Recently, the Nihon Keizai Shimbun summarized and released the '2017 Global Market Ranking of Major Commodities and Services'. In the field of household air conditioners, the market share of Chinese companies has always maintained a huge advantage, taking the top three. Among them, Gree has a market share of 21.9. The absolute advantage of % ranks first, exceeding the second place by 7 percentage points.
The picture shows the results of the air-conditioner survey released by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei Chinese Network)
Gree Electric Appliances can maintain the world's number one market share in household air conditioners for many years. This is inseparable from Gree Electric's insistence on independent innovation and mastering core technology for many years.
Independent innovation for Gree to put wings
When General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the second meeting of the Central Finance and Economics Committee on the afternoon of July 13, he stressed that the key core technology is the country's heavy weapon, which is of great significance to promoting the high-quality development of China's economy and safeguarding national security. Key core technology innovation capabilities, firmly grasp the initiative of science and technology in their own hands, and provide strong technical support for China's development.
Since 1995, the sales volume of Gree air conditioners has leapt to the first place in China. In the process of moving to a broader market, Gree has realized the importance of mastering core technologies. Gree must become a '100-year enterprise' and must strengthen the road of independent innovation. , hold the pulse of development in your own hands.
Thanks to the enterprise genes of 'mastering core technology' and the unremitting pursuit of independent innovation, Gree continues to break through on the road of independent innovation, and its research and development strength is growing stronger.
At present, among the more than 80,000 employees of Gree Electric Appliances, the number of R&D personnel has exceeded 12,000. Gree has a national key laboratory, a national industrial design center, two national technology research centers, and 12 research institutes. Institutes, 727 advanced laboratories, have developed 24 'international leading' technologies, applied for 36,949 patents, and participated in the formulation of various national standards and international standards.
In 2016, 2017, in the list of Chinese invention patents published by the State Intellectual Property Office for two consecutive years, Gree's invention application volume and invention authorization amount ranked seventh in the country, ranking first in the household appliance industry.
In recent days, the State Intellectual Property Office has released statistics on China's patents, trademarks, and geographical indications in the first half of 2018 to the society. Among them, among the top 10 domestic enterprises in China's invention patent grants in the first half of 2018, Zhuhai Gree Electric Appliance Co., Ltd. ranks seventh with 787 patents, and is the only home appliance company to enter the top ten.
Entering the era of 'diversity'
In recent years, Gree has entered the era of 'diversity', and has completed high-end smart home appliances, high-end industrial robots, high-end CNC machine tools, high-end new energy technologies from specialized air-conditioning enterprises to diversified intelligent human settlement products and high-end equipment companies. , the layout of strategic emerging industries such as high-end precision molds.
In 2018, Gree's self-developed high-performance servo motor for industrial robots was identified as 'international leading', successfully reversed the situation that China's high-end robot servo system relied on foreign imports, breaking the foreign brands on high-performance servo system products. The technological monopoly has improved the level of lean manufacturing and green manufacturing in China, and brought new power to more intelligent equipment companies in China to help transform and upgrade the manufacturing industry.
Dong Mingzhu emphasized: 'Innovation is the eternal topic, and the challenge is our motivation.' Persevering in the road of independent innovation is the goal of Gree. In the journey of independent innovation, Gree has achieved fruitful results.
In the future, Gree will unswervingly follow the road of independent innovation, 'taking key common technologies, cutting-edge technology, modern engineering technology, and disruptive technological innovation as breakthroughs, dare to take the road that no one has ever walked, and strive to achieve key core technology independence. Controllable, take the initiative of innovation, and take the initiative to develop in your own hands.'