
Siemens showcased China's local innovation achievements during the CIIE and emphasized the shift from a scale-driven to an innovation-driven economic growth model.
During the 9th China International Import Expo, Xiao Song, President of Siemens Greater China, said that Siemens has established the China Innovative Products Division to promote innovative products developed in China to global markets such as Southeast Asia, South America and Southern Europe, realizing the transformation from Chinese innovation to global value.
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The 9th China International Import Expo will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10, 2024. As a multinational enterprise, Siemens is adjusting its strategy in China, shifting from pure sales and manufacturing to local innovative research and development.
China News Service, Shanghai, November 6 (Tao Siyue) The 9th China International Import Expo will be held in Shanghai from November 5 to 10. Xiao Song, President of Siemens Greater China, said in an exclusive interview with China News Service that Siemens has selected products with global market potential from the innovations produced in China and gradually launched them in Southeast Asia, South America, Southern Europe and other regions.
Siemens, headquartered in Germany, is a technology company focusing on industry, infrastructure, transportation and medical fields. Xiao Song introduced that in October 2024, Siemens established the China Innovative Products Division to place product definition and decision-making rights in China, with the purpose of being closer to the Chinese market and responding faster.
He believes that enterprises cannot become "strong" only by "getting bigger". Today's economic growth model has shifted from scale-driven to innovation-driven. "Innovation in China not only solves the problems of Chinese customers, but also creates value for global customers." Xiao Song said that originating from China does not mean it is only applicable to China.
According to reports, Siemens has launched dozens of Chinese local innovative products and has been continuously verified by the market. He believes that Chinese products are going global. On the one hand, new products specially built for the Chinese market have strong demand in overseas markets, such as the second generation of cost-effective small PLCs (programmable logic controllers). On the other hand, Siemens' products are adapted to international certifications and can help Chinese companies that need to go overseas to explore overseas markets.
Xiao Song said that for multinational enterprises, they must abandon the thinking of treating China only as a sales market and manufacturing base and treating innovation as a one-way technology export, and must actively combine the strengths of multinational enterprises with the characteristics of the Chinese market. Whether multinational companies are deeply involved in China or Chinese companies go global, they cannot simply copy the experience of other markets, but must truly understand local needs and integrate into the local ecology.
At the CIIE, Siemens' booth showcased its DC innovation achievements from "0 to 1" in China, which are oriented to high-voltage DC scenarios in intelligent computing centers and have application potential in the international market.

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