The company was founded in 1974 and restructured into a limited liability company in 2002. The company has total assets of 18.3 billion yuan, 6 wholly-owned subsidiaries, 10 holding subsidiaries, 6 joint-stock companies, 1 managed enterprise, and 15,000 employees.

The company's gold industry has formed a complete production system, including gold exploration, mining, cyanide smelting, refining, gold and silver product processing, and sales. The company currently maintains gold resource reserves of more than 500 tons. On December 8, 2006, Zhaojin Mining Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the group company, was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Main Board, raising more than HK$2.5 billion. In 2011, the group's sales revenue and profits increased by 32.84% and 23.69% year-on-year. At the same time, it achieved safe production and eliminated environmental accidents.

The group company has been selected into the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises" for eight consecutive years, currently ranking 294th; selected into the "Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises", ranking 162nd; and selected into the "Top 200 Chinese Enterprises" , ranked 192nd; selected as "China's 500 Most Valuable Brands" for eight consecutive years, Zhaojin's brand value reached 9.658 billion yuan, ranking 118th; the "Zhaojin" trademark was recognized as "China's Well-known Trademark". The group company has been listed as "Key Enterprise Group in Shandong Province", "520 Key Enterprises in the Country", "the first batch of comprehensive members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange and the first batch of qualified refining companies that can provide standard gold ingots". The company has successively won the titles of "Top Ten Mining Enterprises in the Country", "National May 1st Labor Certificate", "China's Most Influential Enterprise", "National Advanced Collective in the Gold Industry", "2010 China Enterprise Management Outstanding Contribution Award", "No. Seventh Management China 20 Years Innovation Pilot Award", "Eleventh Five-Year National Gold Industry Advanced Unit for Scientific and Technological Work", "National Gold Industry Star Enterprise", "National Outstanding Integrity Enterprise", "National Advanced Unit for Corporate Culture Construction", "Reform "National Excellent Enterprise Culture Unit with 30 Years of Opening", "China's Advanced Collective for Golden Ideological and Political Work", "Civilized Unit of Shandong Province", "Advanced Grassroots Party Organization of Shandong Province", "Integrity Enterprise of Shandong Province", "First Batch of Social Fulfillment in Shandong Province" "Responsible Demonstration Enterprise" and other honorary titles. "The great roads unite"

Confucius said: "The so-called most benevolent person in the world is the one who can unite with the most loved ones in the world."

——"Confucius Family Sayings"

The small streams converge to form a large river;

Everyone unites to create a great cause!

Our "big road" is the way to run our own business, the way to strengthen the economic strength of enterprises, and the way to revitalize China's gold industry. For more than thirty years, we have continued to explore and "jointly" move forward on this avenue. We were born by integrating gold mining resources, developed by integrating the minds of our employees, and will surely excel by integrating the advantages of various industries.

Our "harmony" means compliance, wisdom, heart and strength. Compliance requires us to be standardized and pragmatic, unify everyone's behavior, and continuously develop in unison; Hezhi requires us to learn and innovate, gather everyone's wisdom, and stand on the world with strong creativity; Hexin requires us as human beings Honesty unites everyone's hearts and moves toward a common ideal; joint force requires us to communicate and collaborate, unite everyone's strength, and make full use of the group's scale advantage to move forward hand in hand. The theme pattern of the Zhaojin logo is in the shape of a mountain, and the entire pattern is a semicircular corporate logo. Its inherent meaning has four levels:

1. The overall pattern is a deformation of the gold element symbol Au, which represents the company's main business. It is gold mining development; the two characters "Zhaojin" on the central triangle are the abbreviation of the company; the overall pattern is in the shape of a mountain, which is not only the company's initial text, but also represents that the company is located in the beautiful and rich Shandong Peninsula.

2. The triangle represents a gold mine, and the semicircle represents the criss-crossing lanes of different depths, implying that the people of Zhaojin have the courage to innovate and use hard work and wisdom to mine endless gold treasures.

3. The triangle represents the gold mountain, and the semicircle represents the clasped hands, which means that the people of Zhaojin work together, are united, and dedicate to our customers the most authentic and pure gold products with integrity.

4. The overall pattern is yellow (gold) in tone, forming a triangular shape from light to dark, which is a symbol of gold color and implies the company's pragmatic, innovative, honest and dedicated entrepreneurial spirit.

The first stage (1974-2002): landmark events in the embryonic and embryonic stages: 1974-1984: In 1974, Zhaoyuan County established the Gold Mine Bureau; in 1978, Zhaoyuan County produced 116,552 taels of gold, including Zhaoyuan Gold Mine has 50,552 taels, and 66,000 taels at the county, commune, and team levels; in March 1984, Zhaoyuan County Gold Industry Company was established.

1985-1992: In 1985, the gold output of Zhaoyuan County exceeded 100,000 taels; in 1988, Zhaoyuan County Gold Group Company was established; in 1989, the Zhaoyuan County Gold Economic Committee was established. It has four units: Gold Mining Company, Gold Industrial Company, Second Gold Mining Company, and Gold Materials Company. In April 1990, Zhaoyuan County Gold Mining Company and Zhaoyuan County Gold Economic Commission jointly worked together, and were known internally as Zhaoyuan County Gold. Economic Committee, externally known as Zhaoyuan County Gold Group Company; in 1990, the annual gold output exceeded 200,000 taels.

1993-2002: In March 1993, Zhaoyuan Gold Economic Committee and Zhaoyuan Second Gold Mining Company were abolished, and Zhaoyuan Gold Industry Group Corporation was established; in May 1993, The People's Bank of China notified the gold price adjustment and the previous preferential policies were cancelled. In June 1994, the Shandong Provincial Restructuring Commission approved the Zhaoyuan Gold Industry Group Corporation to jointly initiate the establishment of Shandong Zhaoyuan Gold with its eight key enterprises. (Group) Co., Ltd.; in 1995, Zhaoyuan City's gold production exceeded the 300,000 mark; in April 1998, the Zhaoyuan Municipal People's Government Office issued the seal of "Shandong Zhaojin Group Company".

The second stage (2002-present): landmark events in the growth and development stage:

In April 2002, China’s gold capital Zhaoyuan International Gold Mine Geological Exploration and Sustainable Development The academic forum was held at Jincheng Hotel.

In June 2002, Zhaoyuan City, the China Gold Association and the South African Department of Trade and Industry held the "China-South Africa Gold Technology, Equipment Introduction and Project Financing Economic and Trade Fair", which was co-organized by Zhaojin Group.

In August 2003, the first international gold and jewelry exhibition in China Gold Capital, hosted by the Zhaoyuan Municipal Government and hosted by Zhaojin Group, was held in the Gold and Jewelry City. Many domestic and foreign manufacturers and Vendors attend the event.

In April 2004, Zhaojin Group, Shanghai Fosun Industrial Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai Yuyuan Tourism Mall Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Guangxin Investment Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Laomiao Gold Co., Ltd. *** jointly launched Zhaojin Mining Co., Ltd. was established to create a scientific and standardized listing and financing platform.

In 2005, Zhaojin Group produced 419,000 taels of self-produced gold. The company won honorary titles such as "National Star Enterprise in the Gold Industry" and "National Advanced Unit for Corporate Culture Construction". It ranked among the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises". "ranked 423rd. "Zhaojin" became one of "China's 500 Most Valuable Brands" with a value of 2.205 billion yuan.

In December 2006, Zhaojin Mining Co., Ltd. was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Main Board, issuing 199 million H shares for the first time, raising funds of HK$2.52 billion.

In 2006, Zhaojin Group completed the production of 284,000 taels of self-produced gold (China Mining Gold withdrew), and was once again selected into the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises", ranking 417th; selected into the "Top 200 Chinese Enterprises" ”, ranked 192nd. The group company won the title of "Advanced Enterprise in the Industrial Economic Development of Yantai's Tenth Five-Year Plan" and won the "Shandong Province Corporate Culture Construction Innovation Achievement Award" jointly commended by the Organization Department and Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee. Zhaojin brand was once again selected into the "China's 500 Most Valuable Brands" with a brand value of 2.293 billion yuan.

In 2007, Zhaojin Group’s main economic and technical indicators hit a record high: 314,000 taels of self-produced gold, 946,000 taels of smelted and processed gold, 56 tons of refined gold, and sales revenue of 13 billion yuan, achieving The profit and tax were 830 million yuan, the profit was 740 million yuan, and the financial contribution was 560 million yuan. It became the second enterprise in Yantai City (County) with sales revenue exceeding 10 billion yuan.

In 2010, Zhaojin Group completed main business income of 22.8 billion yuan, becoming the first state-owned enterprise in Yantai City with main business exceeding 20 billion yuan; the annual profit was 2.018 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase 46.23%; the annual financial contribution is 1.018 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 19.76%; the annual gold output is 457,500 taels, a year-on-year increase of 15.92%; the annual smelting and processing of finished gold is 943,500 taels, a year-on-year increase of 0.88%; the annual refined gold is 63.15 tons, a year-on-year increase 11.22%. The company has won "Zhaoyuan Municipal-Level Meritorious Enterprise for Industrial Economic Development", "Top Ten Outstanding Contribution Units to China's Corporate Culture Construction", "Shandong Province Advanced Unit for Auditing Work", and "2010 China Enterprise Management Outstanding Contribution Award". The company was once again selected into the "Top 100 Enterprises in Shandong Province", ranking 30th; it was selected into the "Top 500 Chinese Enterprises" for seven consecutive years, ranking 308th. It has been selected as "China's 500 Most Valuable Brands" for seven consecutive years, ranking first among the brands in Yantai City. Zhaojin’s brand value is as high as 7.481 billion yuan.