On December 13, the Shandong Heavy Industry Weichai Group 2026 Global Supplier Conference with the theme of "Value addition in the whole chain, sharing the future" was held in Yantai. Ye Jianjun, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Director and Chairman of the Labor Union of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, attended and spoke. Ma Changhai, Member of the Party Committee and Deputy General Manager of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, and Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman and General Manager of Weichai Group, attended the meeting. A total of over 800 Weichai global supplier partners attended the meeting.

Ye Jianjun pointed out that since the beginning of this year, Weichai Group has maintained a high-quality development momentum, effectively ensuring that the main operating indicators of Shandong Heavy Industry hit a new high. The achievements are attributed to the collaborative progress of upstream and downstream industrial chains, and the vast number of suppliers have played a mainstay role in technological innovation, product quality, and efficient delivery. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, Weichai will join hands with global supplier partners to jointly build an open innovation matrix, and achieve "value addition in the whole chain" through chained innovation; focus on new changes, continuously lead the power upgrade of heavy trucks, construction machinery, agricultural machinery, ships, power generation and other industries, and cultivate strategic growth engines; build a whole-process smart network to construct an upright supply chain ecology; jointly practice the ESG concept and transform sustainable development requirements into strong industrial competitiveness.

Ma Changhai said that in the face of the complex and severe external environment and fierce industry competition, all supplier partners have always resonated with Weichai at the same frequency and fought side by side, becoming Weichai's most solid reliance. At present, Weichai is in a strategic opportunity period of promoting high-quality development and building a modern industrial system. Weichai will join hands with global supplier partners to seek safety from "integrity", value from "quality", efficiency from "collaboration", power from "innovation", and future from "green".

The conference announced the "ESG Value Partner Award", "Excellent Quality Award", "Excellent Development Award" and "Gold Supplier Award" of Shandong Heavy Industry Weichai Group for 2025, and presented awards to the winning enterprises.

Weichai and supplier representatives launched the "Integrity-Building Community" initiative, and jointly read and signed the letter of commitment for building integrity and credibility. Weichai and supplier partners will jointly build a "clean industrial chain", deeply integrate integrity and compliance into the whole process of the industrial chain, and build the "Integrity-Building Community" into a "safety project" and "win-win project" to ensure the steady and long-term development of the enterprise.

During the conference, the heads of each business respectively made special reports on issues such as market trends, technological innovation, SOFC technology application, new energy development planning, quality control and supply chain construction, providing clear guidelines for the collaborative development of upstream and downstream enterprises.

In the future, Weichai and global supplier partners will take "value addition in the whole chain" as the path and "sharing the future" as the vision, gather the majestic synergy of high-quality industrial chains, and jointly support a brand new future that belongs to Weichai and every partner.