Kangping Bio Recognised as “Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise”

Heilongjiang Kangping Bioengineering Co., Ltd. has recently been recognised as a “Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise.” This honour was formally conferred by the Harbin Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology in December 2022.

Policy Background

Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise cultivation is one of the core initiatives for promoting China’s manufacturing powerhouse construction. In 2016, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) first launched the Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise cultivation and enhancement special initiative. In 2021, six ministries including MIIT jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Cultivation and Development of Quality Manufacturing Enterprises (MIIT Lianzhengfa [2021] No. 70), positioning Manufacturing Single-Champion enterprises as an important reserve force for “industrial chain navigation enterprises” and “leading enterprises with ecological dominance and core competitiveness.” In 2023, MIIT issued the Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise Recognition and Management Measures (MIIT Zhengfa [2023] No. 138), further standardising recognition criteria and management procedures.

According to the management measures, Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprises refer to “manufacturing enterprises that focus on specific segments of the manufacturing sector for the long term, whose production technology or process level has reached international advanced or domestic leading standards, and whose market share for a single product (productive service) ranks among the global or domestic industry leaders.” Recognition criteria cover multiple dimensions including professional development, market competition, independent innovation, and business management, requiring enterprises to have operated in their field for over 10 years (over 5 years for new products), with average annual operating income in the last 3 years meeting evaluation standards, product market share ranking global top three or domestic number one, and possession of core independent intellectual property.

In terms of policy support, both national and local levels give key support to Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprises. Provincial manufacturing high-quality development special funds provide subsidies of up to 20% of actual investment in equipment and software for projects supporting national-level Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprises, with a maximum of 5 million RMB. Provincial finance also provides one-time rewards for enterprises first recognised as national-level Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprises. Municipal levels have also established corresponding reward policies. Furthermore, Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprises enjoy priority support in technology breakthroughs, intelligent transformation, IPO financing, and international cooperation.

The fundamental goal of the Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise cultivation system is to build a group of backbone enterprises that “address weak links” and “strengthen advantages” at critical links of the industrial chain, enhancing the industrial chain and supply chain’s autonomous and controllable capabilities. Against the backdrop of deep adjustments in the global industrial landscape and the increasing importance of supply chain security, Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprises bear the important mission of safeguarding industrial security and enhancing international competitiveness. By the end of 2023, MIIT had cumulatively recognised eight batches of national-level Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprises, distributed across key industrial fields including machinery, electronic information, chemicals, new materials, and biomedicine, becoming an important force driving China’s manufacturing industry towards the mid-to-high end.

The Harbin Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, combining with the city’s manufacturing development realities and referencing national-level recognition criteria, organises municipal-level Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise recognition work, aiming to build a “municipal—provincial—national” Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise tiered cultivation system, guiding manufacturing enterprises to focus on niche markets, cultivate expertise meticulously, innovate and develop, and enhance competitiveness at critical links of the industrial chain.

Kangping Bio as a Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise

Heilongjiang Kangping Bioengineering Co., Ltd. was founded in 2003, specialising in the R&D and professional production of freeze-dried bovine colostrum powder, while also possessing comprehensive OEM/ODM capabilities for health products. The company’s production capacity ranks among the industry’s leaders, processing 7,000 tonnes of fresh bovine colostrum annually, with annual freeze-dried bovine colostrum powder production capacity of 500 tonnes, and domestic market share exceeding 40%. The company serves global B2B enterprise clients and raw material distributors, with products covering numerous countries and regions. Through long-term technological cultivation, stringent quality control, and continuous innovative development, the company has received honours including National High-Tech Enterprise, SRDI SME, Hidden Champion, and Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise recognitions, establishing itself as a highly professional, innovative, and influential production enterprise in China’s bovine colostrum biological products sector.

The Heilongjiang headquarters is located at the internationally recognised high-quality dairy source belt at 45°N, a national key dairy cattle breeding base. The Ningxia production base is located at the golden dairy source belt at 38°N, one of China’s top ten pastoral regions. Kangping Bio has built a unique supply chain advantage based on abundant, high-quality milk sources. The company has established a full-chain quality management and food safety traceability system, covering the entire business chain from dairy source base breeding management, fresh bovine colostrum collection and cold chain storage/transport, through production processing, to finished product warehousing and logistics distribution. The company has passed both core quality system certifications of GMP and HACCP for dairy products, and has obtained China export food production enterprise registration, US FDA food facility registration, and Halal certification, covering market access requirements across multiple regions. The company focuses on product R&D and technological innovation, with an independent R&D centre, and collaborates with universities and research institutes on new technology development. The company has obtained numerous invention patents and leads the formulation of industry standards as a core unit. It is an enterprise technology centre at both provincial and municipal levels for bovine colostrum, a national high-tech enterprise, and a provincial-level SRDI SME.

Significance of the Recognition

Being recognised as a Manufacturing Single-Champion Enterprise acknowledges Kangping Bio’s long-term focus and sustained investment in the freeze-dried bovine colostrum powder manufacturing field, and its continuous improvement in process technology. It also marks the company’s entry into the cultivation tier of Harbin’s quality manufacturing enterprises. The company will continue to deeply cultivate the freeze-dried bovine colostrum powder manufacturing field, with manufacturing process innovation and quality management system optimisation as its core, striving to advance towards higher development goals.