From July 26th to 27th, the 2018 China Geographic Information Industry Conference was held in Haikou City, Hainan Province with the theme of “New Era, New Opportunities and New Development”. The conference released and commended "2018 China's Top 100 Geographic Information Enterprises". Forever Technology was re-elected (17th) for its comprehensive strength in geographic information applications. And this is the third consecutive year that Forever technology was included in the top 20 of the list.

The 2018 China Geographic Information Industry Conference is guided by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the People's Government of Hainan Province and hosted by the China Geographic Information Industry Association. This conference aims to optimize the industrial development environment, enhance independent innovation capabilities, and continuously expand new service areas. Xu Yanying, executive vice president of China Geographic Information Industry Association, made a report on China's geographic information industry in 2018. The report pointed out that in 2018, China's geographic information industry continued to develop steadily and shifted to high quality. The total industrial output value is expected to exceed 620 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 20%. In 2018, the scale of China's geographic information industry has grown steadily, its international status has improved, and its industrial structure has been continuously optimized. The growth momentum of leading enterprises has been strong and the leading effect has been obvious. Besides, the transformation and upgrading have achieved initial results.

As a leading enterprise in China's smart grid information industry, Forever Technology has continuously carried out technological innovation through the combination of geographic information technology and ideas with the specific practices of smart grids. Its business performance has continued to grow rapidly. In 2017, it achieved revenue of 855 million yuan and the net profit was 192 million yuan, up 41.84% and 53.26% respectively than the previous year.

In recent years, under the background of the country's vigorous promotion of the "Internet +" action plan and the reform of the power system, the company has made significant achievements in smart grid informationization and energy Internet construction using innovative technologies such as cloud computing, big data, geographic information, Internet of things and other innovative technologies.