Recently, Siemens and SINOMACH Automotive Co., Ltd. (SINOMACH Automotive) signed a memorandum of understanding on strategic cooperation to jointly develop a strategic partnership. This cooperation marks the comprehensive upgrade of the cooperation between the two parties from software and hardware to system solutions and strategic development in the automotive manufacturing industry. With the acceleration of global competition and the green and intelligent transformation of the industry, the automotive industry is facing a profound reshaping. Based on the consensus on the deep complementarity of the ecological resources of the industrial chain and the core competitiveness of industrial digitalization, Siemens and SINOMACH Auto have established a strategic partnership. According to the memorandum, the two parties will share their experiences in deepening the international layout, leading the digital transformation, jointly expanding the automotive industry, and building management and innovation capabilities to release the potential for synergy. By integrating Siemens' global leadership in industrial digitalization and intelligent technology, and the global leading capabilities of China Automotive Engineering, a subsidiary of SINOMACH Auto, in the three major process equipment and production line system integration fields of welding, painting, and general assembly, we will jointly build a benchmark paradigm for the innovation and upgrading of the automotive industry value chain and provide a Chinese sample for the upgrading of the global industrial chain.
On June 24, 2025, Siemens held a customer seminar in Suzhou with the theme of "Intelligently Connecting the Future and Co-creating Ecosystem". Leaders and experts from well-known companies such as ZTE and China Science and Technology Mobility gathered together to have in-depth discussions on cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, flexible manufacturing and digital twins, and witnessed ZTE's official joining of the Siemens Xcelerator platform. The first stop for the guests was to visit the Siemens Yangtze River Delta Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. The laboratory focuses on the integration of artificial intelligence with digital twins, advanced automation and other technologies, as well as the innovation and cutting-edge application demonstration in manufacturing enterprises. Through real-time data simulation and intelligent decision-making systems, the laboratory provides high-end manufacturing with end-to-end digital solutions covering the entire value chain including product design, production planning, production operations, logistics, etc., highlighting the new path for technology to empower the real economy.
Recently, the first member conference and founding conference of the Guangdong Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Industry Alliance were held in Guangzhou. An Lijia, vice chairman of the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, attended and delivered a speech. Wang Xi, member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Minister of the United Front Work Department, and chairman of the alliance, attended and spoke. At the conference, Dr. Li Weiping, chairman of Shenzhen Leadshine Intelligent Control Co., Ltd., was elected as the first director of the alliance, marking that Leadshine Intelligent's technical leadership in the field of motion control and robotics has been authoritatively recognized. The core leadership structure of the alliance was elected at this conference: Wang Xi, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, member of the Standing Committee of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, and Minister of the United Front Work Department, was elected Chairman of the Alliance; Chen Zhilie, Chairman of the Guangdong Federation of Industry and Commerce and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yanxiong High-Tech Holding Group Co., Ltd., and Xu Yangsheng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and President of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, were elected Executive Vice Chairmen of the Alliance; 21 government and enterprise representatives were elected Vice Chairmen; and the heads of 54 benchmark companies including Leisai Intelligent, TCL, and Midea Group formed the first board of directors, covering the core forces of the entire industry chain of artificial intelligence and robots.
On June 16, 2025, the strategic cooperation signing ceremony between Han's Laser Intelligent Equipment Group and Bosch Rexroth was successfully held in Shanghai. Senior executives from both parties gathered at the Bosch Rexroth Shanghai headquarters base and signed a strategic agreement after field visits and in-depth exchanges, jointly opening a new chapter of collaborative development in the field of intelligent manufacturing. Hu Rui, general manager of Han's Laser Intelligent Equipment Group, Wang Yingzi, senior vice president of business and factory automation of Bosch Rexroth China, Zhao Jian, general manager of Han's professional industry plane cutting product line, Liu Xufei, general manager of 3D cutting product line, Deng Shenghai, general manager of East China sales area, Zhang Lei, deputy general manager of integrated service center, Huang Zhiheng, vice president of sales of Bosch Rexroth China, Xing Shengzhi, director of Automation and Electrical Control Division of Bosch Rexroth China, Jiang Yuan, senior application manager of Automation and Electrical Control Division of Bosch Rexroth China, Jiang Hui, product manager of Automation and Electrical Control Division of Bosch Rexroth China, and other senior representatives of both sides gathered to witness this important moment.