Dongbei Group was originally a difficult enterprise in Huangshi City. It was once insolvent and on the verge of bankruptcy. Over the past two decades, under the leadership of Yang Baichang, by seizing opportunities, focusing on innovation, strict management, and scientific planning, the company has gradually gotten rid of difficulties and achieved sustainable development: the production and sales of the company's leading product, refrigerator compressors, have increased from 1 million units in 2002 to It has grown to 14 million units in 2009, an increase of 13 times in seven years. Since 2005, its production and sales have ranked first in the industry for five consecutive years, with a market share of 20.46. Sales revenue increased from 200 million yuan to more than 3 billion yuan. Dongbei compressor has become a Chinese famous brand and a well-known trademark in China.
Yang Baichang attaches great importance to technological innovation and management innovation. The company has a national technology development center and owns 102 patents (Yang Baichang is the first holder of 57 patents), which has become the company's core technology and has enabled product technical performance to reach "domestic leading and internationally advanced levels". The high-efficiency, environmentally friendly and energy-saving compressor developed by him won the China Light Industry Federation's "First Prize for Scientific and Technological Progress" twice in 2006 and 2008.