Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliances Co., Ltd. was established in 1991 and listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in November 1996. In the early days of its establishment, the company mainly relied on assembly to produce household air conditioners. It has now developed into a diversified and technologically based global industrial manufacturing group, covering two major fields of household consumer goods and industrial equipment, and its products are exported to more than 160 countries and regions.
The company has nearly 90,000 employees, including nearly 16,000 R&D personnel and more than 30,000 skilled workers. There are 15 air-conditioning production bases at home and abroad, which are located in Zhuhai, Chongqing, Hefei, Zhengzhou, Wuhan, Shijiazhuang, Wuhu, Changsha, Hangzhou, Luoyang, Nanjing, Ganzhou, Linyi, Brazil and Pakistan; , Shijiazhuang, Wuhu, Tianjin, Zhuhai, 6 renewable resource bases, covering the entire industrial chain from upstream production to downstream recycling, achieving green, circular and sustainable development.
The company currently has 16 research institutes, namely: Refrigeration Technology Research Institute, Electromechanical Technology Research Institute, Home Appliance Technology Research Institute (two), New Energy Environmental Technology Research Institute, Health Technology Research Institute, Communication Technology Research Institute, and Intelligent Equipment Technology Research Institute, Robot Research Institute, Internet of Things Research Institute, Equipment Power Technology Research Institute, Motor System Technology Research Institute, Washing Technology Research Institute, Refrigeration and Refrigeration Technology Research Institute, Building Environment and Energy Conservation Research Institute, Electrical Engineering and Electrical Materials Research Institute. There are a total of 126 research institutes, 1045 laboratories, 1 academician workstation (motor and control), national key laboratories, national engineering technology research centers, national industrial design centers, nationally recognized enterprise technology centers, and robotics engineering technology R&D centers. 1 each, and at the same time become the research and uation base of the National Notification and Consultation Center.
Adhere to innovation-driven. It is proposed that the research and development funds should be "invested on demand, with no upper limit". After long-term accumulation, the company has applied for 93,347 domestic patents, including 48,702 invention patents; accumulated 54,901 authorized patents, including 13,671 invention patents, and applied for 4,390 international patents, including 2,289 PCT applications. The invention authorization has entered the top ten in the country for five consecutive years. Now it has 34 "international leading" technologies, and has won 2 National Science and Technology Progress Awards, 2 National Technology Invention Awards, 2 Chinese Patent Gold Awards, and 3 Chinese Design Gold Awards. According to the statistics released by Nikkei, in 2020, the global market share of Gree household air conditioners will reach 20.1%, and it has stably maintained the first place in the world for 16 consecutive years.
Adhere to quality first. Strictly abide by the tenet of honest management, be guided by customer needs, and strictly focus on quality source control and system construction. In 2018, the company won the third "China Quality Award". In 2019, Gree Electric participated in the drafting of the "Guidelines for Quality Management Based on Customer Demand-led Innovation Circulation", which was approved as a national standard.
Insist on transformation and upgrading. Implement the supply-side structural reform, adjust and optimize the industrial layout, actively promote the upgrading of intelligent manufacturing, and strive to achieve high-quality development. Since 2013, Gree has successively entered the fields of intelligent equipment, communication equipment, molds, etc., and has extended from professional air-conditioning production to diversified high-end technology industries. At present, Gree Intelligent Equipment not only provides advanced equipment for its own automation transformation, but also provides services for many industries such as home appliances, automobiles, food, 3C digital, building materials and sanitary ware.
Gree Electric achieved a total operating income of 139.549 billion yuan in the first three quarters of 2021, a year-on-year increase of 9.48%; a total profit of 18.487 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.43%; and a net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies of 15.645 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 14.21%.
Gree adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, never forgets its original aspiration, keeps its mission firmly in mind, adheres to the real economy, adheres to the development path of self-reliance and independent innovation, accelerates the realization of management informatization, production automation, and product intelligence, and continues to lead the world. Technological development in the HVAC industry, continuous efforts in the fields of intelligent equipment, communication equipment, molds, etc., to create more leading technologies, to continuously meet the global consumers' yearning for a better life, to set sail and write a new chapter in the intelligent era !
