Zhongtian Technology Group was recently awarded the National Quality Award, the highest honor in China's quality field, according to the award organizers.

The honor is the highest award for organizations that have implemented excellent quality management and achieved outstanding results in terms of quality, economics and social benefits, the organizers added.

The prize was announced at the 40th anniversary meeting of the China Quality Association, which was held in Beijing on Aug 28.

“The award is the affirmation for our company’s management quality and comprehensive competitiveness”, said Xue Jiping, chairman of ZTT Group.

ZTT was founded in 1992 and started as an optical fiber communications company. With the rapid development of the national information industry, it has moved into telecoms and power grids, as well as into the new energy sector.

ZTT Group ranked numbers 326 and 149 respectively on the 2019 China Top 500 Enterprise List and the 2019 China Top 500 Manufacturing Enterprise List with a revenue of 53.8 billion yuan ($7.52 billion).

The rankings were jointly released by the China Enterprise Federation and the China Enterprise Directors Association on Sept 1. ZTT’s rating was 24 places and 16 places higher on both lists than the previous year.