Party Building | Lü Xiaofang: Party Leadership Empowers Women’s Strength

“Turn small tasks into meticulous work, and see that even the most detailed matters are thoroughly handled.” This is Lü Xiaofang’s guiding principle of strict self-discipline. Lü Xiaofang serves as the Deputy General Manager of Administration at Shanxi Pengfei Group, concurrently holding the positions of Chairwoman of the Pengfei Group Women’s Federation and Chairwoman of the Trade Union Federation. “There are no earth‑shaking declarations—only tireless, down‑to‑earth efforts,” sums up the admirable qualities that have characterized her 20 years of dedicated work: a steadfast commitment to doing things with integrity and conducting herself with sincerity.

Lü Xiaofang began her career in 2000 and joined the Communist Party of China in 2018. She has witnessed Pengfei Group’s transformation from a small, nascent enterprise into a robust, industry‑leading company, making significant contributions to the Group’s efforts to strengthen Party building and enhance corporate performance. She established Party organizations at the production frontline, setting up branch committees in ten subsidiaries—including Shanxi Shichen Trading Co., Ltd., Xinyu Coal & Coking Co., Ltd., and Shengshi Fuyuan Methanol Manufacturing Co., Ltd.—to achieve full coverage of Party organizations. At headquarters, she organized ten Party subgroups—dedicated to pioneering spirit, rapid response, financial and accounting excellence, innovative production, electrical and instrumentation support, and caring services—arranged by department, workshop, and project on the frontlines of technological upgrading. This created a vertically integrated organizational structure that extends horizontally to all levels, further ensuring comprehensive Party organization coverage.

As a well‑known Party‑building brand across the province, the Pengfei Party General Branch, under the leadership of Lü Xiaofang, has undertaken multiple rounds of facility construction and renovation in recent years. In 2017, it established dedicated spaces—including a Party Member Meeting Room, a Party Member Training Room, a Party Member Activity Room, and a Showcase Room for Party Members’ Achievements—providing solid support for the comprehensive advancement of grassroots Party building. Since the launch of the “Remain True to Our Original Aspiration and Keep Our Mission Firmly in Mind” thematic education campaign in 2019, the branch has tailored its efforts to the enterprise’s unique characteristics, highlighting exemplary stories of Party members through public displays. In 2020, with an investment of RMB 150,000, the Party‑building facilities underwent further upgrades and renovations, focusing on the “Six New” areas while actively exploring and deeply refining best practices. Slogans proposed by Lü Xiaofang—such as “A Single Oath, A Lifetime of Dedication” and “Party Building Is Productivity”—serve to constantly reinforce Party members’ sense of Party consciousness, thereby providing robust institutional and ideological support for the Party organization’s decision‑making, Party member education, and the conduct of various activities.

By openly identifying themselves, setting clear standards, and making public commitments; by competing in learning, conduct, and contributions; and by striving to be pioneers in their respective roles, Lü Xiaofang has consistently organized monthly study-and‑practice discussions and, at month’s end, a “Top Eight” selection event. Each Party branch conducts a quarterly evaluation of Party members based on a “Ten‑Star” rating system, ensuring that every Party member can shine in their assigned duties. Under her leadership, a number of exemplary figures have emerged, including Hao Pengfei, the “Integrity Supervisor”; Jia Xiaolu, the “Obstacle‑Clearing Expert”; Wei Qiang, the “Passionate Security Officer”; and Liu Junping, the “Soulmate Sister.” These efforts have also strengthened the Party organization’s cohesion, unity, and combat effectiveness, fostering a work environment throughout the group characterized by emulation, learning, catching up, and surpassing one another. To further enhance the education and management of farmer Party members employed within the enterprise and of newly recruited talent‑Party members—addressing the persistent issue of lax oversight at both ends—she has adopted a “single affiliation, dual management” model. Under this framework, 66 mobile Party members are subject to a “five‑unified” management approach: unified branch assignment, unified educational services, unified supervision and management, unified assessment and evaluation, and unified communication and feedback. Monthly reports on their status are submitted to the Party organizations where their formal affiliations reside. Simultaneously, ten categories comprising 85 designated posts—such as “Party Member Vanguard Posts,” “Party Member Model Posts,” and “Party Member Mediation Posts”—have been established, guiding Party members to take the lead in advancing enterprise development, ensuring workplace safety, guaranteeing product quality, driving technological innovation, and implementing energy‑saving and emission‑reduction measures.

Since assuming the roles of Chairwoman of the Group’s Trade Union Federation and the Women’s Federation, Lü Xiaofang has actively organized a series of initiatives, including “Joint Party–Mass Study Sessions,” the “Pengfei Spirit Grand Speech Contest,” and the campaign “Party Members Lead by Example, Setting Standards in All Matters.” She has also put forward the working approach of “Party building as the guiding force, united front efforts to pool strength, mass organizations providing follow-up support, and jointly forging brilliance.” Upholding the principle of using Party building to drive trade union development, she has fully leveraged the trade union’s functions, establishing a “Legal Education Platform for Employees” to provide legal awareness‑raising and education, helping workers not only understand the law but also apply it effectively. Through the implementation of heartwarming projects—such as standardized employee dormitories and recreational facilities—she has enhanced employees’ sense of well‑being, while organizing essay contests and reading salons to meet their spiritual and cultural needs. In parallel, she has ensured that Party building also drives women’s work, annually presenting benefits, blessings, health checkups, and holding lectures on International Women’s Day, thereby delivering tangible assistance, doing practical good, and resolving real challenges for female employees. Furthermore, she has integrated support for the military and preferential treatment for veterans into the Party-building agenda, assisting the People’s Armed Forces Department of Xiaoyi City in national defense efforts and joining its militia units. By uniting and rallying all segments of the enterprise, she has fostered a strong corporate culture, secured human resources and intellectual support for the company’s growth, and advanced the goal of achieving shared progress between the Party and the masses while bolstering the enterprise’s development.

In recent years, under the leadership of Lü Xiaofang, Pengfei Group has achieved remarkable results in Party and mass‑work initiatives. The Party General Branch has been awarded the title of “Shanxi Province Party‑Building Education Demonstration Base” and the “Xiaoyi City Advanced Grassroots Party Organization” honor; the Trade Union Federation has received the “Shanxi Province Model Workers’ Home” and “Xiaoyi City Most Beautiful Labor Collective” awards; and the Women’s Federation has been recognized as an “Advanced Collective of the Municipal Women’s Federation.”

“As a Party affairs worker, I will continue to enhance my personal capabilities and political awareness, driving continuous progress in both Party building and corporate development, and consistently translate the Party’s political strengths, organizational advantages, and close ties with the masses into competitive edges in corporate governance and market competition,” said Lü Xiaofang.