2026 New Year's message from Li Wenqing, general manager of Zhejiang Qingda Rubber Co., Ltd.

As time goes by, everything is renewed. As 2026 is approaching, we would like to extend our highest respect and best wishes to every Qingda colleague who is moving forward side by side, to the suppliers and customers who have trusted us for a long time, and to all friends from all walks of life who care and support us!

Looking back on 2025, this is a year that has left a deep mark on the journey of Chinese modernization. The development blueprint drawn up by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China anchors the course of the "15th Five-Year Plan" in a more ambitious future. We are in this grand narrative about the national destiny, and we feel more and more clearly the expectations of expanding our main business, strengthening our brand, deeply cultivating the special tire industry, creating a century-old enterprise, and serving global customers.

In the past year, we have traveled across four continents to expand markets. In 2025, the company participated in 16 domestic and foreign exhibitions, effectively promoting the adjustment of market structure and product structure. The company's foreign trade revenue has increased significantly compared with the same period last year, laying a solid foundation for the company's subsequent development.

In the past year, we have concentrated our efforts and laid a solid foundation for steady development. Developed 60 new tires and air springs of various types; improved market coverage in key regions and accurately grasped the pulse of the market; clearly targeted cost reduction and efficiency enhancement to effectively cooperate with market-side sales; improved management and plugged loopholes to provide guarantee for the company's high-quality development.

In the past year, we embraced change and strived to be a model of reform and innovation. Promote the deep integration of "PLM, MES, ERP" digitalization and establish a digital factory; promote the use of new materials, new technologies, and new equipment to greatly improve the company's competitiveness; actively strive to develop "intelligent" related rubber products, providing a new engine for the company's development.

Standing on the new journey in 2026, the era examination papers are unfolding again. Qingda Rubber will use "three persistences" as its pen and actions as its ink to strive to write the answer to the times:

1. Adhere to the internationalization route unswervingly, make good use of domestic and foreign markets, promote product upgrades, deepen the segmentation of tire and air spring markets, and help the company's performance to significantly improve.

2. Adhere to the leadership of R&D and accelerate the company's efforts to innovate new products. In 2026, the number of products developed in 2025 must be increased by 50%. At the same time, the development of "intelligent" rubber products must be accelerated to cultivate new markets.

3. Adhere to reform, innovation and development, accelerate the construction of the "Rubber Refining Center", comprehensively promote the company's digital construction, strengthen management, and adapt to the needs of the new situation.

Building a strong manufacturing country is a natural requirement for the great cause of Chinese-style modernization. We will actively respond to the call of the times, consciously shoulder our mission and responsibilities, stand shoulder to shoulder with all colleagues, and work together with all strivers to write a new chapter of high-quality development of China's manufacturing industry, and contribute more to the economic and social development of the "15th Five-Year Plan".

I sincerely wish that our great motherland will prosper! All dreams come true! Our common cause is stable, far-reaching and ever-lasting!

General Manager of Zhejiang Qingda Rubber Co., Ltd.

Li Wenqing