How a Chinese Trust Firm Achieved Top‑Tier DevOps Continuous Delivery Certification

Standardization and tool empowerment are key to enterprise success, and DevOps standards with a continuous delivery pipeline can significantly improve quality, efficiency, safety, and market competitiveness.

The China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT) has issued a "R&D Operations Integration (DevOps) Capability Maturity Model" that guides enterprises in adopting DevOps. Companies from banking, securities, insurance, telecom, and internet sectors have participated in CAICT assessments, improving their IT capabilities.

On December 15, 2023, the GOLF+IT New Governance Leadership Forum in Beijing announced the latest DevOps and AIOps assessment results. Five Minerals International Trust (referred to as "Five Minerals Trust") presented its "Operations Guarantee Platform" (OGP) project, which passed the CAICT DevOps Continuous Delivery Level 3 assessment, reaching a domestic leading level and becoming the first trust‑industry participant.

Q&A

Q: Please introduce your company and the project you evaluated.

A: Five Minerals International Trust is a non‑bank financial institution under China Minmetals Group. The OGP system is a self‑developed core operation platform addressing risks, automation, and fragmented product information. It creates a closed‑loop from data collection to risk monitoring and strategy execution.

Q: How do you feel about passing the DevOps Level 3 assessment?

A: We are proud that our project achieved the domestic leading level, improving our development and delivery capabilities and strengthening our digital transformation.

Q: Why did you decide to join the DevOps assessment?

A: To optimize team structure, enhance R&D and delivery capabilities, and gain industry recognition.

Q: What benefits has the assessment brought to your enterprise and team?

A: Increased efficiency through automated deployment, higher quality via continuous testing, improved security, better cross‑team collaboration, and learning of industry best practices.

Q: Which metrics demonstrate the project’s improvement?

A: Automated deployment workflow, weekly iteration cycles, unit test coverage >50%, interface test coverage 100%, average build time ~10 minutes.

Q: What are the distinctive features of the IT system and its design?

A: Real‑time data processing, strict security/compliance, cloud‑native micro‑service architecture, Spring Cloud + micro‑frontend framework, standardized middleware, and DevOps‑driven development, testing, and deployment processes.

Q: Was the assessment process smooth? What challenges did you face?

A: The process was challenging due to strict standards and extensive documentation. Early preparation, strengthened team collaboration, and learning from industry cases helped us succeed.

Q: What is the biggest gain from this year’s DevOps implementation and your next steps?

A: Significant productivity and efficiency gains, reduced errors and risks, and plans to expand automation, adopt more cloud‑native and container technologies, and promote DevOps across other projects.

Q: How do you view the future of DevOps?

A: DevOps is becoming a mainstream trend globally, with growing market demand for skilled talent. Continuous integration and delivery will remain central to delivering higher‑quality software faster.

Industry participation statistics (as of December 15, 2023) show numerous enterprises from the securities and fund sectors have completed DevOps assessments, with detailed counts for various standards levels.

The CAICT‑led DevOps Capability Maturity Model, co‑created with leading internet, finance, and telecom companies, is the first comprehensive domestic and international DevOps standard, recognized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and adopted worldwide.

For assessment inquiries, contact CAICT representatives Liu Kaili (phone 156 5078 6171, email [email protected]) and Bai Hanxiong (phone 159 1076 9206, email [email protected]), or Wei Huanxin of the GreatOps Community (phone 185 0025 5645, email [email protected]).