On the morning of October 8, at the site of 2.7 million tpa special steel project for Linyi Iron and Steel Investment Group Special Steel Co., Ltd. contracted by CERI on basis of EPC, the comprehensive commissioning ceremony of 2.7 million tpa special steel project for Linyi Iron and Steel Investment Group Special Steel Co., Ltd. was solemnly held. Xue Qingbin, a member of the Party committee and deputy general manager of CERI, and Ying Wei, a member of the Party committee and deputy general manager of CERI were invited to attend the ceremony, and witnessed the important moment together with relevant leaders of Linyi Iron and Steel Investment Group Special Steel Co., Ltd. and representatives of front-line employees in various regions of the project.

The project covers an area of 3223.9 mu (215 hectares), with a total planned investment of RMB 12 billion. After being completed and put into operation, it can produce 2.31 million tons of molten iron and 2.7 million tons of special steel annually, create more than 3,000 new jobs. It is expected to achieve an annual output value of 15 billion yuan, with profits and taxes exceeding 1.5 billion yuan. As the largest long-process special steel production base newly built in China in the past decade, it has fully applied the new generation of steel recyclable process production technology, focusing on intelligent manufacturing in a bid to promote the green low-carbon development, transformation and upgrading of the industry. As the EPC general contractor of the project, CERI has committed itself to take the building of high-quality project and demonstration project as its bounden duty, and listed the project as its top priority project. By virtue of "the strongest management, the best design, the highest standard, the strictest epidemic prevention, and the most practical Party building", while strengthening the top-level design, it has adopted multiple measures to ensure the smooth implementation of the project through cooperation and concerted efforts of various parties.

With the construction in full swing since November 2020, Series I project was put into operation on August 27, 2022, and the Series II project was put into a hot test run on the morning of October 8, marking the full operation of the project and ushering in an important milestone of project construction.