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Area served
  
Worldwide

Headquarters
  
Chengdu, China

Founded
  
1984

Type
  
State-owned enterprise

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Industry
  
Power plant equipment manufacturing

Key people
  
Wang Ji (王计) (Chairman)

Website
  
Dongfang Electric Corporation Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited

Subsidiaries
  
Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited

Dongfang electric machinery


Dongfang Electric Corporation (Chinese: 东方电气集团) is a Chinese state-owned corporation engaged in the manufacturing of power generators and the contracts of power station projects. According to Platts, in 2009-10 the company was the second largest manufacturer of steam turbines by worldwide market share, tying with Harbin Electric and slightly behind Shanghai Electric.

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History

It was founded in 1984 and is based in Chengdu, Sichuan. Its subsidiary is Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited (Chinese: 东方电气股份有限公司) (SEHK: 1072,SSE: 600875). Its H shares and A shares were listed on the Hong Kong and Shanghai.

  • 1958: Dongfang Electric Machinery Plant (Chinese: 东方电机厂) was established.
  • 1984: Dongfang Electric Corporation was established.
  • 1993: China Dongfang Electric Machinery Plant was restructured to form Dongfang Electric Machinery Company Limited (Chinese: 东方电机股份有限公司).
  • 1994: Dongfang Electric Machinery Company was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
  • 1995: Dongfang Electric Machinery Company was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
  • 2007: China Dongfang Electric Corporation was listed entirely in Dongfang Electric Machinery Company. Dongfang Electric Machinery Company was renamed to Dongfang Electric Corporation Limited (Chinese: 东方电气股份有限公司).

    • References

    Dongfang Electric Wikipedia
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