Sun Paper cooperates with excellent international companies such as Metso and Andritz as well as domestic colleges and research institutes including Shandong University, South China University of Technology, Shandong Pulp and Paper Engineering Research Center and China Technical Association of Paper Industry. They have jointly developed multiple world-leading technologies. During the 12th Five-Year Plan period, by pursuing scientific and technological innovation and eliminating backward production capacity, Sun Paper used wood pulp to produce all the raw materials it needed, strongly boosting the upgrade of products. So far, its coated paper, card paper and cultural paper have led the world in terms of fresh water consumption, with 4m3, about 5m3 and 3-5m3, respectively. Scientific and technological innovation has helped extend the industrial chain of the circular economy and reduced the discharge of pollutants.