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Yangzijiang Pharma Expands Green Practices Across Plants
Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group implements distributed solar systems, AI refrigeration controls, and nationwide herb bases to advance circular operations.
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The Brief
People's Daily reported that Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group is advancing circular economy practices across water, materials, steam, and electricity dimensions. Across the group, it completed construction of 34.5 megawatts of distributed photovoltaic projects, which supply nearly 14% of the enterprise's total electricity usage, while integrating AI energy-saving technology to achieve self-generated clean energy consumption and intelligent dispatching.
The group has become the first zero-waste group construction pilot enterprise in Jiangsu Province's pharmaceutical industry, comprehensively utilizing solid waste between 2024 and 2025. Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group holds 9 national-level green factories, while facilities belonging to Jiangsu Zilong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and Sichuan Hairong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. earned municipal-level near-zero carbon factory designations.
Relying on an AI large model, the group established a cloud intelligent energy control platform that automatically adjusts workshop temperatures according to weather and production load variations. Between 2024 and 2025, 4 factories under Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group used this refrigeration cloud control system to cut annual electricity consumption and lower carbon emissions.
Beyond industrial manufacturing facilities, Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group has constructed standardized Chinese medicinal herb cultivation bases nationwide to promote standardized cultivation standards to farmers. At its standardized organic Astragalus cultivation base in Guyang, Inner Mongolia, environmental metrics covering soil, air, and water undergo strict testing before planting activities can proceed.
Why it matters
According to the biogas recycling project leader at Jiangsu Longfengtang Traditional Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd., a base of Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group, the facility recycled biogas in 2025. Beyond economic benefits, this system effectively generated steam, reduced carbon emissions, and lowered methane gas emissions.
Key Takeaways
- 1Yangzijiang Pharmaceutical Group installed 34.5 megawatts of distributed solar capacity providing nearly 14% of its electricity consumption.
- 2The enterprise became the first pharmaceutical zero-waste pilot group in Jiangsu Province while operating 9 national green factories.
- 3An AI-powered refrigeration platform automated temperature controls across 4 factories between 2024 and 2025.
Sources
- 把绿色“写”进全产业链 — People's Daily · 11/13/2026