On September 16, at this year's China Quality Conference, the State Administration for Market Regulation officially presented the 5th China Quality Award. With its "Reliable, Sustainable, and Innovative" quality management model, CATL won the Nomination Award of the China Quality Award, becoming the only award-winning enterprise in the lithium-ion battery industry over the years.

The China Quality Award, approved by the government, is the highest honor in China's quality assurance field. It aims to commend organizations and individuals that have demonstrated excellence in quality management and innovation and have a significant effect on building a "quality powerhouse". For CATL, this award not only represents recognition of its product quality, but also marks that the company's overall operational quality has reached a leading level in the industry.

Through its "Reliable, Sustainable, and Innovative" quality management model, CATL has achieved a series of innovative practices:

? Technological Innovation - CATL is committed to developing leading safety and reliability technologies. It has led and participated in the revision of over 200 domestic and international standards, holds more than 50,000 patents, and has achieved 100% independent control of core technologies.

? Manufacturing - CATL uses technologies such as machine vision and AI quality inspection to build over 7,000 quality control points, reducing the product defect rate from one in a million (PPM) to one in a billion (PPB), and supporting the quality control target under TWh-level production capacity.

? In terms of quality management - CATL has extended its focus from high-quality and high-safety products in the early stage to the improvement of the company's all-round quality competitiveness, and established a full-life-cycle quality management system from cutting-edge technology development to aftermarket support.

In addition, CATL actively plays the role of an industry leader, taking on the responsibility of promoting quality collaboration across the industry chain, and driving the high-quality development of the sector through supplementing, expanding, and strengthening the value chain. CATL has proven through practice that high-standard quality management is not only the core pillar of an enterprise's competitiveness, but also the cornerstone that supports the stable and long-term development of the industry and allows the global value chain to thrive.