The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a series of arrangements for the reform of state-owned assets and enterprises. This year is the final year of the new three-year action plan for state-owned enterprise reform of the State Council. The government work report at the National People's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference proposed to complete the deepening and upgrading of state-owned enterprise reform with high quality. In order to implement the decisions and arrangements of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council, and fully demonstrate the new achievements of the reform and development of state-owned enterprises in Hunan Province, Hunan Daily, in conjunction with the Hunan Provincial State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, has launched the "New Observation of State owned Enterprises" multimedia series of reports, focusing on the good experiences and practices of state-owned enterprise transformation and upgrading, inheritance and innovation, moving towards green, striving to be a "single *", and embracing global opportunities, showcasing the new atmosphere, new achievements, and new momentum of Hunan's state-owned enterprise reform and development.

Cold Rolling Division of Hunan Xiangtou Jintian Titanium Metal Co., Ltd. Photo by Gu Pengbo, a full media reporter from Hunan Daily
Hunan Daily Full Media Reporter Meng Jiaoyan Correspondent Yuan Fenglin Fang Juying
Large nuclear power plants in coastal areas continuously produce clean energy; The best-selling foldable screen phone brings consumers a convenient experience. However, little known is that the stable operation of nuclear power plants and the smooth folding of mobile phone screens rely on a key material - high-end titanium. Hunan is unique in this field.
Chasing for ten years, finally filling the domestic technological gap
On March 18th, in the cold rolling department of Hunan Xiangtou Jintian Titanium Metal Co., Ltd., a major producer of titanium coils in China under Hunan Energy Group, silver titanium coils were slowly being rolled out. Soon, this batch of high-quality titanium coils will be shipped to coastal areas and become key materials for the power generation units of the "Hualong One" nuclear power project.
We have orders in hand for the next three years! "Yang Youzhi, Executive Vice President of Jintian Titanium, proudly said. Jintian Titanium independently develops and manufactures titanium materials for nuclear power, filling the domestic technological gap and occupying the top position in the market, helping China's nuclear power industry improve its independent and controllable capabilities.

Titanium plates used for plate heat exchangers in nuclear power units. Photo by Gu Pengbo, a full media reporter from Hunan Daily
Plate heat exchangers are key components of nuclear power units that require prolonged exposure to large amounts of seawater. They have strict requirements for material corrosion resistance, strength, and other indicators, and have been monopolized by developed countries for a long time.
This titanium plate looks thin, but it is the 'crown jewel' of the pure titanium industry, "Yang Youzhi showed reporters. A titanium plate has various corrugated flow channels, and its design tests the material's forming ability very much.
The R&D team creatively constructed a "composition process organization performance" model, starting from the regulation of raw material composition, repeatedly calculating and testing key elements, and polishing them day after day in the process and finished product processing.
After catching up for ten years, we finally filled the domestic technological gap! "Yang Youzhi introduced that since participating in the national major science and technology special project to carry out technological research and development in 2015, we have passed the achievement appraisal of the China Nuclear Energy Industry Association and the China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association in 2021 and 2023 respectively. From trial production to small reactors and installation, we have now supplied in bulk. Jintian Titanium has become the first domestic enterprise to supply bulk to the three major nuclear power groups, providing material support for the global nuclear power industry.
At present, Jintian Titanium's main product, titanium strip coil, is applied in fields such as nuclear power, chemical industry, aviation, energy, and consumer electronics, with a market share ranking among the top three in China and the world.

Titanium foil with a thickness of 0.089 millimeters and a width of 1050 millimeters produced by Jintian Titanium. Photo by Gu Pengbo, a full media reporter from Hunan Daily
Thin enough and wider enough, the "hand tearing titanium" challenge was successful
In the corporate exhibition hall, a titanium foil is transparent and reflects a mirror like luster. Its thickness is only 0.089 millimeters, which is equivalent to the diameter of a human hair. This type of titanium foil can be soft and curved like paper, and can be gently torn open by hand, hence the name "Hand Teared Titanium".
At present, the titanium foil used for mobile phone folding screens in the industry is 0.12mm, and the amount used is calculated in grams. "Yang Youzhi introduced that since 2022, Jintian Titanium Precision Titanium Foil has supplied a total of 100 tons, equivalent to a scale of more than 10 million units, with a domestic market share of 70%
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Titanium foil used for foldable screens on mobile phones. Photo by Gu Pengbo
Compared to stainless steel, titanium is lighter, stronger, and more corrosion-resistant, but it is more difficult to roll.
Jintian Titanium has produced a wide cold-rolled titanium strip coil independently developed by China. The thickness continued to decrease, and the wide titanium strip rolls of 0.5mm, 0.3mm, and 0.2mm were successfully challenged one after another.
With the increasing demand for titanium foil in high-end electronic products, Jintian Titanium is working hard to tackle the problem of "hand tearing titanium".
The thickness ranging from 0.2 millimeters to 0.1 millimeters, which cannot be distinguished by the naked eye, is like a huge gap for industrial production.
Titanium is like a wild horse, and the process of taming it is particularly difficult. It is not easy to thin it by 0.01 millimeters, "said Yang Youzhi." The most difficult thing is to both thin it and make it wider.
How to achieve a mirror like smoothness and smoothness? Only for the technical point of plate shape, the R&D team matched rollers hundreds of times and conducted hundreds of tests before successfully developing titanium foil with a thickness of 0.089 millimeters and a width of 1050 millimeters, creating a wide and ultra-thin titanium material with a width to thickness ratio of * in the industry.
Ultra soft, * *, ultra-thin, and ultra wide are the industry's pursuit of high-end titanium materials. Jintian Titanium is targeting application fields such as hydrogen energy, marine engineering, and electronics, continuously conducting technological research and expanding product applications, and providing advanced material support for major national equipment.