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Digital Innovation Drives Growth: Shandong China Coal Group’s In-House Zhiren AI System Empowers the Real Economy
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Rooted in Jining and serving the world, Shandong China Coal Group continues to develop AI applications for the real economy. Independently developed by the Group’s Intelligent Research Institute, the China Coal Zhiren AI System is a landmark innovation by a Jining-based manufacturer in industry-specific large models and AI agent applications. It uses technological innovation to support industrial upgrading and the high-quality development of the local digital economy.
In recent years, Shandong China Coal Group has focused on its core business of mining equipment manufacturing and pursued collaborative innovation among industry, academia, and research institutions. It has strengthened R&D in intelligent equipment hardware while advancing AI software systems, forming a dedicated AI R&D team. Rather than following a homogenized approach to general-purpose models, the Group addresses real industry challenges and focuses on building a system of AI agents tailored to the industrial and mining sectors. The Zhiren AI System includes multiple in-house modules, such as a domestic-market listing agent, a foreign trade analysis agent, an inquiry capture agent, and a digital electronic invoicing agent. With new software copyrights continually added, the Group has built a comprehensive portfolio of independently owned intellectual property, demonstrating the confidence and capabilities of a private enterprise committed to independent innovation.
This self-developed AI system not only helps China Coal Group improve the quality and efficiency of its own operations, but also supports local small and medium-sized manufacturers by sharing proven practices in AI-driven operations, digital customer acquisition, and cross-border expansion, helping more traditional businesses lower the barriers to digital transformation. At the same time, the Zhiren AI System works in tandem with the Group’s intelligent mining equipment to provide an integrated "intelligent equipment + intelligent services" solution. Showcased at various skills exhibitions and industry matchmaking events, it has become a technological showcase for Jining’s vitality in intelligent manufacturing and digital foreign trade innovation.
When technology thrives, industries flourish; when innovation grows stronger, enterprises become stronger. Shandong China Coal Group will continue to remain committed to industry and deepen its focus on scientific and technological innovation, continuously iterate and optimize the China Coal Zhiren AI System, harness new quality productive forces through AI technology, and stay committed to a path of independent innovation, openness, and win-win cooperation, continuously contributing China Coal’s strength to the digital transformation of Jining’s manufacturing industry and the high-quality development of foreign trade across the province.
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.
