On November 8, Shandong Heavy Industry Group and Inspur Group organized a strategic cooperation signing ceremony in Jinan. Man Shengang, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, and Zou Qingzhong, secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Inspur Group, attended the signing ceremony, at which they held a discussion and exchanged views. Wang Zhijian, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, and Liu Jiyong, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Inspur Group, signed the agreement on behalf of the two sides.

Man Shengang gave thanks to Inspur Group for its long-term concern and support to Shandong Heavy Industry Group. He said that in face of fierce market competition at home and abroad, all cadres and employees of Shandong Heavy Industry are aiming at the targets of “Fighting in Q4” to accelerate their efforts, and giving full play to their vitality in innovation, creation, and entrepreneurship, thus the Group shows a good development momentum featuring steady growth and improvement in progress. According to Man, Shandong Heavy Industry Group and Inspur Group are both large state-owned pillar enterprises in Shandong. The two sides have maintained favorable and long-term cooperation in the integrated development of equipment manufacturing and the information industry. Today, the two sides sign a strategic cooperation agreement to further share resources, build platforms, and achieve a win-win future. Both sides will deepen the cooperation in multiple fields such as digital infrastructure construction, industrial Internet, intelligent networking, and smart logistics and supply chain, which will help Shandong Heavy Industry meet new technological challenges, accelerate digital and intelligent transformation, and achieve development at a higher level and higher quality.

Zou Qingzhong said that Shandong Heavy Industry Group, as a domestic leading industrial equipment transnational group with important global influence, integrates global high-quality resources, actively exploits domestic and international markets, and leads and promotes the technological progress and development in the field of equipment manufacturing. Inspur Group, as a leading enterprise in the new-generation information technology, has actively implemented the "Three-wheel Drive" strategy (namely, driven by hardware, software, and cloud computing services) in recent years, continuously quickened the pace of transformation and innovative development, and actively empowered the digital transformation of various industries. According to Zou, The two sides match each other in development concept, and their resource advantages are complementary. He hoped that taking this signing as an opportunity, the two sides would further deepen the cooperation in production intelligence, management digitization, etc., and jointly make greater contributions to the building of a strong digital province and a strong manufacturing province.

Before the meeting, Zou Qingzhong and his delegation visited the Future Science&Technology Exhibition Hall of Shandong Heavy Industry.

Zhang Gengsheng, Ma Changhai, Shen Chuandong of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, Zhao Bing, Wang Hongtian of Inspur Group, and other leaders participated in the event.