On August 29, 2023, in Shangrao, Jiangxi Province, Siemens Digital Industry Software and JinkoSolar signed a deepening strategic cooperation 2.0 agreement. Since the beginning of cooperation in 2017, the two sides have joined hands again today to elevate the strategic cooperation to a new height.

Siemens is the world’s leading supplier of advanced industrial software, and these innovative products provide a good platform for fully integrated digital solutions.

Jinkosolar Co., LTD. (Stock code: 688223) is a world-renowned and innovative solar technology company. Adhering to the mission of “changing the energy structure and assuming future responsibility”, the company strategically lays out the core links of the photovoltaic industry chain, focuses on the integrated research and development and manufacturing of photovoltaic products and the provision of overall clean energy solutions, and leads the global mainstream photovoltaic market in sales.

In order to maintain the international leading level of JinkoSolar’s R & D and manufacturing system, based on the consensus of the two sides on the development direction of digital enterprises and digital energy, on the original basis, strengthen and deepen the partnership.

The cooperation includes

Siemens will fully support Jinkosolar’s continuous innovation and digital business development on the new energy track, and the two sides will take JinkoSolar’s proposed world’s first “super integrated” solar plant containing silicon wafers, batteries and modules as an opportunity to deepen cooperation.

In the construction of global multi-plant collaborative digital manufacturing, Jinkosolar will deepen cooperation with Siemens based on the Siemens Opcenter™ software platform. At the same time, Siemens will help Jinkosolar expand the application of Teamcenter® software, a research and development process management platform for photovoltaic industry, to emerging industries such as energy storage, and help JinkoSolar quickly establish a unified PLM platform for collaborative research and development with a variety of energy situations such as “solar hydrogen storage”.

Jinkosolar co-founder and CEO Chen Kangping, CIO Wang Xingwang, Siemens Digital Industry Software global Senior Vice president and Managing Director of Greater China Liang Naiming, energy industry Vice president Sun Zihua and other relevant leadership colleagues, participated in the signing ceremony of deepening strategic cooperation 2.0.

“Siemens fully supports Jinkosolar’s innovative development on the new energy track, and helps Jinkosolar build an overall digital solution for clean energy.”

— Liang Naiming

Siemens Digital Industrial Software

Global Senior Vice President and Managing Director, Greater China

“The 176-year history of Siemens and the quality of German manufacturing have always been a role model for Jinko to learn from, and I hope the two sides will deepen cooperation and help Jinko accelerate its development.”

— Chen Kangping

Co-founder and CEO of Jinkosolar

The two sides also carried out further communication on visits and mutual visits, digital factory benchmarking cooperation, digital main line, digital talent training and other aspects. Jinkosolar will use the better play of digital technology to empower business, promote management changes, achieve value enhancement, and continuously improve the company’s digital high-quality development.

Jinkosolar Infrastructure Director Wang Zhenyu, Siemens Digital Industrial Software Greater China technology Vice president Li Zhiming, energy industry account director Shi Weitao and other relevant personnel also attended the signing ceremony.