December 2022, on the occasion of the first China-Arab Summit, many Chinese companies signed cooperation agreements with Saudi Arabia. Among them, Nanjing Zhongtu Digital Technology Co., Ltd., an industrial digital professional service company from Nanjing, is particularly eye-catching. Their customer service team was invited by Saudi Aramco, one of the world's largest oil companies, went to Jubair City, Saudi Arabia to conduct on-site acceptance inspections for the digital factory operation and maintenance services that started three years ago, and was highly praised.
Saudi Arabia is one of the first countries to actively respond to the "Belt and Road Initiative" initiative. As China's largest trading partner in the Middle East, Saudi Arabia and China have established a comprehensive strategic partnership, and the digital economy is one of the key areas of cooperation between the two sides. The successful cooperation between China and Saudi Aramco actively responded to the call of the country's "Belt and Road Initiative", contributed to the construction of "Belt and Road Initiative", and won word-of-mouth and reputation for Chinese enterprises, Chinese projects and even Chinese services in Saudi Arabia.
Saudi Aramco is one of the largest oil companies in the world. Its chairman Lu Meiyan said in an interview with Xinhua News Agency that China's "One Belt One Road" initiative has many similarities with Saudi Arabia's "2030 Vision". It is conducive to cooperating with Chinese partners, moving forward side by side, and contributing to maintaining the security and stability of the industrial supply chain. Nanjing Zhongtu has always been committed to becoming a "partner for the digital transformation of the process industry", and has long provided engineering facilities for energy and chemical giants such as PetroChina, CNOOC, Sinopec, ConocoPhillips, Shell, Bayer, and BASF. Service.
in September 2009, Nanjing Zhongtu and Saudi Aramco established business ties and won bids for two new digital plant system projects and one digital plant system implementation and operation and maintenance project in 2014 and 2018, respectively, with deliverables highly recognized by Saudi Aramco leaders at all levels. In December 2019, after 10 years of customer inspection and many certifications and tests, Nanjing Zhongtu finally won the recognition and trust of Saudi Aramco in the international market, signed a five-year digital factory operation and maintenance service contract with SABIC, which belongs to Saudi Aramco, established a milestone cooperation, and opened the curtain of Nanjing Zhongtu's contribution to the digital transformation of the energy and chemical industry.
After that, Nanjing Zhongtu was also invited to participate in the Saudi Aramco Alliance framework service start-up plan. The business scope of the first phase of the five-year agreement includes digital transformation services related to digital factory system platform implementation and development, engineering data delivery and maintenance, massive data analysis and processing, and post-operation and maintenance of high-value applications. There are more than 20 wholly-owned and joint venture companies in Saudi Arabia, as well as regional companies in Asia, Europe and North America, it is expected to generate related demand services for about millions of man-hours.
Nanjing Zhongtu, said that looking at the current status of corporate digital transformation, the new generation of technologies represented by big data, cloud computing, and industrial Internet platforms are developing rapidly. All these are constantly being deeply integrated with the traditional energy industry, giving birth to More innovative technologies. Data is the new oil, and digitalization is the key for enterprises to participate in market competition. External pressure is forcing energy and chemical enterprises to transform to digitalization, networking and intelligence. Nanjing Zhongtu has been focusing on the digital transformation of the process industry for 18 years. It has accumulated advanced technology and rich industrial experience, and has innovated a variety of service models for customers.
As an international engineering technology service provider, Nanjing Zhongtu has provided professional technical services and solutions to hundreds of large and medium-sized engineering companies and design institutes at home and abroad, and enjoys a wide range of brand reputation in the industry. In addition to Saudi SABIC's long-term digital services, as far as the Middle East is concerned, Nanjing China Map has also successfully implemented the UAE ADNOC's Hanshan factory digital project and the Takreer's three-dimensional digital delivery project for oil depots, demonstrating the enterprise's positioning and mission of "digital transformation partner and building a dream and intelligent future.
the industrial Internet and digital smart factories are changing people's work and life at an alarming rate. Facing the future, Nanjing China Map is more firmly optimistic about the broad prospects of digital transformation in the industrial field. Feng Qiang confidently said that under the deep engineering design background and long-term digital main service advantages, Nanjing China Map will gradually adapt to the diverse and sustainable needs of cross-industry, try its best to help customers focus on core business, continue to explore and innovate in the field of industrial technical services and industrial software, and continue to provide customers with professional, flexible and efficient digital transformation and upgrading solutions with high-quality services and localization of products. Mutual assistance and mutual benefit, grow together and strive to become a global leading provider of digital integrated solutions for the process industry.