Ingenuity, quality and brilliance. On September 22-23, the 41st National Pharmaceutical Industry QC Group Results Presentation and Exchange Conference hosted by China Pharmaceutical Quality Management Association was held in Jinan, Shandong. With its impressive performance of 100 first prizes for QC achievements, Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group once again won the “Laureate” in the total number of first prizes for QC Achievements, and won the “16 consecutive championships” in the total number of first prizes for QC achievements in the national pharmaceutical industry.

This year, the National Pharmaceutical Industry QC Group Achievement Release Exchange Conference has the theme of "Promoting the Spirit of Craftsmanship and Pursuing Excellent Quality". There are more than 100 companies and 682 subjects signed up for the competition, divided into 9 groups to compete. Affected by the epidemic, this event adopted the form of video publication and centralized review by judges for the first time. The 100 topics selected by Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group all won the first prize and the best publication award, and won the first place in nine groups. The total number of first prizes became the biggest winner.

QC group activities are one of the most vital quality management tools for enterprises to implement total quality management and carry out quality improvement. It is an important measure to cultivate corporate quality culture and improve core competitiveness. Under the promotion of the China Pharmaceutical Quality Management Association, after 41 years of popularization and development in the domestic pharmaceutical industry, QC group activities have become a mass quality management activity that has attracted widespread attention in the industry.

Unlike the past, this year's QC team results publication exchange meeting adopted the form of video publication for the first time, which put forward higher requirements for the production and display results of the participating teams, and also increased the difficulty of review. "The situation of the epidemic is severe, and the activities of the QC team have not been greatly affected. The number of topics involved has even exceeded that of last year. This fully reflects the spirit of hard work, forge ahead, persistence and the unremitting pursuit of excellent quality of Chinese pharmaceutical companies," China Pharmaceutical Quality Management Association Sun Xinsheng, the vice chairman, said. The in-depth development of QC group activities has not only continued to promote the technological progress and quality management level of the enterprise, but also cultivated and brought up a large number of talents with independent innovation capabilities rooted in the front line.

Known as the QC "Dream Team" of the pharmaceutical industry, Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group participated in the publication of 100 groups this time, covering topics such as innovation, on-site, research, problem solving, and management, all in accordance with P (Plan) D (execute) C (detect) A (adjust) cyclic method. This competition project aims to make breakthroughs in the difficulties and pain points in the actual production process, and effectively improve the quality of drugs and work. The QC team of Yuanhang carried out in-depth technical transformation of the equipment, and successfully developed a set of nitrogen protection device for freeze-dried powder injection, which solved the technical difficulties in the group's international project. The equipment director Wang Wei led the solid preparation QC team to challenge the imported equipment from Germany, seeking a thorough solution to the problem of powder leakage of capsule A products, through independent exploration and innovation, the filling equipment was modified and optimized, and the appearance defect was achieved. The breakthrough has solved the problem that German engineers have been helpless for more than 10 years. In addition, issues related to informatization construction have increased significantly, and product quality will be further ensured by improving the level of informatization and intelligence of enterprises. For example, the Lingyun QC team successfully realized the automatic control of the public media required for production through the subject of "Development and Application of SCADA Control Systems", and applied for software copyright.

In the quality management system of Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group, QC group activities have played a key role in improving quality. In the 1980s, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group took the lead in introducing the concept of QC group activities, and since 2000, it has vigorously promoted and implemented it. At present, the total number of QC teams registered by Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group has reached more than 120. They focus on quality improvement, process improvement, cost reduction and efficiency increase, energy saving and emission reduction, etc., using advanced quality management concepts and methods to carry out research work all year round. The activities of the QC team have also penetrated from the frontline of production and quality to comprehensive management departments such as warehousing, procurement and administration, covering the entire life cycle of drug research and development, procurement, production, release, storage, and after-sales. The QC team has become the first-line gatekeeper of drug quality.

In order to encourage employees to further participate in QC group activities, Yangtze River Pharmaceutical Group has established a complete set of QC group activities and an incentive mechanism. At the same time, the company actively responded to the new situation of the pharmaceutical industry and the new QC evaluation standards, revised and improved the group's internal QC paper selection competition plan, and organized systematic and professional training for the new standards.

The original intention is not changed, the ingenuity is eternal. The QC group activities not only polished up Yangtze River's "quality" brand, but also forged a team of high-quality and capable employees, injecting eternal impetus into the sustainable development of the company. Through year-round QC group activities, Yangtze River has more than 10 QC achievements that have filled the technological gaps at home and abroad, and many of the achievements have been awarded national invention patents, which have created more than 500 million yuan in economic benefits for the enterprise. Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group continues to carry out QC group activities and has also won international reputation for the company. From 2015 to 2019, Yangzijiang participated in the International QC Publishing Competition and won a total of 20 gold awards, demonstrating the demeanor of Chinese pharmaceutical companies in their pursuit of excellence.