On December 11, 2025, at CHINA MOBILE's Supply Chain Ecosystem Cooperation Conference, Hengtong Optic-Electric Co.,Ltd. (stock code: 600487) was honored as the only A-grade supplier in the optical cable category—marking its third consecutive year receiving this distinction. Additionally, the company was recognized as a "2025 Core Supplier of CHINA MOBILE's Supply Chain," highlighting its comprehensive capabilities and industry influence in optical communication. Zhang Jianfeng, President of Hengtong Communication Industry Group and General Manager of Hengtong Optic-Electric, attended the ceremony to accept the awards.
As a key partner of CHINA MOBILE, Hengtong Optic-Electric secured its A-grade rating not only for its backbone optical cables but also for other core products like data cables, reinforcing its position as a top-performing supplier in CHINA MOBILE's ecosystem. This recognition stems from the company's relentless pursuit of quality, exemplified by its proprietary "Four-Comprehensive, Two-Dimensional" quality management model, which earned China's highest quality honor, the "China Quality Award," in 2025.
Hengtong Optic-Electric has demonstrated its quality resilience in critical national projects, including pioneering China's first independently developed optical fiber preform—ending decades of import reliance and reducing fiber costs from nearly 2,000 yuan per kilometer to tens of yuan. Its product stability has been validated across over 10 million core-kilometers of national-level communication networks.
Leveraging its quality management model, Hengtong Optic-Electric integrates digital oversight throughout project lifecycles via its "Lighthouse Factory" and national industrial internet platform, earning accolades as a national smart manufacturing benchmark. This strategic embedding of quality into technology and operations has propelled the company from nominee to winner of the China Quality Award over successive years.
Collaborating with CHINA MOBILE, Hengtong Optic-Electric has delivered industry milestones: launching China's first industrial 5G deployment in 2019, co-building a 5G-A industrial innovation zone, and achieving the world's first large-scale "tri-band" ultra-low-loss multi-core fiber application in 2025. Their joint R&D project on submarine cable systems also won the 2024 China Communications Society Science and Technology Progress Award.
Zhang Jianfeng emphasized Hengtong Optic-Electric's commitment to deepening synergy with CHINA MOBILE in 5G-A, AI computing, and integrated networks, fostering an innovation-driven industrial ecosystem. As supply chain collaboration becomes pivotal for high-quality development, the company aims to advance industry standards through technology, investment, and market partnerships, contributing to national quality and network infrastructure goals.