Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group

The Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group (Chinese: 山东魏桥创业, shawn-tung way-CH'YOW) is a Chinese private company active in the textiles industry; it is also the parent company of the aluminium company China Hongqiao Group.[2][3][4]

Abdoulaye Magassouba, the Ghanaian Minister of Mines and Geology, visiting a Shandong Weiqiao aluminium refinery.
Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group
TypePrivate
Industryaluminium, textiles, clothing
Founded1998 (1998)
FoundersZhang Shiping
Headquarters
Binzhou
,
China
Area served
China, Indonesia, Guinea
Key people
Zhang Bo (CEO)
RevenueUS$41.9 billion[1] (2021)
Number of employees
100,395[1] (2021)
Websiteweiqiaocy.com
Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group
Traditional Chinese山東魏橋創業有限公司
Simplified Chinese山东魏桥创业有限公司
Literal meaningShandong Weiqiao Pioneering Company Limited

Originating as a towel manufacturer, Weiqiao produces cotton, denim and synthetic fabrics.[5][6] Zhang Shiping was the moving force behind the company's expansion from the 1970s onward.[7]

The holding company Shandong Weiqiao was founded in 1998.[8]

It has aluminium operations in Indonesia and Guinea.[9][10]

In 2021, it was ranked 282nd on the Fortune Global 500.[1]

References
  1. "Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group | 2021 Global 500". Fortune.
  2. "China's Weiqiao chairman retires, son takes over: media". Reuters. October 8, 2018 – via www.reuters.com.
  3. "Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Archives". Aluminium Insider.
  4. "ABOUT US-Shandong Weiqiao Venture Co., Ltd".
  5. Centre, International Trade (December 31, 2007). Cotton Exporter's Guide. United Nations. ISBN 9789213614907 – via Google Books.
  6. Xu, Yi-Chong (July 29, 2017). Sinews of Power: The Politics of the State Grid Corporation of China. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-027952-3 – via Google Books.
  7. Kipnis, Andrew B. (March 29, 2016). From Village to City: Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat. Univ of California Press. ISBN 9780520289710 – via Google Books.
  8. "Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co Ltd - Company Profile and News". Bloomberg.com.
  9. Shaoshi, Xu (April 16, 2020). China Inward and Outward Investment Development Report 2016. Routledge. ISBN 9780429513688 – via Google Books.
  10. Shaoshi, Xu (June 14, 2020). BRI and International Cooperation in Industrial Capacity: Industrial Layout Study. Routledge. ISBN 9780429513626 – via Google Books.
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