On December 17, a strategic cooperation signing ceremony between Shandong Heavy Industry Group and JD Group was held at JD's headquarters. Man Shengang, Party Secretary and Chairman of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, and Xu Ran, Vice Chairman of SEC and CEO of JD Group attended the ceremony and held a discussion.
This agreement signifies the beginning of a comprehensive and in-depth cooperation between the two parties in various fields including smart logistics and supply chain, industrial internet, digital procurement, and corporate operation services. The two parties will fully leverage their respective strengths, with the supply chain as a foundation, to jointly explore the integration of cutting-edge technologies into industrial equipment systems, to accelerate the pace of industrial digitization. At the same time, they will collaborate to build a professional and reliable supply chain service system for customers, helping them reduce costs, improve quality, and enhance efficiency.
Man Shengang said that Shandong Heavy Industry Group is committed to becoming a world-class, technology-leading multinational group focused on green development and high-end equipment manufacturing. Despite facing complex and severe challenges in the industry this year, the Group has managed to achieve counter-trend growth, characterized by steady momentum and a trend of continuous optimization. He noted the huge potential for future cooperation with JD Group and hoped that both groups would, leveraging their strong foundation of past cooperation, continuously deepen their business coordination on all fronts, jointly promote digital transformation, and create a high-level interactive mechanism to advance the strategic partnership toward deeper engagement, broader diversification, and forward-looking development so as to co-create a new competitive edge in the integration of digitization and the real economy.
Xu Ran acknowledged the accomplishments of Shandong Heavy Industry Group. She stated that JD Group, as a supply chain-based technology and service provider, has expanded its business to various sectors such as retail, technology, logistics, healthcare, property, industry, insurance, and international markets. Since Shandong Heavy Industry Group and JD Group can take advantage of each other's strengths, she hoped that both parties would share opportunities and expand cooperation to achieve even greater success. JD Group will provide better services to support Shandong Heavy Industry Group in accelerating the digital transformation and upgrading of its business sectors to further enhance its competitiveness.
Before the signing ceremony, Man Shengang visited the JD Exhibition Hall. Wang Zhijian, Deputy Party Secretary and President of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, Ma Changhai, Party Committee Member and Vice President of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, Hu Wei, SEC Member of JD Group and CEO of JD Logistics, and Wang Peinuan, Senior Vice President of JD Group attended the ceremony. Liu Huisheng, Vice President of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, and Li Jing, Senior Vice President of JD Group, signed the agreement as representatives of the two parties.