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# 新华访谈|“链”上发力谋变革 向“新”而行创未来——访江钨控股集团党委书记、董事长林榕

近年来，江西钨业控股集团有限公司（以下简称“江钨控股集团”）坚持聚焦主业、做强实业、做精专业，致力打造受人尊敬、在行业内有竞争力、员工有幸福感的现代产业集团。今年江西省两会期间，江钨控股集团党委书记、董事长林榕做客“新华全媒访谈”，与网友分享江钨控股集团如何聚焦产业转型升级，着力打造全省钨产业链“链主”企业。

**推改革促提升 企业经营效益量质双升**

**主持人：** 2023年是国企改革深化提升之年。这一年，江钨控股集团在哪些重点领域和关键环节发力，取得了哪些成效？企业主要经济指标如何？

**林榕：** 2023年，江钨控股集团全面铺开国企改革深化提升行动，国企改革三年行动完美收官，收官评估获A等次。

**首先是专业化整合走深走实。** 完成2家稀土企业专业化整合，启动3家企业的矿权和资产处置。**其次是“两非”“两资”加快处置。** 加快推进荡坪、西华山等高耗低效矿权（矿区）处置，盘活低效无效资产；一批非正常经营企业的关闭退出，大力化解历史包袱，有效精简法人户数；各类资源要素向优势企业集聚。再次是深化三项制度改革见行见效。坚持择优招聘原则，新进员工公开招聘比例达100%；总部机关统筹推进“三定”工作，中层岗位实施公开竞聘上岗，全面激发员工活力。与此同时，产业结构加速优化，创新活力积蓄迸发，企业高质量发展步入良性循环。

2023年，面对复杂多变的国内外经济环境，江钨控股集团主要经济指标实现逆势增长。全年实现营业收入274亿元，实现利润总额8.8亿元，利润总额、净利润和归母净利润实现协同增长，增幅分别为10%、40%、392%。

**强创新增活力 企业发展内生动力持续增强**

**主持人：** “世界钨都”在中国，“中国钨都”在江西。作为一家大型国有企业，江钨控股集团如何持续强化科技创新，为企业发展蓄力赋能？

**林榕：** 科技创新是企业发展的原动力。2023年，江钨控股集团集聚创新要素，加强创新组织，优化创新生态，加快形成更多新质生产力。

**一方面，向“新”而行，企业活力更足。** 2023年，企业研发投入8.9亿元，占营收比重3.31%，创新活力持续迸发；全年新增省部级科技奖励6项，1户企业入选国务院国资委“科改企业”，2户企业入选国家级专精特新“小巨人”企业，1人获评首批“国家卓越工程师”称号。

**另一方面，向“新”发力，企业动能更强。** 全年累计投入1.65亿元，对生产设备和系统进行改造升级，采矿类技术装备推动资源开采高效智能，选矿类技术促进了中低品位、难处理矿的有效利用，数字化智能化技术试点初步实现工业互联，绿色低碳技术的使用实现万元产值综合能耗同比下降16.4%。

**抓项目提质量 重点项目建设提速增效**

**主持人：** 抓项目就是抓发展。2023年以来，江钨控股集团如何牢牢抓住项目建设这个“牛鼻子”，以项目建设“强引擎”，助推高质量发展“加速跑”？

**林榕：** 江钨控股集团坚持项目是“第一支撑”的鲜明导向，抓紧抓实重大项目建设，做到新建项目“一马当先”早开工，续建项目“一鼓作气”早建成，建成项目“一抓到底”早见效。

**这一年，我们攒足了发展“底气”。** 成功竞得小东坑钨矿40%股权；大雾塘钨矿开发利用方案已通过评审；大湖塘钨矿合作项目取得实质进展；完成凤凰山钨矿探矿权证延续工作；成功竞拍垄里甘锡矿探矿权，预计新增锡资源储量7200金属吨。

**这一年，多个项目跑出“加速度”。** 江钨产业园项目加速推进，华茂公司、华京公司等一期项目已建成投产；金环公司年产600台智能选矿设备改扩建二期项目已全面建成并投入使用；偏钨酸铵、氧化钨项目主体设备陆续进场安装；万吨级中重稀土冶炼分离合作项目、高端硬质合金及高性能数控涂层刀片项目均已立项实施；光伏用钨丝项目中试取得技术突破。

**这一年，部分项目取得应用成果。** 超细钨粉及碳化钨粉生产成套装备及其工艺技术研究，实现设备国产化替代，单机装备成本下降70%，节省采购设备款6420万元，能耗下降35%，产能提升20%。该成果为产业园建设提供了重要技术装备支撑。

**争“链主”强集群 产业发展注入新活力**

**主持人：** 过去的一年，江钨控股集团聚焦打造全省钨产业链“链主”企业的定位，如何在“链”上发力，为企业注入发展新活力？

**林榕：** 2023年，江钨控股集团聚焦打造全省钨产业链“链主”企业，前端资源获取、中端冶炼整合、后端加工延伸齐头并进，推动形成“产权清晰、资源集聚、产业集中、整体提升、进退有序”的产业格局。

**资源接续上有序推进。** 积极参与新一轮找矿突破行动，加大钨矿资源勘探开发和增储上产，大力实施老矿山深边部探找矿工作及井下接替工程，新增钨金属量1万吨；成功竞拍垄里甘锡矿探矿权，预计新增锡资源储量7200金属吨。

**冶炼加工上降本增效。** 工厂企业加强主流程设备风险管控与优化，提升冶炼效率。世泰科通过优化煅烧、球磨、压煮工艺，常规氧化钨产品生产效率提高20%；南方高技术公司对冶炼工艺细节进行优化，实现部分辅材重复利用及稀土回收，累计回收各类稀土产品3吨。

**后端延伸上有效提升。** 江硬公司数控涂层刀片持续6个月保持高产记录，年产量首次突破2000万片；鑫盛氧化钨、铜鼓偏钨酸铵、九冶钽铌金属及材料同比增产超30%；高精棒材研发、锂资源高质化综合回收工艺研究、SLon-5000新型立环脉动高梯度磁选机研制等一批重大创新成果竞相涌现。

**抢机遇向未来 健全“七大体系”提升“七种能力”**

**主持人：** 2024年是实现“十四五”规划目标的关键一年，也是实施国企改革深化提升行动的重要一年。站在新一年的起点上，江钨控股集团如何抢抓机遇，乘势而上？林董事长，能不能透露一下方向与重点？

**林榕：** 新征程，再出发。2024年，江钨控股集团将聚焦“走在前、勇争先、善作为”目标要求，紧紧围绕全省“1269”行动计划，持续实施国企改革深化提升行动，以传统产业转型升级为主导，以智能化、绿色化、融合化为方向，通过构建创新体系、提升自主创新能力；创建资本体系、提升资本运作能力；优化产业体系、提升市场竞争能力；健全数智体系、提升运营保障能力；完善产销体系、提升战略协同能力；夯实管理体系、提升合规经营能力；建强党建体系、提升党建引领能力，争做具有核心竞争力、生态主导力、创新引领力、产业带动力的链主型企业，为奋力谱写中国式现代化江西篇章贡献更多江钨力量。
# Australian GP: Preview - Force India

**Sergio Perez :** "The race in Melbourne is something I look forward to all winter. It's a really cool place to start the season. I love the city and it's probably one of my favourite places to visit.

"One thing I love about Melbourne is the wildlife and the scenery. I remember driving down the Great Ocean Road a few years ago and loved the experience. I also enjoy visiting the zoo because I always like to see the koalas - even though they are usually asleep!

"You always arrive in Melbourne full of hope. There are lots of unanswered questions and it's when you really start to understand your competitiveness. At the same time, it's not a typical race because it's usually quite unpredictable. Often, just finishing the race is the key to getting a good result.

"I feel in good shape and ready for the season to start. I want this to be my best year in Formula One and I want to be back on the podium. During testing we saw that all the midfield teams are quite close together in terms of performance. I also think the gap to the front of the grid is smaller. Let's see what happens.

"The Albert Park circuit is always difficult. It's not easy to find your flow because it's quite stop and start. You need to be strong on the brakes and have good traction. I would say my favourite part of the lap is turn one; it's challenging and bumpy, and it's not easy to see the apex when you're turning in. It becomes even more difficult late in the day when the sun is low in the sky and in your eyes."

**Esteban Ocon :** "It has been a long winter with a two-month training camp for me in the Pyrenees, but hopefully all the hard work will pay off now the racing is starting. I can honestly say I'm in the best shape of my life. I feel ready to go racing again. Testing is one thing, but now we will get the real answers in terms of our performance.

"Melbourne is a fantastic place. I think everybody in the team enjoys going there. The weather is usually nice and there's extra excitement because it's the start of the season. The atmosphere is brilliant all weekend and the fans give you lots of energy. I think it's a perfect place to start the season.

"The Albert Park track is quite old school. It's narrow and very technical. The secret to a good lap is being neat and tidy because it's largely made up of low and medium-speed corners. I would say the most exciting part of the lap is the high-speed chicane through turns 11 and 12 because it's easy to make a mistake and lose time.

"I'd like to think we can fight for points in Melbourne. We had a really solid second week of testing in Barcelona. I feel comfortable in the car and it's very consistent. We have new parts coming for the race so hopefully that's another performance step."
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# The Ghost Station

A public servant at Oksu Station enlists his friend's help to solve the station's eerie mysteries following a horrifying event.

## Why watch this film?

_The Ghost Station_ is a Korean horror film based on a simple premise: a journalist investigates a shocking event at a subway station that could involve ghosts. From here, the movie unfolds with many of the clichés common to its counterparts, with a plot that, while not fully cementing all its points, offers entertaining twists and performances that, typical of the Korean side of the genre, are exaggerated but always fascinating. 

While covering an accident, a young reporter learns that her source was dead prior to their interview. As more mysterious deaths occur, she and her partner dig deeper into the case, eventually coming face to face with a horrifying truth.

  * Kim Bo-raNa-young
  * Kim Jae-hyunU-won
  * Shin So-yulTae-hee
  * Oh Jin-SeokSeung-joon
  * Kim Kang-ilInstructor Yeom
  * Kim Na-YoonNewspaper Director
  * Yu Chae-ryeonCo-worker 1
  * Park Jae-hanTae-ho
  * Jin Dae-yeonTae-ho's father
  * Kim Kwang-hyeonEngineer
  * Kim Kyun-HaAssistant administrator Choi
  * Hyun Myung-hanReporter co-worker
  * Kim Soo-jinRepresentative Mo
  * Lee Won-heeReporter co-worker
  * Han Yeo-reumReporter co-worker



  * Title

The Ghost Station

  * Original Title

The Ghost Station

  * GenreHorror
  * Rating

NR

  * Duration

1h20min

  * Production year

2022

  * Release year2023
  * Country

IndonesiaIn this Korean horror filma journalist in trouble investiga

  * Director

Yong-ki Jeong

  * Production

Eun-Kyoung Lee Wataru Okada

  * Script

Horang Yong-ki Jeong Soyoung Lee
# Generate American Society of Mechanical Engineers citations for Executive Orders

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# 

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## WORDNET DICTIONARY

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# BDP5200/12 can't connect to WiFi

  * BDP5200/12 can't connect to WiFi

> Hi all,  
>  few days ago I bought the BDP5200 player: it works, it is great but it gives me a little problem, it won't connect on my wi-fi. I explain better: I have a router ZyXEL P-660HW-D1 and with it I manage via ethernet my pc and via wi-fi my notebook, 2 iphones and 2 ipads. I use a protected wi-fi (wpa-psk) and when i put the password on BDP I see a screen that says to me that it is impossible to connect to the router. So I tried to cancel the password from the router (no more protected) and I tried to connect the BDP: GREAT it works!!! I was able also to put in all the information of my net (gateway, subnet mask etc. etc.). And it works very fine, I saw also the net tv and the movies on my shared hard disk. The problem is: i cannot continue to have an unprotected wi-fi; what can I do? Why the BDP does not communicate with a protected wi-fi? (and yes, the password I put in was correct ;-)).  
>  Thanx in advance to all want help me  
>  Alex

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> Well, great new!!!!  
>  I solved the problem, but I don't tell to anyone how...:o  
>   
>  Ok, I simply changed the modem-router, I bought a D-Link DSL-2740B modem-router and now I can share the net using a crypted signal without problems.  
>   
>  I hope this can help someone else
##  Premiere Magazine (Mexico) Announce “Water for Elephants” Release Date 

  
Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz and Reese Witherspoon star in the film Water for Elephants and Fox and we confirmed its release date in Mexico on May 5.La distribuidora aún no anuncia cuál será su título en español, pero aquí pueden ver el trailer de la película . The distributor has not yet announced what its title in Spanish, but here you can see the trailer for the film . Ésta es dirigida por Francis Lawrence ( Soy leyenda ) y cuenta la historia de Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson), un estudiante de veterinaria que se une a un circo durante la Gran Depresión y ahí conoce a Marlena (Witherspoon), esposa de August (Cristoph Waltz). It is directed by Francis Lawrence (I Am Legend) and tells the story of Jacob Jankowski (Pattinson), a veterinary student who joins a circus during the Great Depression and there meets Marlena (Witherspoon), wife of August (Christoph Waltz .) El filme está basado en la novela homónima de Sara Gruen. The film is based on the novel by Sara Gruen.
#  Kejriwal seeks to meet Kharge, Rahul to lobby support on Centre’s ordinance 

The Delhi CM tweeted: “Sought time this morning to meet Congress president Kharge ji and Rahul Gandhi ji to discuss general assault on federal structure and prevailing political situation.”

Kejriwal announces street vendors survey to provide them better work conditions 

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said he has sought time to meet Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leader Rahul Gandhi for their support in Parliament against the Centre’s ordinance giving control of ‘services’ back to the Delhi lieutenant governor.

In a tweet, Kejriwal said, “Sought time this morning to meet Congress president Kharge ji and Rahul Gandhi ji to seek Congress support in Parliament against undemocratic and unconstitutional ordinance passed by BJP government and also to discuss general assault on federal structure and prevailing political situation.”

On Thursday, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar had offered his “support” to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on the matter. Kejriwal and his Punjab counterpart Bhagwant Mann had met Pawar in Mumbai to seek NCP’s support against the Centre’s ordinance on control of administrative services in the National Capital.

Earlier, Kejriwal and Mann had met former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday and also secured the Shiv Sena-UBT’s support on the matter.

The Central government has brought an ordinance to set up a permanent authority known as the National Capital Civil Service Authority whose chairperson will be the Delhi chief minister along with chief secretary, Delhi; Principal Secretary (Home), Delhi to make recommendations to the Delhi L-G regarding matters concerning transfer posting, vigilance and other incidental matters. However, in case of difference of opinion, the decision of the L-G shall be final.

On May 11, a five-judge constitution bench of the Supreme Court ruled that it is ideal to hold that a democratically elected Delhi government should have control over its officers and the L-G is bound by the advice of the elected government in everything other than public order, police, and land. The top court stressed that if the government is not able to control and hold to account the officers posted in its service, then its responsibility towards the legislature as well as the public is diluted.

The ordinance came after the apex court gave the Delhi government control in services matters, including transfer and posting of officers.
Transpacific Literary Project

Transpacific Literary Project holds a space for writing and translation from East and Southeast Asia, shared in ways that may reorient reader relationships to languages and literatures. Organized by themed folios, the project draws connections between emerging and established voices across this expansive region in collaboration with a key group of contributing editors who advise on resonant themes, translate and circulate calls for submission among their networks, and broaden the language communities who contribute to each folio.

Exploring themes that tackle issues of aesthetics and politics as shared concern from diverse perspectives, past folios of the project have dug into unlikely subjects as tiny as grammar (The Pronoun), or as mundane as a house shoe (The Slipper), to bring out surprising discussions of representation and relationality, constraint and hierarchy, resistance and refusal to settle within established frames. Indeed, the “Transpacific” and the notion of this region as a fixed place observed from the outside, is itself one such frame that the Transpacific Literary Project attempts to disturb.

By Transpacific Literary Project: 

Lullabies: An Introduction

CALL FOR SUBMISSION: A Notebook of Lullabies

Monsoon Notebook: A Folio
# Oxford Graduate Lives ‘Hobbit’ Lifestyle in Wales

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58-year-old Oxford Graduate Emma Orbach decided 13 years ago to shun society and live in a mudhut she built herself and named ‘Tir Ysbrydol’ or “Spirit Land” in Welsh. Emma keeps absolutely no technology or electricity in her home; even when her children visit, they are banned from bringing devices such as cell phones or laptops with them.

Despite living like the female Bilbo Baggins of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit,’ Emma grew up in a conventional family home and graduated from Oxford. However, in 1993, she and her then-husband decided that they needed to heed the call of the wild and created their own eco-community called ‘Brithdir Mawr’ in the Preseli Mountains near Newport, Pembrokeshire.

They had five years of peace before the officials led them into a decades-long battle due to the fact that they didn’t have any permission to be on the land nor any records on file. But Emma and her husband had divorced by then, and the communes split up into three distinct entities that co-exist quite nicely today. Emma made the tough decision to leave her home with all its luxuries just before 2000, as she felt a “strong pull” to live a more simple lifestyle.

In order to survive in the wild, Emma generates her own food and water and also runs a healing retreat center where visitors pay her donations that cover her council tax payments, repair costs and grain. While this seems to work for her, we wonder if she has perhaps been smoking a bit too much Hobbit pipe weed.

Watch a report on this woman’s unique lifestyle below.
# JLo Shooting, Teen Mom Sex Tape Released & Martha Stewart Talks Online Dating

The **FARRAH ABRAHAM** sex tape was released yesterday, as were some graphic preview clips. Meanwhile, Farrah’s still pretending she didn’t want it to come out. She Tweeted, quote, “Well looks like Vivid released their version of my video…ya I’m not watching, but thank you all for the positive compliments.”

Yesterday on the **_“Today”_** show talked **MARTHA STEWART** talked about Match.com dating…she said she has narrowed it down to about 5 guys! lol

The **FARRAH ABRAHAM** sex tape was released yesterday, as were some graphic preview clips. Meanwhile, Farrah’s still pretending she didn’t want it to come out. She Tweeted, quote, “Well looks like Vivid released their version of my video…ya I’m not watching, but thank you all for the positive compliments.”

Yesterday on the **_“Today”_** show, **MARTHA STEWART** gave an update on her online dating quest. She said she had TWO guys she was going to email back, out of about 1,000 responses to her Match.com profile.

Nick Cannon did an interview yesterday and said Mariah Carey has been telling him that the “American Idol” producers set up the feud between her and Nicki Minaj from the beginning.

**JENNIFER LOPEZ** was on a video shoot in Fort Lauderdale on Saturday, when gunshots were reportedly fired nearby. Her security team rushed her to safety, which HAD to remind her a little of the time she was rushed away from that notorious nightclub shooting in 1999 when she was with **DIDDY**.

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# Daily Devotional

### Thine Is My Heart: Devotional Readings from the Writings of John Calvin

**Bible Text:**

_And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world._ —John 12:47

**Devotional:**

"If any man hear my words." After having spoken concerning his grace, and exhorted his disciples to steady faith, he now begins to strike the rebellious, though even here he mitigates the severity due to the wickedness of those who deliberately—as it were—reject God; for he delays to pronounce judgment on them, because, on the contrary, he has come for the salvation of all.

In the first place, we ought to understand that he does not speak here of all unbelievers without distinction, but of those who, knowingly and wittingly, reject the doctrine of the gospel which has been exhibited to them. Why then does Christ not choose to condemn them? It is because he lays aside for a time the office of a judge, and offers salvation to all without reserve, and stretches out his arms to embrace all, that all may be the more encouraged to repent.

And yet there is a circumstance of no small moment, by which he points out the aggravation of the crime, if they reject an invitation so kind and gracious, for it is as if he had said, "Lo, I am here to invite all, and, forgetting the character of a judge, I have this as my single object, to persuade all, and to rescue from destruction those who are already twice ruined."

No man, therefore, is condemned on account of having despised the gospel, except he who, disdaining the lovely message of salvation, has chosen of his own accord to draw down destruction on himself. — _Commentaries_

John Calvin was the premier theologian of the Reformation, but also a pious and godly Christian pastor who endeavored throughout his life to point men and women to Christ. We are grateful to Reformation Heritage Books for permission to use John Calvin's _Thine Is My Heart_ as our daily devotional for 2013 on the OPC Web site. You can currently obtain a printed copy of that book from Reformation Heritage Books.

Dr. Joel Beeke, who is editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books, has this to say:

> "Calvin shows us the piety of a Reformed theologian who speaks from the heart. Having tasted the goodness and grace of God in Jesus Christ, he pursued piety by seeking to know and do God’s will every day. He communed with Christ, practicing repentance, self-denial, and cross-bearing. Moreover, his theology worked itself out in heart-felt, Christ-honoring piety. The selections of this devotional bear this out, and hopefully will be used by God to direct pious hearts in our own day."

These devotional readings from John Calvin were compiled by John H. Kromminga. Be sure to read his "Introduction" to John Calvin's _Thine Is My Heart_