Sinomach sponsored a conference to promote its new Guangzhou-based world auto parts industrial base in Shanghai on Nov 30.

The promotion conference was co-sponsored by Guangzhou Industry and Information Technology Commission, and Sinomach’s business exhibition supplier China National Automotive Industry International Corporation (CNAICO) and its research institute Sinomach Intelligence Technology Co.

The base was founded to attract more domestic and overseas businesses and projects and boost the sector’s transformation and upgrading efforts.

Major companies in attendance included automobile parts enterprises known both in China and abroad, such as Bosch, the Lear Corporation, the global leader in automobile seating and E-Systems, Magna International, Faurecia, and China’s Weichai Power Co and Wanxiang Group.

Ding Hongxiang, vice president of China National Machinery Industry Corporation (Sinomach), gives a keynote speech at the promotion conference. [Photo from sinomach.com.cn]

Ding Hongxiang, emphasized the favorable timing in creating the base, when Guangzhou happened to be in the course of building itself into a city of national importance, global resource allocation center, and hub for international shipping and aviation services.

A panorama of Guangzhou at night. Guangzhou is China’s third largest city, coming behind Beijing and Shanghai. It is a major terminus of the Maritime Silk Road and continues to serve as an important port and transportation hub. Located in the heart of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone in South China, Guangzhou has been a powerhouse of manufacturing and Chinese exports for more than 30 years. Guangzhou topped the list of Forbes Best Commercial City in China's Mainland in 2010. It also earned the title as the Top Ten Asia-Pacific Cities of the Future 2011-12 for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). [Photo from baike.baidu.com]

Sinomach has made a string of accomplishments in collaboration with Guangzhou in recent years. The two sides reached a strategic agreement on Mar 11, 2015, to co-develop intelligent equipment, robots, new energy driven autos, and auto parts.

Sinomach sponsors the China (Guangzhou) International Robot & Intelligent Manufacturing Exhibition, staged in the city from Nov 15 to 17, 2016. [Photo from roboimex.cn]

Sinomach and Guangzhou government co-initiates the first session of the Green Car (China) expo for cars powered by renewable energies and smart tech from July 15 to 17, 2016. [Photo from greencarchina.com]

A poster for the Auto Aftermarket Guangzhou (AAG) 2016 that took place from Sept 18 to 20, 2016. The trade fair, held annually and backed by Sinomach’s wholly-owned branch China National Automotive Industry International Corporation (CNAICO), has had two previous successful sessions in the city. It offers a wide range of products and services covering the entire process chain of the industry, ranging from car parts and components to electronics, repairs, maintenance, and even car wash technology. [Photo from cnaico.com.cn]

A marketing picture posted on the official website of the Sinomach Intelligence Technology Co Ltd co-established by Sinomach and Guangzhou in 2015 for R&D and manufacturing of robots, intelligent equipment, and key components. [Photo from sinomach-it.com]

Headquarters of the China National Intelligent Equipment Research Institute founded in Guangzhou with joint efforts from the country’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Guangdong provincial government, Sinomach and China Academy of Sciences to boost the smart equipment industry. [Photo from ciei2025.com]