Linyi, located in southeastern Shandong, is home to the nation's largest market cluster and is known as the "Capital of Logistics and a Famous Commercial City." Lanshan District of Linyi City has a long history and profound culture; it is the hometown of the "Sage of Calligraphy" Wang Xizhi and the "Supremely Filial" Wang Xiang, and has long enjoyed the reputation of "the ancient city of southern Lu is beautiful, and Langya is rich in famous scholars." It is also the seat of the Linyi Municipal Party Committee and Government, and the political, economic, cultural, and commercial center of southeastern Shandong. The Ridong Expressway and the eastern coastal railway run through the district, while National Highway 205, National Highway 327, and several inter-provincial trunk roads crisscross and connect it.

　　The Lanshan Branch of the Linyi Highway Administration Bureau is responsible for the management and maintenance of two national highways and one provincial trunk highway within its jurisdiction. As early winter arrives, the various pavement management and maintenance tasks of the Lanshan District Highway Administration Branch are nearing completion. This year, the branch completed more than 30 kilometers of pavement maintenance work, including a 19-kilometer major pavement overhaul of the Yitan section of National Highway 205, construction of ancillary works on the 15-kilometer Yinan section of National Highway 205, and also completed the construction of 15 kilometers of Linyi's West Outer Ring Road. Throughout its projects, the Lanshan District Highway Administration Branch has always strictly controlled quality, strengthened its sense of responsibility, and completed all construction tasks on time and with high quality. The quality qualification rate of the projects it built was 100%, and the excellent rate was above 95%, earning repeated praise from superior leaders.

　　On December 6, our group of reporters arrived at the Lanshan District Highway Administration Branch. Entering the gate, the first thing we saw was various types of pavement machinery and equipment neatly parked in the courtyard, including more than ten pieces of XCMG pavement equipment such as tire rollers, tandem vibratory rollers, single-drum vibratory rollers, and motor graders. Among these machines, the most eye-catching was the XCMG XM101K milling machine. According to Liu Zheng, chief of the Equipment Section, the pavement management and maintenance work of the Lanshan District Highway Administration Bureau has ended this year, and the main current task is to service and repair the existing machinery and equipment. He said that with the improvement of the automation level of maintenance operations, the management and upkeep of machinery and equipment have increasingly become a focus of daily highway maintenance work. At the same time, in order to strengthen the management of maintenance equipment, improve equipment utilization, improve equipment technical conditions, and ensure safe production in the future, we have adopted corresponding measures to strengthen machinery and equipment management, implementing "designated operator, designated machine, designated responsibility" for the use of existing machinery and equipment, and assigning responsibility for use, maintenance, and safekeeping to specific individuals. During the shutdown period, we also strengthen training for machine operators and improve the quality of machinery management personnel. We regularly invite professional technical personnel from XCMG to provide machinery maintenance management training to our branch's machine operators and machinery management personnel. These measures are all designed for the construction season next year, to ensure that all types of pavement machinery and equipment can operate normally and better serve the highway maintenance work of our district. We must prepare for rainy days.

　　Speaking of the 2014 work plan, Chief Liu said that according to the national highway network plan, for a long time to come, the focus of highway transportation construction work will gradually shift from new road construction to maintenance and operation management, and the state will increase the upgrading and renovation of existing national and provincial highways. In the coming years, we will also focus our work on the renovation and upgrading of existing highways and increase the intensity of renovation and maintenance work on the two national highways and one provincial highway in our district. Our branch has already begun implementing this plan this year and has adjusted our unit's existing pavement equipment, discarding the old and adopting the new, to ensure the smooth progress of next year's work.

　　Among this batch of updated equipment, Chief Liu is particularly fond of the XCMG XM101K milling machine and speaks highly of it. He said that in order to improve the efficiency of highway maintenance work, in July this year we ordered an XM101K milling machine from XCMG. As for pavement milling machines, a product commonly used in maintenance projects, because of the harsh working environment, they place great demands on the reliability of the machine and its parts. After several months of use, we are very satisfied with the working performance of this milling machine. When selecting a milling machine, we compared domestic and foreign manufacturers and made a comprehensive assessment; the XCMG XM101K milling machine had the highest cost-performance ratio, and in actual use we have become even more convinced of this. The XM101K milling machine has precise control accuracy, high work efficiency, low fuel consumption, and overall performance far exceeding that of milling machines from other brands. The addition of this milling machine has greatly reduced the labor intensity of workers, eased their work pressure, and provided great help for our pavement management and maintenance work next year.

　　Before coming to Linyi, I had heard that the Lanshan Branch of the Linyi Highway Administration Bureau had a long history of cooperation with XCMG, and from Chief Liu's remarks we confirmed this. After taking a sip of tea, Chief Liu continued: we have had a cooperative relationship with XCMG for nearly thirty years. Starting in the mid-1980s, our previous generation began using XCMG equipment. According to archival records, the first piece of equipment our unit purchased from XCMG was a XCMG Luyou three-wheel roller. In the mid-1990s, when I was assigned after graduation to the Linyi Highway Bureau, what I came into contact with most was also XCMG products, such as single-drum vibratory rollers, rubber-tire rollers, and later motor graders, and so on. Times have changed and equipment has been replaced several times, but for many types of pavement machinery we still choose the XCMG brand. Decades of cooperation have also given us a deep understanding of XCMG's culture. XCMG's pavement equipment not only has excellent product performance and stable and reliable use, but what convinces us even more is XCMG's after-sales service. The service XCMG provides us is not limited to the repair and maintenance of machinery and equipment; it is more reflected in humanized service. For example, when we need to train new employees in equipment operation, XCMG cooperates fully; when we need to improve the skills of machinery and equipment management personnel, XCMG also gives full support. Over the years, when we had difficulties, XCMG provided timely help; when we needed assistance, XCMG added fuel to the fire for us. Therefore we trust XCMG, and even more we trust the spirit of XCMG people in dedicating themselves to customers, thinking what customers think and worrying about what customers worry about. XCMG lets us focus on our work without distraction, and this is precisely the cornerstone of our long-term development with XCMG. Chief Liu's words made my blood boil. Although XCMG already stands at the pinnacle of the domestic machinery industry, we are not proud of that; earning customers' recognition and trust is the greatest honor for XCMG people.

　　Finally, Chief Liu said: I have been engaged in machinery and equipment management for nearly twenty years, from a young lad back then to now at the age of forty, and I have always followed XCMG's development. In recent years, XCMG's maintenance equipment has developed rapidly, and its market share has increased substantially every year. Its milling machines have consistently ranked first in the domestic market. Being able to cooperate with XCMG is also our honor. We hope XCMG can achieve even more impressive results in the future, and our cooperation with XCMG will continue to extend far into the future.