Norinco

China North Industries Group Corporation
Norinco Group
Native name
中国兵器工业集团有限公司
Company typeState-owned enterprise
SZSE: 000065 (A ordinary)
Industry
Founded1980 Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
Xicheng District, Beijing
,
China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jiao Kaihe (Chairman)
  • Liu Dashan (President)[1]
Products
RevenueIncrease US$82.6 billion[2] (2023)
Increase US$ 1.7 billion[2] (2023)
Number of employees
216,339 (2023)
Websiteen.norincogroup.com.cn Edit this at Wikidata
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited
Simplified Chinese中国北方工业集团有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國北方工業集團有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Běifāng Gōngyè Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited
Simplified Chinese中国兵器工业集团有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國兵器工業集團有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Bīngqì Gōngyè Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Norinco
Simplified Chinese北方工业
Traditional Chinese北方工業
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBěifāng Gōngyè

China North Industries Group Corporation Limited,[3] doing business internationally as Norinco Group (an abbreviation of "North Industries Corporation"), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited (Chinese: 中国兵器工业集团有限公司[4]), is a Chinese state-owned defense corporation that manufactures commercial and military products. Norinco Group is one of the world's largest defense contractors.[5][6]

The company's subsidiary, China North Industries Corporation (Chinese: 中国北方工业有限公司[7]), or simply Norinco,[8] markets Norinco Group's products internationally, and is also involved in domestic civil construction and military defense projects.[9][10]

Some of Norinco's international customers include Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it negotiated arms-for-minerals deals, as well as Venezuela.[11][12]

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  4. ^ "中国兵器工业集团有限公司 集团简介". Norinco Group. Archived from the original on 2024-05-08. Retrieved 2022-10-04.
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  7. ^ "中国北方工业有限公司 公司简介". Norinco. Archived from the original on 2024-06-24. Retrieved 2022-01-24.
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  9. ^ "Defense Products--北方工业". Norinco. Archived from the original on 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  10. ^ "NORINCO (Company) Aircraft List". Norinco. Archived from the original on 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2018-05-17.
  11. ^ The Anti-Protest Gear Used in Venezuela. The New York Times. YouTube. December 23, 2017. Archived from the original on August 5, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018 – via YouTube.
  12. ^ Chinea, Eyanir; Gupta, Girish (June 11, 2017). Cooney, Peter (ed.). "Venezuela Maduro says children used in protest violence, will write to pope". Reuters. Archived from the original on June 18, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018. Another opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, said recently that 150 armored vehicles bought from Chinese defense conglomerate China North Industries Group Corp, or Norinco, had arrived at Venezuela's Puerto Cabello and were expected to be quickly transported to Caracas for what he called 'repression'. A document seen by Reuters on Sunday showed that Norinco recently shipped 165 vehicles to Venezuela.