Rooted in Fertile Soil · Fifty Years of Weathering Storms to Stay True to the Original Aspiration

Zhang Mingyin, General Manager of the title sponsor Jiangsu Tonghuan Environmental Protection Group, was the first to take the stage. As a second-generation environmental protection entrepreneur, he set the tone with "reverence" and "gratitude." He expressed reverence for his father Zhang Juping's perseverance since starting the business in 1993 — "speaking through technology, acting with conscience" — and gratitude for the era's mission of inheritance. He stated that the new generation should uphold their duties with craftsmanship and embrace change with openness, so that the torch lit by the older generation burns even brighter in the new era.

"Founders" — 18 pioneers including Zhou Zhaohua, Hang Haozong, Jiang Pancheng, and Wang Hongchun — jointly held silver knives before a 50th anniversary cake, cutting into the industrial fruits symbolizing half a century of cultivation. The entire hall shouted in unison, "With one heart, we unfold a grand vision; on a steed, we embark on a new journey," their voices shaking the hall and moving Yicheng.

"Pioneers" — 10 core forces including Zhang Juping, Ling Yuecheng, and Tang Shunliang — took the stage one after another. Ling Yuecheng, Chairman of Yiyang Group, on behalf of the group, extended New Year greetings to the entire audience with sincere words and profound expectations.

Afterward, 50 outstanding partner units took the stage in two batches to receive awards, coalescing into the mighty force of Yixing's environmental protection industry moving forward in unity.

Lush Branches and Leaves · A Full Panorama of Industries in Full Bloom

The banquet welcomed its most ceremonial segment — "Handprints as Pledges · Engraving Glory." Five representatives — Association President Jiang Jiezhong, Executive President Jiang Weiqun, Secretary-General Tang Shuijiang, Supervisor Zhou An, and Environmental Protection Group Leader Pan Hailong — pressed their palms deeply into specially made hand molds.

This print is a carving of history — paying tribute to the older generation of environmental protection pioneers who blazed trails through untold hardships;

This print is a confirmation of the present — paying tribute to today's Yixing environmental protection people's lofty aspirations as a hundred boats race;

This print is even more a seal for the future — a promise to pass down green mountains and clear waters from generation to generation, endlessly.

Palm lines meander like rivers, palms are as fertile as rich soil. This "entrustment in the palm" became the most moving freeze-frame of the evening, engraved in hearts and passed down through time.

Perpetual Growth · Destiny and Co-Creating the Future

Songs soared, and "Invisible Wings" sang the aspirations of dream-chasers, also lifting the hopes of the new generation of environmental protection people. Between the notes, dreams grew tall.

In the "Youth Chasing Green" segment, 10 young environmental protection talents including Pan Jingyu, Chen Zhenyuan, and Tang Ziqi took the stage in fine form. From founders to pioneers, from torch bearers to green chasers, the spiritual genealogy of Yixing's environmental protection industry, through generation after generation of relay, is passed down like torch fire, endlessly.

The naming rights auction ceremony pioneered the industry. President Jiang Jiezhong personally served as auctioneer, presiding over the auction of naming rights for the 2027 "First Boundless Yixing Green Ecological Development Conference." After multiple rounds of bidding on site, Xiang Zaifeng, General Manager of Wuxi Aruide Huifu Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., won the naming rights with honor.

At the subsequent "Taihu Source Cup" commemorative cup handover ceremony, President Jiang remarked emotionally: "This is not merely a handover of naming rights, but the transmission and continuation of the 'uphold integrity and innovate' spirit of Yixing's environmental protection people."

The banquet reached its climax with a full-house chorus of "My People, My Country," waving national flags surging like tides, and heartfelt singing converging into a sincere declaration to the industry and to the motherland.

A grand chapter is made easy by many hands; a torch is passed far by one heart.

We hereby extend our most sincere gratitude to the co-organizers, supporting units, sponsors, congratulatory units, and all specially acknowledged units of this grand event —

Thank you for accompanying us with trust, making this tribute spanning half a century possible;
Thank you for walking with us through action, letting the banner of Yixing's environmental protection flutter proudly in the tides of the times.

Every lift is engraved in our hearts; every beam of light converges into the starry river.

On the road ahead, may we continue hand in hand, jointly protecting green mountains and clear waters, together writing an immortal chapter.