In the process of development, the use of free forging process to the overall profile forging of the third generation of nuclear power key components AP1000 evaporator cone cylinder, because of the profile process and numerical simulation and other technologies, once became a difficult point in China's heavy forging link. In order to break through this bottleneck, the research personnel explored while experimenting, designed various special aids, and worked closely with many universities, and finally overcome this problem through a large number of computer simulations and engineering experiments.

Today, China First Heavy Industry has established a technology-driven innovation system with the goal of providing users with comprehensive system solutions, and has formed a four-in-one technological innovation system of "basic scientific research, engineering research, industrialization research, and batch research. The basic science research layer focuses on the basic, common and forward-looking technology development of the product; the engineering research layer focuses on the engineering design and manufacturing process research of the first set of products; the industrialization and mass research layer focuses on the development and application of specific product production processes, manufacturing processes, tooling and auxiliary production factors.

In recent years, affected by the Fukushima nuclear accident in Japan, the development of China's nuclear power industry has slowed down. China First Heavy Industries, like other nuclear power manufacturing companies, has encountered a sharp drop in orders and declining profitability. In the face of difficulties, while adjusting the product structure, China First Heavy Industries is promoting transformation through innovation. The company is getting out of low-end traditional manufacturing and entrusting some non-critical parts processing to professional supporting companies, so that the company's focus will shift to high-end technology. Research and development and cultivate the ability of comprehensive system solutions.

Wu Shengfu confidently introduced that even if the external environment is not optimistic, high-end equipment that has core technology and can create value for users will always worry about the market. In the past, our biggest problem was that the manufacturing and process were seriously out of touch. When a piece of equipment was produced, it often had a single function and complicated operation, which affected the efficiency of the equipment. What China First Heavy Industry is currently doing is to not only provide users with products, but also provide users with systematic and comprehensive solutions through the system development of engineers and technicians, so that the equipment can complete multiple functions with simple operations in the hands of users. Just like a point-and-shoot camera, users do not need to learn how to adjust the aperture and speed, as long as they know how to press the shutter.

Looking back on the years of innovation, Wu Shengfu is deeply touched: "China's equipment manufacturing industry was born in a planned economy, according to the original division of labor, focused on manufacturing, at the lowest end of the value chain. In order to get out of the predicament, and then realize that China should have its own advanced equipment manufacturing industry, the enterprise itself must be equipped with more innovative talents, have systematic innovation ability, always maintain the passion for innovation, and strive to achieve transformation and upgrading."