A staff member shows the 0.015mm ultra-thin high temperature alloy steel strip at a lab under Pangang Group Research Institute Co., Ltd. in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 10, 2024. Pangang Group Co., Ltd. is an extra-large vanadium, titanium and steel enterprise in southwest China. In recent years, the company has continuously promoted high-end, intelligent and green development.

Our reporters recently visited various production branches of Pangang Group Co., Ltd. to observe its efforts to develop new quality productive forces and promote high-quality development. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows unmanned trucks at an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

Technicians work at a smart control center of an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2024.

Through cooperation with several technology giants, Pangang Group Co.,Ltd. is promoting intelligent transformation of its mining production. The group has deployed 5G-powered unmanned machinery including drilling machines, electric shovels and trucks and realized remote operations from ore collecting to transporting. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows a view of the 100 MW waste heat and energy utilization power generation project at a power branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The power branch of Pangang Group Co., Ltd. has been continuously developing a 100 MW waste heat and energy utilization power generation project to convert excess heat, which is generated during industrial production, into electricity. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Staff members work at a smart control center of a power branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

Technicians work at a control center of a branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows a part of a production base of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

A technician controls an unmanned truck at a smart control center of an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows a control center of a waste heat and energy utilization power generation project at a power branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

An aerial panoramic drone photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows a view of an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows an unmanned truck (1st R) at an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province.  (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

This photo taken on April 11,2024 shows a view of an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows a 5G-powered unmanned drilling machine at an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows a unmanned truck at an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Xu Bingjie)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows unmanned machinery including a truck(L), an electric shovel (C) and a 5G-powered drilling machine (R) at an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)

A technician controls electric shovel remotely at a smart control center of an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)

A technician controls electrical shovel remotely at a smart control center of an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 11, 2024. (Xinhua/Guo Yu)

A technician picks up newly-processed 0.015mm ultra-thin high temperature alloy steel strip at a lab under Pangang Group Research Institute Co., Ltd. in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, April 10, 2024.

Earlier this year, the lab successfully rolled 0.015mm ultra-thin high temperature alloy steel strip. This kind of material is widely used in aerospace industry, automotive and electronic equipment manufacturing. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

This photo taken on April 10, 2024 shows the 0.015mm ultra-thin high temperature alloy steel strip under processing at Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Zhang Haofu)

This photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows unmanned machinery including a 5G-powered drilling machine, an electric shovel, a truck (from behind to front) at an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)

An aerial drone photo taken on April 11, 2024 shows a view of an iron ore mine branch of Pangang Group in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province. (Xinhua/Shen Bohan)