The world's first digital power grid research institute creates a new model for reform and development

China Energy Storage Network News: As the world's first digital power grid research institute, China Southern Power Grid Digital Power Grid Research Institute Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China Southern Power Grid Digital Power Grid Research Institute) has been selected as one of the first pilot projects of the "Science and Technology Reform Demonstration Action" since 2020. It has explored and proposed an innovative model of group collaborative leapfrog development of state-owned technology-based enterprises, fully supported the digital power grid construction and digital transformation of China Southern Power Grid Co., Ltd., and made efforts to break through bottleneck technologies, remove institutional and mechanism barriers, and create a new model for the reform and development of state-owned technology-based enterprises.

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Adhere to the leadership of party building and create characteristic party building for technology-based enterprises

Adhering to the leadership of the Party and strengthening Party building are the "roots" and "soul" of state-owned enterprises. The China Southern Power Grid Digital Research Institute uses high-quality Party building to lead the research and development of scientific research and technology, unifies strengthening Party leadership and improving corporate governance, clearly and comprehensively implements the legal status of Party organizations in the corporate governance structure, and completes "Party building into the charter." A list of pre-research and decision-making items for the Party Committee and its supporting work procedures have been formulated, and pre-research has been conducted on more than 150 major business items.

The company has created a unique governance model for technology-based enterprises, recruited senior party members and cadres who are familiar with digital business, have professional power grid operation background and rich enterprise management experience as external directors, and built a team of party members and external directors with professional backgrounds. In 2020, 27 scientific and technological reform tasks were completed ahead of schedule with high quality, and the task completion rate has exceeded 70% so far in 2021.

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Improve the market-oriented operation mechanism and fully stimulate the vitality of enterprises

Development sets the topic, and reform is the key. In the process of realizing market-oriented operation, the Southern Power Grid Digital Research Institute, with a pioneering spirit, boldly promoted reforms in the selection and employment mechanism. In 2020, it piloted the professional manager system, realized the "up and down" of cadres, and continuously improved the economic benefits of the enterprise. In 2020, the total assets exceeded 5 billion yuan, and the assets and profits exceeded 5 times that of the early days of its establishment, creating a demonstration acceleration of scientific and technological reform.

Focusing on high-end talents and high-end teams, the company vigorously builds a highland of innovative talents in the digital power grid, conducts global recruitment of high-level talents, leading experts and overall team introduction, benchmarks against leading Internet companies, builds a dual-channel stage for career development, breaks the shackles of concepts such as "identity", "lifelong tenure" and "rank", and provides a fast lane for career development for young scientists and outstanding employees.

The company has improved the mechanism of performance-based salary distribution, promoted the increase and decrease of income, established medium- and long-term incentive policies, and fully stimulated the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of key employees to start businesses. The income gap between managers is as high as 2.04 times, which has reasonably widened the salary gap.

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The scientific and technological reform demonstration has achieved fruitful results, and technology has led the way in reform

With "Southern Power Grid Smart View", we have created a "grid map" to realize the twinning of the physical power grids in five provinces in the digital world; with "Southern Power Grid Online", we have supported 60 million customers to achieve online power application without running around; we have developed my country's first power main control chip with completely independent intellectual property rights, the world's first chip-based protection device, and the world's first set of micro sensors, which effectively demonstrates the reform and innovation achievements of state-owned technology enterprises...

Over the past year of reform and exploration, the company has established a special technical committee to coordinate the company's technical route and investment management, establish a "project navigation list", rationally decompose the R&D plan, and continuously produce innovative results. In 2020, it completed the transformation of six achievements, including "customized AI drones for electric power", "smart gateways for power distribution", and "small and micro sensors", with a total revenue of 150 million yuan, achieving a leapfrog increase in transformation income from zero to "over 100 million yuan".

Entering a new stage of development, the Southern Power Grid Digital Research Institute will adapt to new requirements, bravely shoulder new missions, actively and proactively deepen reforms, create an atmosphere that encourages innovation, create a new track for scientific and technological reform through institutional and mechanism changes, and strive to be the "vanguard" in deepening reforms.