On December 17, the Science and Technology Committee of China Minmetals held its 2nd Plenary Meeting of 2025. Chen Dexin, Party Group Secretary and Chairman of China Minmetals, as well as Director of the Science and Technology Committee, attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Wang Xingquan, Party Group Member and Vice President of China Minmetals, and Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Committee, presided over the meeting.

The meeting conveyed and studied the guiding principles of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee. It was pointed out that the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee has listed "substantial improvements in scientific and technological self-reliance and strength” as one of the major goals for economic and social development during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, which once again highlights the core strategic position of scientific and technological innovation in the overall national development. All staff of China Minmetals must thoroughly understand the spirit of the plenary session, firmly uphold the "Two Establishments", consciously act on the "Two Upholds", fully implement the grand blueprint formulated by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and prioritize sci-tech innovation as a central task both at present and in the period ahead.

The meeting heard reports on the construction of generic pilot-scale test platform for metal smelting, the overall satellite development plan, as well as China Minmetals' 2025 key scientific and technological work summary and 2026 work plan, and held in-depth deliberations thereon. The meeting emphasized that the 15th Five-Year Plan period is a decisive phase for China Minmetals to achieve high-quality development, and the entire group must firmly establish the strong consensus that "success or failure depends on scientific and technological innovation", and resolutely leverage scientific and technological innovation to drive high-quality development.

The meeting put forward four requirements: First, thoroughly study and grasp the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions and directives, effectively enhance the sense of mission, responsibility and urgency in advancing scientific and technological innovation, further raise political standing, resolutely uphold core responsibilities, and bear in mind the "top priorities of the country". Second, maintain strategic resolve, strengthen confidence in victory, fully promote the in-depth integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, and accelerate the construction of a modern industrial system supported by the metal mining industry. Based on the core function of "guaranteeing the supply and security of national metal mineral resources", follow the development logic of "turning resources into materials, materials into products, and products into industries", focus on breaking through key technological bottlenecks in the extraction, beneficiation and smelting of refractory metal resources, improve resource recovery rates, focus on high-purity metals and high-end materials, and extend the industrial chain. Third, vigorously cultivate and promote an innovative culture of scientific and technological self-reliance and strength within the Group. Strengthen the development of of an innovative culture through five  pathways: building up independent innovation capabilities, carrying out open and collaborative innovation, promoting team innovation with top-down guidance, advancing the innovative four-level linkage model, and ensuring regulatory compliance in innovation, so that this innovation culture takes root and flourishes across the entire Group. Fourth, fully implement special audits, strengthen follow-up audits on key projects, and ensure strict discipline and compliance in work.

Participants included the main heads from China Minmetals' headquarter departments and directly-managed subsidiaries, as well as expert members of the Science and Technology Committee.