On April 11th, the Zhejiang Provincial Government officially issued Document No. 11 of 2018, titled "Decision of the Zhejiang Provincial Government on the 2017 Zhejiang Science and Technology Awards". The document announced the winners of the 2017 provincial science and technology award projects (and individuals).

The project "Research and Application of Key Technologies for Green and Quality-Assured Recycling of Scrap Copper Resources", jointly promoted by Ningbo Changzhen Copper Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Nonferrous Metals Research Institute, won the third prize of the 2017 Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award.

      Ningbo Changzhen Copper Co., Ltd. has established an academician workstation, a national research center for recycled brass, a provincial enterprise engineering (technology) center, and a Ningbo municipal enterprise research institute.