China's manufacturing industry is undergoing a profound transformation from a "scale dividend" to "value creation". Amidst overcapacity, low-price competition, and the " involution" dilemma of global supply chain restructuring, finding new growth drivers has become an urgent need for the industry. As a leading global player in the industrial sector, Siemens, leveraging its deep industrial experience and innovative technologies, is actively responding to this change in the Chinese market by launching the "China Acceleration 2.0" strategy. The aim is to help Chinese enterprises break through growth bottlenecks and achieve high-value transformation through localized practices.

On March 25th, Siemens officially announced the launch of the "China Acceleration 2.0" strategy and simultaneously released 18 innovative products specifically designed for the Chinese market. These products cover multiple fields including PLCs, HMIs, drives, power supplies, and switches, including the S7-1200 G2++, SMART PLC V3.0, SMART LINE HMI V5, SINAMICS V20, etc. They are intended to provide Chinese customers with a richer product portfolio and more cost-effective solutions.

Among them, the four CPU models of the new S7-200 SMART PLC V3.0 series have been preemptively released, winning widespread market attention for their powerful upgrade features. The XCB016 SMART 16-port unmanaged switch, meticulously developed by the Chinese team, adopts the design concept of "small size, big impact", bringing an innovative experience to industrial networks. In addition, the new power supply redundancy module, SITOP RED1000, significantly enhances the reliability and stability of power systems with its design that eliminates "single points of failure".

Notably, Siemens has also introduced the new generation SMART LINE V5 brilliant series panel, which has been enhanced in both hardware and software. Particularly, it supports the expansion of IoT modules, enabling remote access and data maintenance of equipment, reducing business travel costs for enterprises, and improving production efficiency. At the same time, Siemens has also released the new generation S7-1200 G2 PLC, which is part of the Siemens Xcelerator plan. With its excellent connectivity and efficient data processing capabilities, this controller achieves seamless integration between operational technology (OT) and information technology (IT).

The 18 products under Siemens' "China Acceleration 2.0" strategy are not only a precise response to the pain points of China's manufacturing industry but also a localized practice sample amidst the global Industry 4.0 wave. These innovative tools lower the threshold for transformation through technology democratization, unleash system efficiency through ecological synergies, and create long-term benefits through green assetization, providing a replicable path for breaking through the "involution" and upgrading.

With its profound industrial heritage and innovative spirit, Siemens is joining hands with Chinese enterprises to explore the path of high-value transformation. Through the launch and application of these innovative products, Siemens will assist Chinese enterprises in accelerating their digital transformation and industrial upgrading, creating "new" value, and jointly pushing China's manufacturing industry towards a higher level of development.