and led his team from the front to overcome equipment technology challenges, including bottleneck problems, in many major projects. He developed a series of highly original high-end equipment and created many "industry firsts" and "world firsts." Sunward Intelligent and Sunward Technology have grown into a global top 50 construction machinery enterprise and a flagship enterprise of China's general aviation industry, respectively. In September 2020, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the People's Republic of China and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, inspected Sunward Intelligent. He fully affirmed the company's entrepreneurial spirit of starting from nothing and growing from small to large, as well as its proactive innovative spirit, and stressed that key core technologies must be firmly held in our own hands. In March this year, Li Qiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Premier of the State Council, inspected Sunward Technology. He affirmed the company's strategic resolve in the general aviation sector and encouraged it to accelerate breakthroughs in key core technologies and major technical equipment.

It is understood that the National Outstanding Entrepreneur selection is an important national selection activity organized by the China Enterprise Confederation and the China Enterprise Directors Association. Held every two years, it aims to encourage and commend outstanding entrepreneurs who have made outstanding contributions to the development of various industries, and enjoys broad social influence, representativeness and authority. He Qinghua's receipt of this honor is an affirmation of his practice of the entrepreneurial spirit of the new era, as well as an affirmation of Sunward Intelligent's years of commitment to high-quality development.

The conference also released the 2022 Hunan Top 100 Enterprises, Top 100 Manufacturing Enterprises and Top 50 Service Enterprises. Sunward Intelligent ranked 50th in the 2022 Hunan Top 100 Enterprises, up four places from the previous year, and 19th in the Top 100 Manufacturing Enterprises. In the next stage, Sunward Intelligent will maintain strategic resolve, uphold the concept of "pioneering innovation," strive to promote high-quality development, thoroughly implement the strategic positioning and missions of the "Three Highlands and Four New Missions," and continue to contribute Sunward's strength to the building of a new Hunan through Chinese modernization.