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Key points: China’s Samsung has been in China for more than 30 years and has delivered a brilliant report card of “localization deepening” and “industrial collaboration”. From the completion of the first factory in China to the comprehensive layout of high-end industrial bases; from the manufacturing of a single product to the construction of a full-chain green supply chain, China Samsung has integrated the concept of sustainable development into every link of R&D, production and operation.

The 2025 Annual Meeting of the Boao Forum for Asia sets its mark again, and the global focus is on the issue of "sustainable development". Samsung China has been in China for more than 30 years and has delivered a brilliant report card of "localization deepening" and "industrial collaboration". From the completion of the first factory in China to the comprehensive layout of high-end industrial bases; from the manufacturing of a single product to the construction of a full-chain green supply chain, China Samsung has integrated the concept of sustainable development into every link of R&D, production and operation.

Green empowerment drives sustainable development practice

As an industry pioneer in practicing the concept of sustainable development, China Samsung has achieved remarkable results in the construction of green factories through dual driving force of technological innovation and management innovation, improving the utilization efficiency of water, electricity, gas and other resources from the production source system, and relying on advanced resource recycling technology to achieve the leading level of waste resource utilization.

China's Samsung companies have adapted to local conditions and formed a green development model with their own characteristics. Samsung Electronics (Suzhou) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has implemented an "engineer-centered" energy-saving model, fully utilized the professional advantages of technical personnel, and implemented a series of fruitful energy-saving transformation projects, fully demonstrating the energy-saving potential of technological innovation. At the same time, the company's innovative and developed "classified membrane treatment" process uses the whole film recycling technology without chemical additions to directly use the classified wastewater after treatment, which greatly reduces water resource consumption. These innovative practices not only demonstrate China’s Samsung’s leading advantage in green development, but also provide replicable and popularizable solutions for the industry’s “performance priority”.

In Suzhou, another legal entity of Samsung, Suzhou Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., has pioneered the integration of digital transformation into green development and built an intelligent energy monitoring platform. The platform has achieved remarkable results through real-time monitoring, intelligent analysis and early warning management of energy use: in the past five years of operation (as of 2023), the company's comprehensive energy consumption per 10,000 yuan output value has been reduced by 29.6%, and the proportion of renewable energy use has increased by 78%, which fully proves the important role of digital management in energy conservation and emission reduction.

In the process of promoting its own green transformation, give full play to the leading role of the "chain leader" and build a green supply chain ecological system. Samsung Electronics (Suzhou) Semiconductor Co., Ltd. has innovatively developed a raw and auxiliary material supplier management system, and systematically improves the green management level of supply chain by forming a professional team to provide suppliers with free technical guidance. Under its promotion, Suzhou Qunce Technology Company, one of Samsung's suppliers, has achieved remarkable results in energy conservation and emission reduction. "In the long-term cooperation with Samsung, our environmental protection capabilities have grown and improved. In 2023, the recycled water volume was 1.24 million tons, the recycled rate reached 51.1%, the weight reduction rate of waste filter elements reached 48%, and the resource recycling efficiency was greatly improved," said the person in charge of the company.

Through green design, China Samsung carries out green procurement, develops collaboratively with suppliers, optimizes processes, shares information, and improves manufacturing level together. "China Samsung President Yang Jie said. At present, China Samsung has formed a long-term and stable ecological cooperation circle with nearly 3,000 suppliers.

Resonance at the same frequency, deepen the layout of high-end manufacturing

In the wave of changing global economic structure, China's Samsung has demonstrated the in-depth cultivation of its industrial layout in China and the improvement of the supply chain system with its solid pace of sustainable development, confirming the far-reaching value of multinational enterprises and host markets resonating with each other.

In recent years, China's Samsung has kept pace with the development trend of the industry and continued to increase investment in cutting-edge industries such as semiconductors, MLCC (multi-layer ceramic capacitors), and new energy vehicle power batteries, demonstrating its deep accumulation in the field of technological innovation.

Tianjin plays an important role in Samsung's high-end industry map in China. In 2018, Tianjin Samsung Electric Co., Ltd. made a forward-looking investment and construction of the world's leading MLCC factory, attracting upstream and downstream enterprises in domestic and foreign industrial chains to settle in Tianjin. These supporting enterprises cover all links from raw material supply, parts production to product assembly, logistics and transportation, forming a complete industrial chain. The OLED flexible screen production line of Tianjin Samsung Vision Mobile Co., Ltd. and the power battery project of Samsung (Tianjin) Battery Co., Ltd., which was constructed simultaneously further consolidate Tianjin's competitiveness in the fields of new energy vehicles, consumer electronics, etc.

Tianjin Samsung Electric Co., Ltd.

It can be seen that Samsung's high-end manufacturing projects in China not only attract a large number of supporting companies to gather, but also have a positive and far-reaching demonstration effect on local companies. In the process of in-depth cooperation with Samsung, many supporting companies have continuously absorbed advanced concepts and technical nutrients and continuously improved their technical level and production capabilities. Through technology spillover and supply chain collaboration, China Samsung has successfully built a strong industrial ecosystem. China Samsung's trinity model of "technology-industry-ecology" has promoted the upgrading and expansion of regional industrial clusters, injected new vitality into the high-quality development of the regional economy, and wrote a new paradigm for deep integration and win-win results with multinational enterprises and local economy.

"Through an integrated full-ecological and full-chain solution, China Samsung has deeply integrated into China's industrial chain and supply chain." Yang Jie said. Samsung China is increasing its investment in semiconductors, electronic components, automotive batteries, etc., providing greener and lower-carbon products to related industries, striving to become an indispensable solution provider and a "bridge" connecting consumers and the market.

China Samsung, which adheres to the concept of "being a company loved by the Chinese people and contributing to Chinese society", interprets the connotation of sustainable development with its practical actions. This is not only a vivid footnote to the Boao Forum's "sustainable development" concept, but also reveals the evolution direction of collaborative innovation in the industrial chain under the new situation of globalization. Only by building an open and shared green industrial ecology with technological innovation as the link can we achieve a sustainable future of high-quality development.