The "sonorous rose" blooming in the gas industry in the tide of the times Luo Ping, founder/chairman of SCGC Group,"Gas Man: A Chronicle of Gas People in China"

Industrial gases, known as the "blood of industry", are widely used in all walks of life in the national economy. They are used in steel smelting, petrochemicals, aerospace, food and medicine, new energy, new materials and other industries, and in production lines, launch sites, laboratories, hospitals and our daily lives. They are indispensable raw material gas or process gas that supports the development and progress of various related industries in the national economy.

The wheels of the times are rolling forward, the spring breeze of reform and opening up is blowing, and multinational gas companies have entered the China market, bringing a third-party professional gas supply model to China. This model has taken root since then. In the following 40 years, China's economy developed rapidly, and this strong east wind also helped the gas industry achieve leapfrog growth. China's gas industry has achieved a historic leap from relying on imports to independent gas supply, from a single category to the coverage of the whole industry chain. The first generation of "gas men" started the era of steel cylinders by carrying them on their shoulders and hands. The Mesozoic "gas men" promoted the localization of air separation equipment. Now the new generation of "gas men" is striving to overcome the core technology of electronic and special gas. The industrial scale of the gas industry has increased from 10 billion to 100 billion. It has continued to make breakthroughs in dimensions such as liquefaction equipment, storage and transportation technology, and application scenarios, building an "invisible backbone" to support manufacturing in China.

"Gas Man: A Chronicle of China Gas" takes the industry's development over the past 40 years as the main line and tells the struggle stories of 27 outstanding pioneers in China's gas field. These stories are intertwined with sweat and wisdom, not only outlining the development trajectory of China's industrial gas industry from catching up to running parallel, but also refining the industry spirit of "being skilled in the slightest, only in the sky."

Luo Ping, founder and chairman of SCGC Group, is one of the 27 outstanding pioneers in the gas field in China. At the beginning of 2025, Ms. Luo Ping was recommended by the IG CHIAN Organizing Committee. Ms. Murong Sujuan, editor-in-chief of "Gas Man: Chinese Gas Personalities", conducted an exclusive interview with Ms. Luo Ping. The two-hour interview was full of enthusiasm and sparks, reviewing Ms. Luo Ping's nearly 25-year entrepreneurial journey in China's gas industry. After the exclusive interview, the article "The" Sonorous Rose "Blooming in the Gas Industry in the Wave of the Times" was quickly written and published in the book "Gas Man: A Chronicle of Gas Figures in China."

Over the past 25 years, Ms. Luo Ping's life trajectory has been closely linked to the development of the gas industry. From the Shancheng Chongqing Iron and Steel Plant as the starting point of her career, the children of Shancheng who are bold and generous, value emotion and righteousness, and act decisively have not adhered to rules, have the courage to break through circles, and have crossed the financial circle. Broadening the vision and pattern; In 1996, Ms. Luo Ping got the opportunity to go overseas and embarked on a new journey in life. During her stay in the United States, she continued to study, which also made Ms. Luo Ping deeply aware of the gap between China and developed countries."China can also live a good life by their own efforts, and they should realize it in the land of China." The idea has always been lingering in her mind, and returning to China to start a business became her biggest dream at that time.

In 2001, Ms. Luo Ping returned to China with a vision and ambition for the future, and chose the gas industry, especially the on-site gas supply model, as the direction of her business. As an important and unique business model in the gas field, the on-site gas supply model requires highly customization, requires capital and technology thresholds, and can design customer-specific gas solutions according to different customer needs; in order to ensure the safety and stability of gas supply, its The requirements for equipment and technology are strict, and the initial capital investment is large. A large amount of money is required from equipment purchase to construction and operation to ensure continuous gas supply services. Also in 2001, Ms. Luo Ping personally created the "SCGC" brand. With her rich experience and tenacious spirit, she vividly demonstrated that a female entrepreneur was low-key in the traditional male-dominated industry field and supplied gas on site. She devoted herself to exploring in an area with high threshold for capital and technology, and finally gained widespread recognition from the market and customers.

The road to entrepreneurship is full of challenges. In the battle of business, there has never been a smooth sailing. In order to solve the constant changes in the internal and external environment encountered by the company for more than 20 years of development, Ms. Luo Ping led the team in 2023 to reorganize the company's business, with "Chinllenge New Energy" as the core, and the "SCGC Group" was formally established around new energy, on-site gas supply, park official website gas supply, gas retail, gas engineering, hydrogen energy, contract energy management and other business modules. The two trademarks and brands,"Chinllenge" and "SCGC", as the blood and soul of the founders, will continue to accompany SCGC Group in its development and development.

Looking to the future, Ms. Luo Ping is full of confidence in the development of SCGC Group. She believes that gas companies will gradually integrate with energy companies in the future, focusing on clean energy such as hydrogen and oxygen to reduce dependence on petrochemical energy; on-site gas supply, as the company's traditional advantageous business for more than 20 years, will continue to work intensively and continuously improve Service quality and technical level to meet customers 'growing needs; the park pipe network gas supply business will lay pipelines in industrial concentrated parks to reduce costs and increase efficiency for customers; The gas retail company will be committed to meeting customers 'needs for diversified gas varieties and providing more convenient and efficient services to meet diversified needs; the gas engineering business will build an "energy island" for customers, provide one-stop services, and provide customers with comprehensive solutions; the hydrogen energy business is one of the company's future development priorities, and will focus on the production, storage and transportation of hydrogen, and actively explore the construction and operation of hydrogen refueling stations; The contract energy management business will use digital means to help factories save energy and reduce consumption, achieve carbon reduction goals, and open up new profit growth points. In terms of geographical layout, Chinllenge New Energy will keep up with the development of China enterprises. In addition to continuing to deepen its domestic business, it will continue to increase its efforts to develop overseas markets in the future, and use the wings of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation to let Chinllenge New Energy brand go global.

"Gas Man: As the first book in China to show the struggle history of gas people in a panoramic manner,"Chinese Gas People" is not only a milestone to pay tribute to the past, but also a compass to enlighten the future. It inspires gas people and gas practitioners in the new era to draw nutrition from the 27 representative outstanding gas people, including Ms. Luo Ping, contribute to the healthy and stable development of China's gas industry, and can continue to overcome difficulties and contribute Chinese solutions to the global gas industry map!