In the field of transportation infrastructure, there is an outstanding female leader, who is not only a skilled engineer, but also an entrepreneur who dares to innovate and take responsibility. She is Cui Yuping, a master's degree in engineering, a professor-level senior engineer, a chartered builder in the United Kingdom, and an outstanding talent who enjoys the special government allowance of the State Council.
As Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of CCCC Design Consulting Group Co., Ltd., and Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Highway Engineering Consulting Group Co., Ltd., Cui Yuping has written a legend in the transportation industry with her wisdom and sweat. Guided by scientific and technological innovation, she actively explores the market, has the courage to reform and develop, and has become a typical representative of the mainland's transportation infrastructure industry from an outstanding technical talent to an excellent enterprise manager. A few days ago, she has become a candidate for the "2024 China's Top Ten Brand Women".
Innovate and develop, bravely climb the peak
Cui Yuping is not a "native" of CCCC. She majored in industrial and civil construction at university, majored in structural engineering as a graduate student, and has been working in bridges since graduation. The Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Institute was her first stop, where she not only worked in the professional field of bridge design, but also had the ambition to expand into the external market.
In 1999, with her forward-looking vision and firm determination, Cui Yuping promoted the establishment of a branch of Beijing Municipal Engineering Research Institute in Shenzhen, and personally served as the president of the Shenzhen branch. She was alone, with a dream, and came to the dynamic new city at the forefront of reform and opening up. There, with her keen insight and excellent work ability, she successfully opened up a new world for the institute in the Pearl River Delta from scratch. She has led the Shenzhen branch to achieve rapid growth in business performance through innovative business models.
Later, she served as the chairman, general manager and deputy secretary of the Party Committee of CCCC Road and Bridge Technology Co., Ltd. During this period, he also demonstrated extraordinary leadership skills. In just five years, she led the team to achieve a 9-fold increase in contract value, a 5-fold increase in output value, a 6-fold increase in profits, and a 3-fold increase in net assets. She has successfully transformed an enterprise on the verge of loss into a high-tech enterprise integrating investment and financing, general contracting, operation management, testing and maintenance, which has greatly improved the company's market influence and employee satisfaction.
With the deepening of the supply-side structural reform, CCCC has made a strategic decision and forward-looking layout, integrated high-quality resources of internal and external maintenance business, and changed its name to CCCC Maintenance Group based on CCCC Road and Bridge Technology. Cui Yuping once again stood at the forefront of the times, she put forward the concept of "big traffic, big maintenance", and was committed to building a whole industry chain service system. She promotes the implementation of the concept of preventive maintenance and full life cycle maintenance, and is committed to building a maintenance network covering the entire transportation field such as highways, bridges, tunnels, rail transit, railways, airports, and ports, and promoting the transformation and upgrading of the maintenance industry.
Cui Yuping's passion and responsibility have never stopped. She did not hesitate to devote herself to the most needed places of the organization, accurately grasp the development positioning of China Consulting Group, and lead the company to forge ahead against the trend to become an industry-leading high-tech enterprise. Promote the restructuring and integration of the design enterprises affiliated to CCCC, and realize the successful listing of CCCC Design on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, becoming the largest design consulting company in China with a market capitalization of A-shares. Her contributions and achievements not only demonstrate her personal talent and wisdom, but also show the responsibility and responsibility of entrepreneurs in the new era.
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Ingenuity builds dreams and achieves excellence
Since joining the work in 1996, Cui Yuping has always adhered to her original intention and kept her mission in mind. With a unique and keen perspective, she has personally participated in and witnessed the rapid rise of the transportation industry in her motherland. During her career, she has presided over or participated in more than 100 important bridge inspection and evaluation and EPC projects, including a series of large and medium-sized projects. She has also successfully completed nearly 20 key scientific research projects such as the Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission and the National 863 Program, which not only demonstrate her professional strength, but also contribute to the development of the transportation field in mainland China.
In terms of the formulation of industry standards, Cui Yuping edited four important industry standards, which provided important support for the standardized development of the industry. At the same time, she also holds 6 invention patents, which not only reflect her scientific research strength, but also promote the progress of traffic engineering technology. She has also actively published more than 30 academic papers, which not only enrich the academic achievements in the field of traffic engineering, but also provide valuable references for follow-up research.
She was awarded the "Beijing Economic and Technological Innovation Model" in 2001, the "Beijing Outstanding Communist Party Member" in 2004, the "Beijing Outstanding Young Intellectual" in 2006, the "Golden Bridge Award for the National Highway Transportation System" in 2009, the honorary title of "Outstanding Member of the Youth Federation of Central Enterprises" in 2011, the honorary title of "Top Ten Most Influential People in National Engineering Design in 2014" in 2015, and the honorary title of "Top Ten Most Influential People in National Engineering Design in 2014", and the honorary title of "Top Ten Most Influential People in National Engineering Design" in 2022. Top 10 National Highway Outstanding Scientific and Technological Workers ".
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Serve the society and show responsibility
Cui Yuping is not only an excellent entrepreneur, but also a person with a strong sense of social responsibility. She has always adhered to the concept of giving back to the society and actively participated in public welfare undertakings. In 2008, during the Wenchuan earthquake, as a member of the expert group of the State Council and the leader of the transportation infrastructure group of the "Wenchuan Earthquake Disaster Assessment Expert Group", she conducted in-depth research in the disaster area, provided a lot of detailed work support for post-disaster reconstruction, and presided over the compilation of the "Transportation Infrastructure Earthquake Relief Emergency Manual", which was affirmed and praised by the Ministry of Science and Technology.
In 2009, she was also hired as a technical expert of the road safety guarantee group of the "60th Anniversary Celebration of the National Day" and the "93 Military Parade", and actively undertook the technical safety guarantee work of the military parade and the marching route. She pays attention to the construction of a harmonious enterprise, strives to build a growth stage for employees, listens to the voices of the frontline, solves the difficulties of the frontline, and brings warmth and confidence to employees with "service awareness".
As a candidate for the "2024 China's Top Ten Brand Women", Cui Yuping has written a brilliant chapter in the field of transportation infrastructure with her wisdom, courage and responsibility. As one of the few female leaders in the design consulting industry, Cui Yuping focuses on scientific and technological innovation, actively explores the market, has the courage to reform and develop, and dares to dare to break through and compete for the first, which can be called the "Iron Lady of CCCC".
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CCCC Design Consulting Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as CCCC Design) is the core design consulting enterprise of China Communications Construction Group Co., Ltd., a Fortune 500 company and the largest international contractor in ENR Asia, and is committed to providing customers with a package of solutions and integrated consulting services for the whole process of planning consulting, survey and design, construction management, operation and maintenance, etc., and strives to build a world-class high-end design consulting service group. Listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on December 28, 2023, CCCC Design is the largest design consulting company in China by market capitalization, with industry-leading profitability and value creation capabilities, with operating income of 13.5 billion yuan and total profit of 2.1 billion yuan in 2023.
At present, CCCC's design business covers "big transportation" and "big cities", covering more than 60 countries and regions at home and abroad, and has built a large number of representative and iconic "China's first, the world's best" brand projects such as Qinghai-Tibet Highway, Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, Tianshan Shengli Tunnel, and Peljesac Bridge in Croatia with strong comprehensive strength and strong technical advantages.