Guangxiang Pharmaceutical and Guolong Pharmaceutical of Shisiyao Group Have Both Been Recognized as “Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative” SMEs in Hebei Province.


TIME:2021-09-03

【SUMMARY】 Recently, Hebei Guangxiang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Hebei Guolong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., subsidiaries of Shijiazhuang Sihua Pharmaceutical Group, were both included in the sixth batch of the provincial list of “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” small and medium-sized enterprises.
Recently, Hebei Guangxiang Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Hebei Guolong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., subsidiaries of Shijiazhuang Sihua Pharmaceutical Group, were both included in the sixth batch of the provincial list of “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” small and medium-sized enterprises.
It is understood that “specialized, refined, distinctive, and innovative” small and medium-sized enterprises are those that possess four key strengths—professionalization, refinement, distinctiveness, and innovation—and serve as a vital driving force for economic and social development. Since 2016, Hebei Province has launched initiatives to cultivate and certify such SMEs; in 2018, it established a database for nurturing these enterprises; and in 2019, it initiated the selection of demonstration enterprises, thereby establishing a tiered cultivation system that encompasses database entry and ongoing support, selective certification, demonstration enterprise selection, and the development of “little giant” firms.
Guangxiang Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Shisiyao Group, is a large-scale domestic API industrialization base that leverages bulk APIs such as caffeine, metronidazole, theophylline, aminophylline, and nifedipine while also engaging in the production, R&D, and export of dozens of high-value-added specialty APIs, including arbidol, pentoxifylline, rosuvastatin calcium, and pitavastatin calcium. The company’s market influence continues to grow. Guangxiang Pharmaceutical has consistently placed R&D and innovation in API development at the core of its strategy, collaborating with leading research institutions such as Tsinghua University and Tianjin University. These partnerships have helped establish an enterprise-driven innovation system centered on industry–university–research–application linkages, technology platform development, and new-product innovation. By continuously advancing technological progress and fostering innovation, the company has effectively accelerated the industrialization of new scientific and technological achievements, thereby building strong momentum for corporate transformation, upgrading, and differentiated competition.
Guolong Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Shisiyao Group, boasts significant strengths in the R&D and manufacturing of specialty active pharmaceutical ingredients, with its hydroxyethyl starch product line being exclusively produced within the province. The company has established a sophisticated and highly efficient management system and operational processes, featuring comprehensive automated production control systems, logistics systems, supply-chain management systems, and cost-management systems. By introducing cutting-edge international technologies and equipping itself with fully automated, information-driven, and intelligent production facilities, Guolong Pharmaceutical has achieved refined, standardized, and scientifically guided corporate development.

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