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China Coal Group Secures Fresh Canadian Contract As International Expansion Continues To Strengthen
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On 29 January, a delegation of Canadian business representatives visited China Coal Group for an inspection and exchange. Building upon existing cooperation, both parties reached new procurement agreements and successfully signed contracts, marking fresh progress in the Group's deepening engagement with the North American market and strengthening Sino-Canadian economic and trade collaboration. Mr Li Zhenbo, General Manager of the Group's Information Technology Division and concurrently General Manager of Zhong Yun Intelligent Machinery (Yantai) Corp.,LTD, along with Deputy General Manager Zhang Hang, hosted the delegation throughout the visit and jointly witnessed the enhanced cooperation.
Business delegates conducted on-site visits to the smart manufacturing achievements exhibition hall, digital workshops, and the unmanned aerial vehicle and intelligent robotics exhibition hall, focusing their inspection on core equipment such as excavators and skid steer loaders, alongside intelligent unmanned systems. They expressed high praise for the upgraded technical performance of the products, their stability in meeting international standards, and the level of intelligent production, affirming China Coal Group's commitment to continuous innovation. Such equipment has been sold to 176 countries and regions through the Group's ‘online + offline’ global marketing network. Monthly overseas sales of compact excavators alone reach nearly 400 units, with the North American market share steadily increasing.
During the symposium, Mr Li outlined China Coal Group's international expansion strategy, which leverages the Group's overseas subsidiaries to establish multilingual cross-border e-commerce teams and a global logistics network. This forms a comprehensive overseas service system spanning the entire chain from R&D to ‘production, sales and after-sales support’. Business partners expressed strong recognition of the Group's sustained innovation capabilities, bespoke solutions and well-established overseas service network, finalising a new batch of purchase orders on the spot.
As an innovative pilot enterprise in cross-border e-commerce designated by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, China Coal Group has established stable cooperative networks in key regions such as North America, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. The group has previously achieved in-depth collaborations with countries along ‘the Belt and Road Initiative‘, such as Chile, as well as with multiple nations in North America. Moving forward, the group will continue to empower product upgrades through technological innovation, deepen long-term and stable partnerships with global collaborators, and consolidate its international market presence, injecting stronger momentum from China Coal into China-Canada economic and trade exchanges and the global expansion of 'Made in China'.
On October 30, Li Zhenbo, General Manager of Information Technology at Shandong China Coal Group and General Manager of Zhongyun Group, was invited to deliver a keynote presentation at an activity organized by the Teaching and Research Group of the Shandong Province Technical and Vocational Schools Admissions and Employment (Industry-Education Integration) Center. The event brought together 23 technical and vocational schools across the province and focused on innovative integration of artificial intelligence with technical and vocational education, sharing practical achievements from the front lines of industry and jointly exploring new approaches to cultivating versatile digital-skills professionals through school-enterprise collaboration.
Recently, the Zhongmei Zhiren AI system, independently developed by the Intelligent Research Institute of Shandong China Coal Group, has continued to evolve and improve. Drawing on core technologies including large language models (LLMs), retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), AI agent workflow orchestration, multimodal vision, and audio and video generation, it is building a dedicated end-to-end AI platform for China’s industrial and mining supplies sector. The platform uses independently controllable AI technology to support the digital transformation of domestic and international trade and foster new quality productive forces.
Recently, three sets of software independently developed by Shandong China Coal Industry & Mining Supplies Group Co., Ltd. have successfully passed the review of the National Copyright Administration and obtained the Computer Software Copyright Registration Certificates. The three certified achievements are all built-in agent modules of the China Coal Zhiren AI System, namely: China Coal Zhiqing Image Management Tool V1.0, China Coal Construction Machinery Foreign Trade Independent Website System V1.0, and China Coal Mining Machinery Foreign Trade Independent Website System V1.0. This marks the continuous expansion of the ecological layout of the China Coal Zhiren AI System and the further consolidation of self-developed technical barriers.
Shandong China Coal Mining Support Equipment Co., Ltd. was founded in the 1990s with more than 1100 employees. It now has 53 professional companies, 3 Hong Kong companies, 1 British Cayman company and 1 American company. It is a large diversified industrial group integrating intelligent equipment manufacturing, e-commerce, software research and development and intelligent logistics, which is cultivated and supported by the Ministry of industry and information technology, the Ministry of Commerce, the development and Reform Commission, Shandong Province and Jining City.
