On November 5, the opening day of the 9th China International Import Expo (CIIE), Siemens signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Nanjing Municipal People’s Government covering the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030). The multinational corporation, rooted in Nanjing for over a century, will focus on three major areas—industrial AI, smart manufacturing, and smart grids—to further expand its investment footprint in the city.
Siemens’ ties with Nanjing date back to 1922. Up to now, Siemens has established a complete value chain in Nanjing covering R&D, production, sales, and services. Its Nanjing-based CNC company, Siemens’ first native digital factory globally, has been recognized as a World Economic Forum “Lighthouse Factory” and a national-level Green Factory, serving as a benchmark for smart and green manufacturing in Nanjing.
The two sides will deepen cooperation across three key areas. In smart manufacturing, Siemens will continue to expand the production capacity of its native digital factory in Nanjing, strengthen the localized production of key components, and support the planning and construction of a “Siemens Eco-Industrial Park” in Nanjing that integrates R&D, production, and supply chains. In artificial intelligence, the two sides will jointly build a benchmark for high-quality industrial datasets and advance the R&D and scenario-based deployment of embodied AI technologies. In smart grids, leveraging its full-value-chain expertise in “source-grid-load-storage,” Siemens will engage deeply with local industrial chain partners in Nanjing and participate in the technological innovation and scenario validation of smart urban rail transit.
A senior Siemens executive stated that Nanjing’s robust manufacturing foundation and open, inclusive industrial innovation ecosystem give the company confidence to keep investing and growing here. Going forward, Siemens will draw on its “global experience and local innovation” to help accelerate Nanjing’s manufacturing sector toward greater intelligence and sustainability.
From a century-long partnership to this strategic upgrade under the 15th Five-Year Plan, Siemens’ ongoing investment expansion fully reflects foreign firms’ long-term confidence in Nanjing’s industrial ecosystem. It underscores the strong appeal of this Yangtze River Delta advanced manufacturing hub for global high-end industrial resources.
