{"id":54219,"date":"2026-04-23T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=54219"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:15:00","slug":"mozambique-president-visits-zoomlion-smart-industrial-city-during-china-state-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=54219","title":{"rendered":"Mozambique President Visits Zoomlion Smart Industrial City During China State Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">CHANGSHA,\u00a0China<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">April 23, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Mozambique&#8217;s President Daniel Francisco\u00a0Chapo toured the manufacturing facilities of Chinese heavy equipment maker Zoomlion on April 16, marking the first day of a weeklong state visit to China as the African nation seeks to accelerate its infrastructure and agricultural development.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo, on his first trip to China since taking office in 2025, was received at Zoomlion&#8217;s Smart Industrial City in Changsha by Chairman and CEO Zhan Chunxin, where he observed automated excavator assembly lines and a range of farm equipment including electric tractors, hybrid and fully electric combine harvesters, and rice transplanters.<\/p>\n<p>The company also staged live demonstrations to showcase the precision of its intelligent systems, featuring an excavator stacking cups and a skid-steer loader performing a choreographed routine.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo said Mozambique had found in Zoomlion the kind of solutions its construction and infrastructure drive demands, noting that the country is engaged in large-scale development spanning roads, bridges, buildings and broader infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture accounts for roughly a quarter of the country&#8217;s GDP and employs the majority of its working population, making mechanization a persistent priority for economic development.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s Ministry of Agriculture held a separate meeting with Zoomlion two days later to discuss its agricultural machinery requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique is at a stage of development that aligns closely with Zoomlion&#8217;s long-term strengths in construction and agricultural equipment. With experience built over years of product development, manufacturing and international market expansion, the company is well positioned to support a wide range of infrastructure and mechanization needs.<\/p>\n<p>Zoomlion, listed in Hong Kong, reported international revenue of 30.5 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) in 2025, roughly 59% of total sales, compounding at 52% annually over the past four years. Earthmoving machinery revenue rose approximately 45% year on year.<\/p>\n<p>The Changsha facility produces more than 100 excavator models on shared assembly lines, turning out one excavator every six minutes on average, with a full manufacturing cycle from raw steel to finished product of 6.5 days.<\/p>\n<p>The visit reflects growing international interest in equipment manufacturers capable of serving diverse construction and agricultural needs, as infrastructure investment continues to expand across emerging markets.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\">CHANGSHA,\u00a0China<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">April 23, 2026<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Mozambique&#8217;s President Daniel Francisco\u00a0Chapo toured the manufacturing facilities of Chinese heavy equipment maker Zoomlion on April 16, marking the first day of a weeklong state visit to China as the African nation seeks to accelerate its infrastructure and agricultural development.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo, on his first trip to China since taking office in 2025, was received at Zoomlion&#8217;s Smart Industrial City in Changsha by Chairman and CEO Zhan Chunxin, where he observed automated excavator assembly lines and a range of farm equipment including electric tractors, hybrid and fully electric combine harvesters, and rice transplanters.<\/p>\n<p>The company also staged live demonstrations to showcase the precision of its intelligent systems, featuring an excavator stacking cups and a skid-steer loader performing a choreographed routine.<\/p>\n<p>Chapo said Mozambique had found in Zoomlion the kind of solutions its construction and infrastructure drive demands, noting that the country is engaged in large-scale development spanning roads, bridges, buildings and broader infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture accounts for roughly a quarter of the country&#8217;s GDP and employs the majority of its working population, making mechanization a persistent priority for economic development.<\/p>\n<p>The country&#8217;s Ministry of Agriculture held a separate meeting with Zoomlion two days later to discuss its agricultural machinery requirements.<\/p>\n<p>Mozambique is at a stage of development that aligns closely with Zoomlion&#8217;s long-term strengths in construction and agricultural equipment. With experience built over years of product development, manufacturing and international market expansion, the company is well positioned to support a wide range of infrastructure and mechanization needs.<\/p>\n<p>Zoomlion, listed in Hong Kong, reported international revenue of 30.5 billion yuan ($4.4 billion) in 2025, roughly 59% of total sales, compounding at 52% annually over the past four years. Earthmoving machinery revenue rose approximately 45% year on year.<\/p>\n<p>The Changsha facility produces more than 100 excavator models on shared assembly lines, turning out one excavator every six minutes on average, with a full manufacturing cycle from raw steel to finished product of 6.5 days.<\/p>\n<p>The visit reflects growing international interest in equipment manufacturers capable of serving diverse construction and agricultural needs, as infrastructure investment continues to expand across emerging markets.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=54219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54219\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=54219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=54219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=54219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}