ABB and Channel Partners "Navigate the Trend Together": Firmly and Continuously Doing the Right Thing
2026-04-17 11:01
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en.Wedoany.com Reported - • The 2025 ABB Electrification China Distribution Systems "Navigate the Trend Together, Co-create the Future" Channel Partner Conference was held in Foshan, jointly exploring how to harness energy in response to trends within the rapidly changing market.

• China's distribution upgrade, the penetration of new energy, and the explosion of the data industry are driving the demand for upgraded distribution equipment. ABB and channel partners are deeply integrated, using innovative technologies to enhance solution capabilities and open up more cooperation opportunities.

• Channel partners are a community for value co-creation and benefit sharing. Facing market changes, we join hands to stimulate momentum through change, jointly building a fair, win-win, and resilient "co-creation" ecosystem.On December 22-23, the 2025 ABB Electrification China Distribution Systems Channel Conference with the theme "Navigate the Trend Together, Co-create the Future" was successfully held in Shunde, Guangdong. More than 100 representatives from panel builders, distributors across the country, and relevant ABB team members gathered to deeply analyze internal and external transformation trends, discuss new models for resource sharing during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and define the ecological blueprint for co-creation and symbiosis in 2026. Five parallel forums were held concurrently during the conference, precisely focusing on different channel types, with in-depth discussions around market strategies, solutions, and ecosystem co-construction, consolidating consensus on change and development.

Observing Trends, Clarifying the Path: Firmly and Continuously Doing the Right Thing in a Challenging and Uncertain Environment

Against the dual backdrop of global energy transition and China's new power system construction, the distribution industry is undergoing unprecedented and dramatic changes. The acceleration of distribution network investment, the high-proportion penetration of renewable energy, and the explosive growth of the data industry are not only driving the comprehensive upgrade of distribution equipment towards higher efficiency, intelligence, and modularity but also opening up more market opportunities.Luo Hui, Head of ABB Electrification Distribution Systems Business in China, delivers a keynote speech

Luo Hui, Head of ABB Electrification Distribution Systems Business in China, delivered a keynote speech titled "Change · Power". He stated: ABB Distribution Systems is committed to "Harnessing Energy in Response to Trends, Intelligently Connecting · Safeguarding the Future Grid." Currently, the energy system and structure have changed. ABB hopes to use its industry expertise and knowledge base to lead technological iteration, firmly and continuously do the right thing in a challenging and uncertain environment, focus more on the market and continuously understand market dynamics, promote the deep embedding of superior solutions into segmented industry scenarios, build a fair, win-win, and resilient channel partner system, and fully deliver an end-to-end business experience for customers, jointly building a more open, long-term ecosystem.

United Hearts, Concentrated Strength: Industry Expertise and Innovative Technologies to Respond to Market and Industry Demand Changes

During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, China's economy will achieve a comprehensive transformation from high-speed growth to high-quality, high-tech innovation-driven growth. Digital China, high-end manufacturing, low-carbon economy, and energy reform will be the main engines promoting economic development, driving the development of key industries such as data centers, petrochemicals, power transmission and distribution, new energy, and traditional power plants.Jiang Ying, Head of Product Marketing and Digital Business, ABB Electrification Distribution Systems China

Jiang Ying, Head of Product Marketing and Digital Business, ABB Electrification Distribution Systems China, introduced at the conference that market changes are accelerating industry transformation, and end-user demands are becoming more complex. Single products cannot solve industry pain points; better paths need to be found through technological means. As a leader in the distribution industry, ABB has built a matrix of modular medium-voltage components, switchgear, and AI-enabled digital energy management solutions to address the challenges faced by key industries. These can be precisely adapted to complex scenarios such as modular substations, distribution network automation, high-proportion new energy grid integration, and data center power distribution, predicting equipment failure risks, improving energy use efficiency, and ensuring rapid project delivery.

ABB's 2026 Joint Market Promotion Plan is committed to building an industrial influence community by participating in external forums to grasp market dynamics; organizing customer forums by industry or region to create innovative solutions benchmarking industry development; hosting ecosystem partner forums to jointly promote the application of innovative technologies; and conducting key industry design institute salons to discuss innovative technology development in key scenarios, promote application, and participate in industry standard formulation.Cao Xiaoqing, Channel Manager, ABB Electrification Distribution Systems China

Co-create · Explore New Frontiers: Technological Synergy, Moving from "Empowerment" to "Co-creation," Creating Greater Value

Co-creation has never been a one-way solution output, nor a top-down empowerment, but rather joining hands to gather the strength to navigate cycles in the new market wave. In responding to the market, ABB and channel partners have forged a new path of technological synergy and joint problem-solving. While continuously improving the product line, they explore true technological differentiation to enhance market competitiveness.Guo Kai, General Manager of Beijing Power Supply Foster Switchgear Co., Ltd., shares cooperation achievementsGuo Kai, General Manager of Beijing Power Supply Foster Switchgear Co., Ltd., shared "Seizing Industry Development Opportunities, Jointly Promoting Authorized Cooperation." He stated that Beijing Power Supply Foster specializes in the R&D and manufacturing of medium and low voltage switchgear, and collaborative innovation is key to steady and long-term progress in the industry. We actively expand cooperation boundaries with ABB, deepen existing authorized cabinet business cooperation, continuously invest in equipment and capability building, and have successfully and quickly achieved the landing and finalization of new cabinet types, improving "large-scale delivery capability." In the future, we will focus on three major areas: data centers, healthcare, and education infrastructure, while strengthening overseas market cooperation, jointly building a new industry ecosystem, and promoting sustainable development together.Liu Xiaohao, General Manager of Jiangsu Zhuoyi Electric Co., Ltd., shares cooperation achievementsLiu Xiaohao, General Manager of Jiangsu Zhuoyi Electric Co., Ltd., spoke around the theme "Reflect on the Past, Strive in the Present, Look to the Future." He mentioned that as a ten-year veteran ABB distributor, the past decade of walking together has been not only a decade of win-win cooperation but also a decade of jointly witnessing and promoting the high-quality development of China's distribution industry. Looking ahead, the company will focus on emerging strategic markets, refine more targeted medium-voltage overall solutions, strengthen localized rapid response capabilities, deeply explore core customer needs, build differentiated competitive advantages, and continuously break through in market competition.Kong Tao, Chairman of Nanjing Jialong Electric Technology Co., Ltd., shares cooperation achievements

Kong Tao, Chairman of Nanjing Jialong Electric Technology Co., Ltd., stated that the company and ABB "are born to embrace the new," having created another benchmark cooperation case of advancing together since last year. The two parties jointly explored the Saudi new energy project. Facing the dual challenges of stringent project standards and significantly different technical requirements compared to traditional projects, ABB fully assisted the company in deeply deconstructing project standards and accurately assessing local environmental characteristics, ultimately helping the project land successfully. He emphasized that the cooperation between the two parties has long surpassed simple transactions and upgraded to a deeply bound ecosystem partnership, building a foundation of trust through long-term communication and collaboration, fully unleashing each other's development potential. Looking ahead, grid transformation and new energy layout will become new tracks for joint exploration.

Symbiosis · Sailing Far: On-site Co-creation, Solidifying the New Co-creation Ecosystem

The exhibition showcased the new 650mm cabinet width UniSafe 3.0 cabinet type jointly developed by channel partners and ABB. The solution equipped with ABB's AI Health Assistant Smartbox provides power equipment health prediction and proactive safety protection for industrial and infrastructure fields. The UniSafe + PSG600 system based on the IEC61850/GOOSE protocol creates a dual-power supply switching and step-by-step switching scheme for data centers, strengthening the defense line for reliable power supply in critical scenarios.

From conceptual consensus to practical implementation, the path of symbiosis between ABB and channel partners continued to extend at the exhibition area. An immersive co-creation practice unfolded here, where channel partners experienced innovative achievements up close, exchanged ideas and deepened collaboration around product application, scenario implementation, and solution optimization, transforming the win-win vision into tangible actions.

Channel partners are the extended force for ABB to be rooted at the market front line and the core pillar for customer value co-creation. In this new ecosystem, ABB and partners are not only supply chain collaborators but also a community for value co-creation, benefit sharing, and interconnected destiny. Let us get accustomed to difficulties, enjoy challenges, and solidify the new co-creation ecosystem in 2026.

ABB is a global technology leader in electrification and automation, dedicated to enabling a more sustainable and efficient future. By integrating engineering expertise with digital technology, ABB helps various industries operate efficiently, improve energy and production efficiency, promote sustainable development, achieve excellence, and advance industry with sincerity. ABB has a history of over 140 years, with approximately 110,000 employees worldwide. ABB is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (SIX Swiss Exchange: ABBN) and the Nasdaq Stockholm (Nasdaq Stockholm: ABB).

ABB conducts comprehensive business activities in China including R&D, manufacturing, sales, and engineering services. It has about 30 local enterprises and approximately 15,000 employees spread across nearly 130 cities, with online and offline channels covering about 700 cities nationwide.

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