Chairman Long conducted a research on Feb 25 concerning the work of Cost Control Department and attended a symposium with the department leaders and representatives.  At the symposium, Chairman Long said that Cost Control Dept. is the key to company profit Management, its duties run through the whole-process of project management, including project bidding, contract signing, subcontract management, cost controlling, and settlement etc. Now the company is urgently to accelerate company profit rate since it is facing various difficulties, such as project management imbalance, challenge in cost control, gaps between company profit rate and requirements of SASAC and CNCEC, especially for domestic projects.  Chairman Long also stressed that the company shall survey the average profit rate of markets in different countries and fields, and establish a profit red line; subsequently, the company will entrust professional agency to survey in multi-aspects with our requirements. “The big data system is under establishing, it will provide data analysis and guidance for decision-making and bidding, subcontracting, and cost control of the company.” Chairman Long said.