The company is a high-tech enterprise integrating research, development, production and operation of a series of precious metal functional materials. The predecessor was the “Engineering Research Institute of the National Central Research Institute” founded in 1928, changed its name to the Precious Metals Research Institute in 1992, restructured as a technology-based enterprise in 1999, initiated the establishment of Guiyan Platinum Co., Ltd. in 2000, listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange in 2003, and established the Precious Metals Group in 2016. It was the first state-owned enterprise in Yunnan Province to achieve overall listing in 2022. The company is mainly engaged in research, development, production and operation of precious metals and new precious metal materials. The company's main products include the manufacture of new precious metal materials, recycling of precious metal resources, and precious metal supply services. Corporate honors: It has won the China Industry Award, the Outstanding Contribution Award for Key Projects, the National Technology Innovation Demonstration Enterprise, the National Specialized and New “Little Giant” Enterprise, the “China Aerospace Outstanding Contribution Supplier” and “Strategic Supplier”, the Grand Prize of the National Technology Progress Award, High-tech Enterprise, National Advanced Collective for the Nonferrous Metals Industry, National Technological Innovation Demonstration Enterprise, National Green Factory, National Specialized and New “Little Giant” Enterprise, etc.