MCC is the world's largest and strongest metallurgical construction contractor and operation service provider, one of the state-recognized major resource enterprises, China's largest steel structure producer, one of the first 16 central SOEs with real estate development as its major business approved by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of the State Council, and the main force for China's infrastructure construction. In the early stages of China's reform and opening-up, MCC created the world-renowned "Shenzhen Speed". In 2016, MCC was awarded "Year 2015 Class A Enterprise for Performance Evaluation of Central Enterprise Principals" and "Excellent Enterprise in Scientific and Technological Innovation" by the same evaluation board for the tenure 2013-2015; it was ranked 290th in the Fortune Global 500 and 8th in ENR's Top 250 Global Contractors... As an innovation-oriented enterprise, MCC has 13 Class A scientific research and design institutes..