The 2026 National May Day Labor Awards were announced. Hubei Kaite Automotive Electronics and Electrical Systems Co., Ltd. won the National May Day Labor Award. The company's founder and chairman, Zheng Haifa, is an alumnus of the 1983 Semiconductor program at South China University of Technology.

[Photo]Hubei Kaite Automotive Electronics and Electrical Systems Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1996, Hubei Kaite Automotive Electronics and Electrical Systems Co., Ltd. is a group company specializing in the R&D, production and sales of sensors, controllers, actuators and other related products.

The company was listed on the Beijing Stock Exchange on September 28, 2023. It possesses core technology in NTC semiconductor ceramic chips and, based on this technology, has successfully developed a variety of high-precision temperature sensors, filling a domestic technological gap and realizing the substitution of imported products. The company is a nationally recognized high-tech enterprise and has successively won multiple honorary titles such as the National May Day Labor Award, National Key Specialized and Sophisticated 'Little Giant' Enterprise, Hubei Provincial Enterprise Technology Center, Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center for Automotive Sensors, and Hubei Provincial Manufacturing Single Champion Product.

[Photo]Zheng Haifa

Zheng Haifa, an alumnus of the 1983 Semiconductor program at South China University of Technology, currently serves as Chairman of Hubei Kaite Automotive Electronics and Electrical Systems Co., Ltd. and Vice President of the 8th Council of the Microelectronics (Semiconductor) Alumni Association of South China University of Technology. With a solid academic background and a persistent pursuit of technological innovation, he founded Hubei Kaite Automotive Electronics and Electrical Systems Co., Ltd. and has been deeply engaged in the sensor field for over 30 years. He has received many honors, including Hubei Province Economic Construction Leader, Wuhan Top Ten Outstanding Entrepreneurs, and Top Ten High-tech Brand Leaders of the Wuhan Metropolitan Circle, demonstrating his outstanding leadership in technological innovation and enterprise development.

Under his leadership, the company successfully overcame the bottleneck technical challenges of NTC semiconductor ceramic chips, filled a domestic technological gap, achieved independent and controllable domestic production of core components, and made significant contributions to the development of the automotive electronics industry.