On November 2, the strategic cooperation signing ceremony between Hailiang Group and JD Industry took place at the Hailiang Building. Both parties will leverage their respective strengths to explore a new service model based on the intelligent transformation of the industrial supply chain, thereby building international service capabilities and ensuring mutual success through collaboration.

Dr. He Wentian, Joint President of Hailiang Group, Dr. Qi Tianyu, Assistant President and Head of the Supply Chain Center of Hailiang Group, Wang Guanzhi, Vice President of JD Group, Chen E’sheng, Vice President of JD Group and General Manager of JD Industry VIP Customer Department, and Pan Feng, Vice President of JD Industry, attended the signing ceremony and delivered important speeches. Dr. Wang Ziqian, Director of the Strategic Development Department of Hailiang Group, presided over the ceremony.

During the event, Wang Guanzhi and his team toured the exhibition hall of Hailiang Group, gaining a deep understanding of the company's entrepreneurial history over the past thirty years. They expressed high appreciation for the stable high-quality development of the group.

Dr. He Wentian warmly welcomed Wang Guanzhi and his team. Emphasizing the robust complementary between Hailiang Group, a large enterprise group primarily engaged in traditional manufacturing across multiple fields, and JD Group, representing new-type entities, both parties exhibit a strong alignment in strategic development direction. This includes industrial supply management, logistic services and technology, as well as the establishment and application of digital infrastructure. He hopes for sincere and mutually beneficial cooperation, exploring potential opportunities in international business, corporate social responsibility, industry research, and industrial development. This aims to enhance the core competitiveness of both Hailiang Group and JD Group.

Dr. Qi Tianyu reviewed the preparatory work leading up to the strategic cooperation signing ceremony, expressing sincere gratitude for the hard work of leaders and colleagues from both sides. As a benchmark and leading enterprise in the global copper tube processing industry, the supply chain center is the starting point of Hailiang Group's business and plays a crucial role in building the company's core competitiveness. Therefore, driving the construction of a digital and intelligent supply chain is the company's primary task to reduce costs and increase efficiency. The collaboration with JD Industrial has broken traditional procurement models, achieving precise alignment of supply and demand and significantly improving overall efficiency. Dr. Qi Tianyu pointed out that the formal establishment of a strategic partnership between Hailiang Group and JD Industry not only continues their long-term collaboration but also marks the beginning of deepened cooperation and mutual success. Following this, Hailiang Group's Supply Chain Center will partner with JD Industrial for a thorough, all-dimensional, and end-to-end digital transformation to pioneer a new service model centered around the digitization of industrial procurement. They aim to harness technological advancements to assist Hailiang Group in establishing an industrial ecological chain. Additionally, they anticipate JD to align with Hailiang Group's global strategy, developing international service capabilities and achieving a comprehensive upgrade in their collaboration.

Chen E’sheng expressed heartfelt thanks for Hailiang Group's long-term support. JD Industry, a JD Group subsidiary focusing on industrial supply chain technology and services, has become a leader in the Chinese industrial supply chain technology and service market throughout digital technology to optimizes supply chain elements, reducing inventory, controlling costs, and enhancing production efficiency for industrial enterprises. Its innovative "full-chain solution" has pioneered full-process intelligent services, encompassing the digitization of goods, procurement, fulfillment, and operations. This aligns perfectly with Hailiang Group's strategic direction of high-end intelligent manufacturing. He expressed the hope for a collaborative and mutually beneficial relationship between JD Industrial and Hailiang Group, leveraging each other's strengths to achieve strategic progress, reciprocal business advantages, and shared success in branding. Together, they aspire to become leaders in the realm of industrial Internet!

The signing ceremony was attended by Zhao Yanjie, General Manager of JD Group's Public Business in the Zhejiang region, Ma Lijun, General Manager of JD Logistics Zhejiang region, Hu Haiyang, Head of Manufacturing Industry in JD Industrial's East China region, Liu Si, Director of the Strategic Development Center of Hailiang Group, and Li Kailong, Materials Management Department of Hailiang Group's Supply Chain Center.