Jiangsu reports flying start in foreign trade in New Year

3000 Higer buses will be sent to Algeria via multiple ports including Shanghai Port and the Taicang Port Area of Suzhou Port. The total amount is over 1.5 billion yuan, making it the largest single export order for Chinese buses to date.

Lan Chenggui, an overseas sales clerk with Suzhou Kinglong Higer Bus, explained that the product’s core feature lay in its comprehensive adaptive development for local high-temperature and sandy road conditions, marking the company’s successful localization shift from “going out” to “rooting in.”

Spearheaded by Suzhou Kinglong Higer, many Jiangsu enterprises are stepping up their efforts to adjust their structure and expand their markets in a bid to constantly seek new opportunities and breakthroughs in the global market.

In Wuxi, SAIC Maxus' high-temperature and corrosion-resistant pickup trucks are exported to countries including Mexico and Australia. In Xuzhou, XCMG exports nearly a hundred high-end material handling equipment to international markets including Europe and Southeast Asia.

These enterprises have transformed from product output to full value chain service output by setting up professional technical teams and established on-site service mechanisms.

XCMG has established a global service network capable of providing customers with full value-chain service support—from delivery commissioning to long-term operation and maintenance—Sun Wei, deputy general manager of XCMG Port Machinery, stated. He added that the company’s recently exported equipment was equipped with a new generation of intelligent electric drive technology, which had been continuously optimized for energy-efficiency management and scenario adaptability, including models such as the new-generation electric front-mounted stacker crane and new-energy forklifts.

After carrying out extensive product upgrades and offering customized development for customers in different regions worldwide, the company plans to expand its footprint from 103 countries and regions to 130, with an internal challenge target of increasing overseas sales by 70 to 80 percent this year, Wang Ying, secretary of the Party committee of SAIC Maxus Automotive Co., Ltd. Wuxi Branch, noted.

In the new year's export products, Jiangsu has continued to expand the proportion of high-tech products and green low-carbon products in a bid to promote the acceleration of its leap towards the mid-to-high end of the value chain. On January 13th, two newly built giant ships with a total value of 420 million yuan made their maiden voyage at Taizhou Port, breaking the daily delivery record at Taizhou Port. SS "Ping Nei" bound for Vietnam is currently the world's largest multi-purpose heavy lift vessel with a combined lifting capacity of 300 tons, capable of efficiently carrying super large equipment including 100-meter wind turbine blades.

Changzhou's new power equipment made inroads into the high-end European market in the new year, including 9 new technologies that have filled China's technological gap and are widely applicable to emerging fields such as the new energy industry and ocean platforms.

Having secured orders for more than 100 overseas projects and made progress in entering high-end international markets, the company has now shifted its strategic focus from traditional photovoltaic and wind power equipment to higher-end transformers designed for power AI data center applications, Chen Qi, chief engineer of Jiangsu Huapeng Transformer Co., Ltd, said.

In other development, the pressure vessels in Zhangjiagang have been applied to the super large LNG project in Qatar. Wind power equipment from Haimen have been installed in Belt and Road countries. A large unmanned transport aircraft from Kunshan has completed its first cargo flight mission in the Middle East region.