● In 1997, Tongda Wansheng Decoration Co., Ltd. was registered in a beautiful coastal city, Qinhuangdao Haigang District, with a registered capital of RMB 1 million.

● The company expanded its business into landscape engineering and got the Class B Qualification Certificate for Urban Landscaping. 

● A new company name was decided which was Qinhuangdao ZEHO Decoration and Landscaping Co., Ltd.

● The company undertook and completed the 361 Oilfield Landscaping Project, and set up the marketing department to exploit Qinhuangdao Market and Qian'an Market, to lay a foundation for the output value of 2001 to break through RMB 10 million. 

● The company evolved a large number of people with lofty ideals, which marked the beginning of initially formed a modern enterprise pattern.

● The annual output value broke RMB 10 million for the first time. Selected projects included: Huludao Longcheng Square, Qian'an Power Building, Qian'an Delta Plant Greening, and Qinhuangdao Zhujiang Avenue. 

● To thank the staff and expand the view of the employees, the company organized all the management personnel to the south survey and learning at the end of the year.

● The company completed an output value of nearly RMB 20 million, organized centralized training to form a learning-oriented organization at the end of the year, and invited Wang Zhiyun, Fu Yao and Qin Junlun, guest professors from Tsinghua University, to give lectures to all employees.

● The company formed ZEHO design studio and introduced professional designers. With the active cooperation with Beijing Forestry University and other universities and industry experts, the design expert consultant team took shape and formed philosophy Respect knowledge, Respect Talent.

● Beidaihe Main Road Olympic Park won the Gold Prize for Excellent Landscaping Project Award of Chinese Society of Landscape Architecture, and the Top 10 Sports Parks in China; The Xiang Park in Qinhuangdao Development Zone won the Gold Prize for Excellent Engineering Award of Hebei Province.

● ZEHO Urban Planning & Design Research Institute was established, marking the integrated design and construction operation mode of ZEHO had been basically mature.

● The company passed ISO9001, ISO14001 and GB/T28001quality, environment, occupational health and safety system certification for the first time. The company’s operation and internal management stepped to a new level.

● The annual output value broke RMB 100 million for the first time; markets were extensively opened to economically develop large and medium-sized cities.

● The company got the Class A Qualification Certificate for Urban Landscaping awarded by the Ministry of Construction, with the qualification successfully promoted. In addition, ZEHO was awarded with the National Quality, Safety and Credit AAA Level Trustworthy Contractor of Landscape Projects.

● ZEHO got the Class A Qualification Certificate for Landscape Engineering Design and was the only enterprise with Double Class A Qualification Certificates in Hebei Province.

● The company took part in the Tangshan Nanhu Lake Planning, Design and Construction Project, which became a classic case in northern urban comprehensive management and waterfront management.

● ZEHO successfully completed the construction of the landscape project of the Beijing University of Technology Badminton Gym for Beijing Olympic Games.