2023 Siemens Digital Economy Forum held in Beijing
Siemens Industrial Automation Products China intelligent manufacturing base landed in Chengdu, a new fixed asset investment of 1.1 billion yuan
Siemens Digital Technology (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. was established to focus on the construction of digital platforms and create an open ecology
Launch of “Siemens Xcelerator Open”
The 2023 Siemens Digital Economy Forum was held in Beijing on June 14. During the forum, Siemens announced a series of major initiatives to accelerate its development in China: Siemens Industrial Automation Products China intelligent manufacturing base will be located in Chengdu, the establishment of Siemens Digital Technology (Shenzhen) Co., LTD., and the launch of the first “Siemens Xcelerator Open”.

2023 Siemens Digital Economy Forum, with the theme of “Integration · Creating high-quality Development”, brings together many think tank scholars, business leaders and partners to discuss cooperation and seek opportunities around the topic of how to empower high-quality industrial development through the “integration of data and reality”. Dr. Roland Busch, Chairman, President and CEO of Siemens AG, and Zhang Yong, Chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group, held a dialogue and discussion on hot topics such as the direction of the digital economy, cutting-edge technologies such as AI big language models, and platform-based ecological cooperation.
“Siemens’ technologies fuse the physical and digital worlds, bringing greater efficiency to every sector and helping our customers become more competitive, resilient and sustainable.” Dr. Bleren said, “Through digitalization, companies can shorten research and development cycles, increase productivity, and optimize lifecycle costs. With the implementation of a series of investment initiatives in China, Siemens will help Chinese customers achieve their digital transformation goals and inject acceleration into the high-quality development of the Chinese economy.”

The new fixed asset investment of Siemens Industrial Automation Products China Intelligent Manufacturing Base is 1.1 billion yuan, which is the fourth phase expansion project of Siemens Chengdu Digital factory, which will create nearly 400 jobs for the local people, and help Siemens further strengthen the localized value chain in China, improve the research and development and manufacturing capacity in the field of automation and digitalization. In order to respond more promptly and efficiently to the needs of customers in China and around the world.

“For Siemens, China is a breeding ground and practice place for innovative technologies.” Cedrik Neike, member of the Board of Directors of Siemens AG and CEO of Siemens Digital Industries, said: “With the completion of this smart base, we will support more industrial customers to unlock their digital potential and accelerate their transformation.”

At the same time, Siemens today announced the establishment of Siemens Digital Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., LTD., which will build its first digital platform interconnection business base in China around Siemens Xcelerator, an open digital business platform. The new company focuses on multiple dimensions of the digital economy industrial chain, focusing on the development of future-oriented digital business portfolios such as e-commerce platforms, industrial application apps, green and low-carbon applications, industrial Internet, and smart Internet of Things applications, enabling more small and medium-sized enterprises to quickly start digital transformation and promote the upgrading of the industrial chain. Through this initiative, Siemens will leverage Shenzhen’s advantages in scientific and technological innovation, talent development, policy systems and other aspects to accelerate the construction of digital platforms.