China Unicom and Gree Electric signed a 5G smart factory and full business strategic cooperation agreement in Zhuhai. Wang Xiaochu, chairman of China Unicom, and Dong Mingzhu, chairman and president of Gree Electric Appliance, attended the signing ceremony. Liang Baojun, deputy general manager of China Unicom, and Tan Jianming, vice president of Gree Electric Appliances, signed the agreement on behalf of both sides. This is the third strategic cooperation contract between the two sides since 2009, which has effectively promoted the transformation of bilateral cooperation from the traditional communication field to jointly promoting the development of 5G information technology application.
According to the agreement, the two sides will give full play to their respective resources and technological advantages and build a national leading 5G smart factory demonstration zone based on 5G, industrial Internet, Internet of things, big data, artificial intelligence and other new technologies. Based on the future development trend of 5G industry, centering on the coordinated development of the whole industrial chain of key technologies and the cooperative development of cross-industry application needs, we will build a national leading cross-industry integration ecosystem. Carry out in-depth comprehensive business cooperation, including traditional communications services.
Wang Xiaochu said: China Unicom gives full play to its advantages in mixed reform, adheres to the strategy of "focus, cooperation, and innovation," and focuses on innovative directions such as 5G, artificial intelligence, the Internet of things, cloud computing, big data, and the integration of cloud networks. China Unicom has made initial breakthroughs in shipping, iron and steel, aircraft manufacturing, and other fields. China Unicom expects to develop a series of new technology applications to serve the home appliance industry through in-depth cooperation with Gree in manufacturing logistics, product tracking, after-sales service and so on. The cross-border integration of the two sides will create more commercial value and raise the information level of the home appliance industry to a new level.
Dong Mingzhu said that adhere to the original heart and continuous innovation is the inexhaustible driving force for the rapid development of Gree business. At present, Gree ranks 414th in the Fortune 500, and is marching from home appliance manufacturing to equipment intelligent manufacturing through in-depth restructuring and continuous innovation. For Gree, the development of 5G application is at the right time and will have a positive impact on the improvement of manufacturing efficiency. In the era of opening up and cooperation, Gree hopes to build a national leading 5G industrial park through close cooperation with China Unicom. At the same time, it also hopes to turn the technological advantages of both sides into a service platform to achieve mutual benefit, mutual assistance and win-win results in an all-round way.
In the first year of 5G business, China Unicom will continue to persist in opening up and cooperation, expand new space for high-quality development of enterprises, deepen the reform of mixed ownership, and make every effort to promote the construction of 5G network and the transformation of Internet operation. The in-depth cooperation between China Unicom and Gree Electric Appliance will not only further promote the rapid development of 5G industry in the field of home appliance manufacturing, but also provide advanced demonstration experience for the transformation and upgrading of China's 5G industry and traditional manufacturing industry, and create a new era of 5G industrial Internet in an all-round way.
