On July 8, 2026, the 2025 National Science and Technology Awards Conference was held in Beijing. Changfei Fiber Optic Cable Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Changfei Company") led the completion of the "Key Technology and Application of Quartz Fiber Optic Core Material Preparation" project, which won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award. This is the fourth time that Changfei Company has won this award, and Changfei has become the only enterprise in the domestic optical communication industry to have won the National Science and Technology Progress Award four times.

Why Long Fly after winning four awards?

As early as 2005, Changfei Company stood on the podium of the National Science and Technology Progress Award for the first time. In 2017, 2018, and 2025, the time span for Changfei Company to win four awards exceeded 20 years. In the past twenty years, China's optical communication industry has been in a golden age of following and leading, and Changfei's innovation and advancement are in sync with the times - from breakthroughs in individual products to systematic technological innovation projects, from core technology research to independent control of key basic materials, reflecting Changfei's profound accumulation from "technology introduction" to "comprehensive leadership".

Innovation is the foundation of Changfei Company's development and also the most distinctive spiritual background of the enterprise. Since its establishment in 1988, Changfei Company has taken technology introduction as the starting point and gradually completed the entire process from technology introduction, digestion to independent innovation. It is precisely this innovative spirit integrated into the bloodline and the strategic determination of long termism that have enabled Changfei Company to gradually establish a competitive advantage in the global optical communication industry, and have also made innovation the core force supporting the company's sustained progress.

Under the guidance of innovation strategy, Changfei Company has always prioritized innovation investment and has consistently invested no less than 5% of its operating revenue in research and development, solidly accumulating technology. At the same time, Changfei Company pays more attention to the systematic construction of innovation system, relying on the only national key laboratory in the fiber optic cable industry and other innovation platforms, to establish an internal and external collaborative innovation mechanism: internally connecting the transformation channel from basic research to industrialization, and externally collaborating deeply with universities, research institutes, etc., effectively connecting cutting-edge academic insights with practical industrial problems. From continuous investment to system construction, from mechanism operation to the emergence of results, this virtuous cycle has provided solid support for Changfei Company's four awards.

Behind the four awards, there is also the responsibility of Changfei Company as an industry leader. Core material technologies such as fiber preform rods and ultra-high purity synthetic quartz tubes have long been monopolized by foreign companies. Faced with the bottleneck problem, Changfei Company did not retreat, but caught up. After continuous research and development, Changfei Company has established a technology system that fully integrates the three major processes of PCVD, OVD, and VAD. It is the only benchmark enterprise in the global industry that simultaneously masters these three mainstream preform preparation technologies and achieves large-scale production. With world-class technological strength and production capacity, Changfei Company has not only established a leading position in the global optical communication industry, but also continuously empowered the construction of national information infrastructure with the hard core achievements of Chinese manufacturing, laying a solid fiber foundation for "Digital China".

Winning the National Science and Technology Progress Second Prize four times is not only an authoritative recognition of Changfei Company's innovative achievements, but also a testament to the company's long-term commitment to innovation driven results. Since 2016, Changfei Company has ranked first in the global market share of fiber preform, fiber optic, and fiber optic cables for ten consecutive years - technological leadership and market leadership support each other, and awards and performance jointly verify Changfei's innovation strength.

Honor is not only a summary of the past, but also a new starting line. Looking towards the future, Changfei Company will uphold its mission of becoming a global leader in AI optical connectivity infrastructure, anchor the forefront of global optical communication technology, continue to explore in more key areas, and contribute more Chinese enterprises to the global optical communication industry.