Haier Group and Sinomach signed a strategic cooperation agreement, and STEP joins hands with Sinomach to move forward together.
2025-12-03
1 On January 26, Haier Group and China National Machinery Industry Corporation (referred to as "SINOMACH") formally signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Beijing, marking the beginning of a new chapter of comprehensive strategic partnership between the two sides, building on their years of fruitful collaboration. Zhou Yunjie, Chairman of the Board and CEO of Haier Group, and Zhang Xiaolun, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of SINOMACH, attended the signing ceremony and witnessed the signing. Ding Hongxiang, Director of SINOMACH and Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, and Xu Zhibo, Executive General Manager for Government and Enterprise Strategic Affairs at Haier Group, signed the agreement on behalf of their respective sides. Cai Liang, Vice President of STEP, also attended the meeting and delivered a speech at the signing ceremony.
Leaders from China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH) and Haier Group reviewed the history of their cooperation and looked ahead to its future prospects.
Zhang Xiaolun welcomed the visit by the delegation from Haier Group. He noted that China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH) and Haier Group enjoy a solid foundation of cooperation and have achieved remarkable results together. Looking ahead to the 15th Five-Year Plan period, both sides should jointly create a new paradigm for high-level scientific and technological innovation, collaboratively establish new benchmarks for intelligent manufacturing and green transformation, jointly promote new models for urban renewal and smart living, co-build a globally resilient and secure supply chain system, jointly foster cross-sectoral talent development mechanisms, and work hand in hand to write a new chapter of win-win cooperation.
Zhou Yunjie expressed his gratitude for the long-term support provided by Sinomach. He noted that Sinomach, as the “national team” in the machinery industry, enjoys significant advantages in technological innovation, equipment manufacturing, and engineering development. He expressed his hope that both sides will deepen their cooperation in areas such as business synergy, co-creation of application scenarios, joint R&D, ecosystem building, cultural exchange, co-development of business models, and capital collaboration, thereby jointly reaching new heights of strategic synergy.
As a new member of the Haier Group and a key player in its strategic layout for intelligent manufacturing, STEP will take the strategic cooperation between Sinomach and Haier Group as an opportunity to leverage its technological and industrial strengths in areas such as robotics, variable-frequency drives, motion control, and elevator control systems, thereby actively supporting the nation’s strategy of building a manufacturing powerhouse. In Sinomach’s core sectors—including machinery, energy, transportation, automotive, light industry, shipbuilding, metallurgy, construction, electronics, environmental protection, and aerospace—STEP will deepen cooperation in scientific research and development, service provision, exploration of intelligent manufacturing, green and low-carbon development, and global industrial chain integration. Together, we will move forward hand in hand, pooling our strengths to help Sinomach achieve deeper progress in intelligence, greenness, and digitalization, and contribute to elevating China’s manufacturing sector to the high end of the global value chain.
About China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH)
China National Machinery Industry Corporation (CNMC), often referred to as “Sinomach,” is a key state-owned enterprise directly managed by the central government. Its origins can be traced back to the Ministry of First Machinery Industry, established on August 7, 1952. Sinomach has evolved from more than 70 research institutes, design organizations, equipment manufacturers, and industrial and trade enterprises that were formerly under the jurisdiction of the former Ministry of Machinery Industry. Sinomach focuses on three core business areas: advanced equipment manufacturing, development and provision of industrial foundational services, and engineering contracting and supply chain management. It has over 300 overseas offices in more than 100 countries and regions worldwide, with its business covering critical sectors of the national economy, including machinery, energy, transportation, automotive, light industry, shipbuilding, metallurgy, construction, electronics, environmental protection, aerospace, and others.
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