The All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce released the 2026 China's Top 500 Private Enterprises and the 2026 China's Top 500 Private Manufacturing Enterprises lists in Tianjin on September 22. Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgy Co., Ltd. ranked 94th on the 2026 Top 500 Private Enterprises list and 70th on the manufacturing-specific ranking, maintaining its position as the leading private steelmaker in Guangxi.
Founded in 2003, Guangxi Shenglong Metallurgy Co., Ltd. was a flagship enterprise brought into the region under Guangxi's "100 Enterprises into Guangxi" initiative during the western development drive. With support from regional and municipal authorities in Fangchenggang, the company has evolved into a large-scale, modernized, internationalized, and digitalized steel conglomerate with an annual capacity exceeding ten million tons. It has ranked among the top 100 private enterprises in Guangxi since 2011, entered China's Top 500 Enterprises list in 2016, was rated as an A-grade (superior) enterprise in China's steel industry competitiveness assessments in 2020, and joined the global top 50 steel producers in 2021. The company has also been named a "National Civilized Unit" twice, reflecting its steadily growing overall strength.
The company's main products include hot-rolled ribbed steel bars for reinforced concrete, hot-rolled plain round bars, 1780mm hot-rolled coils, 2250mm hot-rolled coils, opened flat sheets, high-strength heat-treated plates, and newly developed products such as pipeline steel, non-oriented silicon steel base materials, and oriented silicon steel base materials. Its flagship brand, "Gui Wan Gang," enjoys a strong market reputation, with a sales network spanning Guangxi, Guangdong, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Fujian, Shanghai, and Zhejiang. It is a designated steel bar supplier for numerous national and provincial key construction projects.
The company prioritizes technological advancement and has established a dedicated R&D fund to support new product development, performance enhancement, intellectual property strategy, and process optimization. This has created a virtuous cycle of "R&D investment, technical breakthroughs, results commercialization, and industrial upgrading." To date, the company holds 231 authorized invention patents, 163 authorized utility model patents, and 15 registered trademarks. It has also participated in drafting and revising 8 national standards, 3 industry standards, and 1 local standard.
Since 2019, the company has invested 1 billion yuan in building a smart factory, achieving full digitalization across its raw material, coking, sintering, ironmaking, steelmaking, and rolling processes. It has developed an integrated management platform anchored in manufacturing management and built on an industrial internet foundation, incorporating advanced artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data technologies to support intelligent operations throughout the production chain. Meanwhile, the company actively promotes a green circular economy guided by the principles of "innovation, coordination, green development, openness, and sharing." Over recent years, it has invested more than 8 billion yuan in environmental protection and remediation projects, with all emission indicators outperforming current national standards.
The company also leverages its party organization to drive public welfare initiatives and give back to society. Through models such as "education support, employment assistance, and skills training," it aims to enhance the self-development capabilities of disadvantaged populations, shifting from direct aid to sustainable empowerment. This approach has fostered a replicable and continuous support mechanism. Additionally, the company runs seasonal community programs, including "Jobs in Spring, Cool Relief in Summer, Education Grants in Autumn, and Warmth in Winter." Its cumulative contributions to poverty alleviation, rural revitalization, education funding, pandemic response, and Red Cross charitable activities exceed 200 million yuan.