On August 18, People's Daily published a front-page article titled "Moving Toward 'New' and Riding the 'Digital' Wave, Gathering 'Chains' into Clusters — Guangxi Promotes High-Quality Development of the Manufacturing Industry," which praised Liuzhou's construction machinery enterprises for clustering into a strong chain with remarkable results.

The article wrote:

How can a single wheel loader have more than 80% of its components sourced locally?

In Liuzhou, more than 200 small and medium-sized enterprises in the construction machinery sector have clustered to form a strong chain: some have made breakthroughs in key technologies for construction machinery transmission systems, some are developing integrated robotic systems, and some have launched software products that help more than 50 suppliers "move to the cloud"... Zheng Jin, Chairman of Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd., said: "Large, medium and small enterprises are shoring up weaknesses and strengthening areas of weakness, dividing work rationally and collaborating efficiently, turning the industrial chain into a 'win-win chain.'"

By supplementing, extending and strengthening the chain, Guangxi has carried out an industrial chain upgrading initiative and cultivated 11 national-level specialized industrial clusters of small and medium-sized enterprises, including one for earthmoving machinery parts and components.

From "single-point breakthroughs" to "ecological prosperity," Liugong has always been on the move.

In leading the improvement of industrial chain competitiveness, Liugong has accelerated independent R&D of key components and built the most complete components system in the construction machinery industry. It has successively established joint ventures and partnerships with world-class companies such as Germany's ZF and the US's Cummins, and formed strategic cooperation alliances with industry-leading suppliers such as Hengli and CATL, continuously promoting and replicating Liugong's quality philosophy and management methods across the industrial chain.

At the same time, Liugong has given full play to its leading role as a "chain leader" enterprise, driving more than 2,000 upstream and downstream enterprises and forming a highly competitive "supply chain integration model." It has also driven the clustered development of the local machinery industry chain, fostering the formation of Liuzhou's regional construction machinery supply chain and industrial chain, with supporting enterprises reaching an industrial scale of over 10 billion yuan.

In addition, Liugong has established a sound green supply chain management system and clearly defined environmental codes of conduct and requirements for suppliers. By building a supply chain management platform (SRM), it promotes green procurement, conducts environmental performance assessments and screening of suppliers, and actively carries out green technology exchanges and cooperation with suppliers to promote the application of green materials, green processes and green packaging. It was successfully selected as a "2024 Green Supply Chain Management Enterprise" by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.

In the future, Liugong will give play to the exemplary and leading role of a "chain leader" enterprise, continue to promote "Liugong experience" to industrial chain partners, and contribute "Liugong strength" to consolidating the foundation for high-quality development of key manufacturing industrial chains.