Schneider Electric: Seize the
opportunity of digital transformation of Chinese industry
reporter Yong Yong
On April 29, Schneider Electric, a global giant in the field of energy management and automation, signed the "Schneider Electric Capacity Expansion Project Cooperation Agreement" with the Management Committee of Xiamen Torch Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone and Huli District of Xiamen City. According to the agreement, Schneider Electric will increase investment in the local area for local research and development and build advanced production lines to produce a new generation of digital green electrical products.
According to the agreement, Schneider Electric (Xiamen) Switchgear Co., Ltd. will increase its research and development efforts in the next 3 to 5 years, and will successively put into production multiple advanced production lines to produce digital electrical products that meet the concept of sustainable development. The new project will help to strengthen Schneider Electric's digital leadership status, and will also promote the digital upgrade and economic development of Xiamen's industrial chain.
Xu Shaofeng, senior vice president of Schneider Electric and head of energy efficiency management medium voltage business in China, said that the new project can be successfully signed, which is closely related to Schneider Electric's long-term optimism about the Chinese market and China's digital economy development prospects.
"Schneider Electric has been cultivating China for 33 years. China has been Schneider Electric's second largest market in the world. As a pioneer area for reform and opening up, Xiamen is committed to developing high-end manufacturing and modern service industries and building a 100 billion industrial cluster, which is built with Schneider Electric. The open 'ecosphere' and the strategic direction of sharing digital transformation with partners are highly compatible. "Xu Shaofeng said.
The "Friend Circle" model of win-win with partners is one of the important magic weapons for Schneider Electric's continuous development and growth in China, and it is also the development philosophy of Schneider Electric in China. From the beginning of cooperation with sales partners, to the cooperation with suppliers to realize the integration of upstream and downstream industry chain resources, and now to promote the construction of an open digital ecosystem, and to help Chinese partners to go international, Schneider Electric ’s circle of friends strategy continues to develop in China deepen.
In March this year, Schneider Electric co-sponsored the AWS, Lenovo Group, and the Tsinghua University Institute of Global Industry to jointly launch the "Co-Creating Ecosystem and Building an Industrial Dream-Green Smart Manufacturing Winning Project". The plan aims to provide training and certification of technology, market, investment and other aspects of small and medium-sized enterprises with innovative technologies through the integration of resources in the upstream and downstream of the industrial industry chain, to help them enhance the integration of technology and solutions, and work together to create more A digital transformation solution that meets the needs of first-line industrial scenarios.
"Recently, China has proposed to accelerate the progress of 'new infrastructure' such as 5G networks and data centers. There is no doubt that it will accelerate the development of digitalization. Digital transformation requires the joint efforts of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, and it can be completed by a single company. The small and medium-sized enterprises of China jointly promote the digital transformation of China ’s industries to achieve efficient and sustainable development, ”said Yin Zheng, Schneider Electric ’s global executive vice president and president of China.
Yuan Yong