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China North Industries Group Corporation
Norinco Group
Native name
Trung Quốc binh khí công nghiệp tập đoàn công ty hữu hạn
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryDefense industry
Aerospace industry
Founded1980Edit this on Wikidata
Headquarters
Xicheng District,Beijing
,
China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Jiao Kaihe (Chairman)
Liu Dashan (President)[1]
ProductsMunitions
tank and artillery shells,firearms,grenade launchers,artillery,mortars,autocannons,rotary cannons,turrets,remote controlled weapon stations,CIWS,anti-aircraft cannons,
Explosives
combat vehicles,aircraft,unmanned aerial vehicles
Radars
Electro-optical devices
missiles,cruise missiles,MLRSs.
RevenueIncreaseUS$82.6 billion[2](2023)
IncreaseUS$ 1.7 billion[2](2023)
Number of employees
216,339 (2023)
Websiteen.norincogroup.cnEdit this at Wikidata
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited
Simplified ChineseTrung Quốc phương bắc công nghiệp tập đoàn công ty hữu hạn
Traditional ChineseTrung Quốc phương bắc công nghiệp tập đoàn công ty hữu hạn
China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited
Simplified ChineseTrung Quốc binh khí công nghiệp tập đoàn công ty hữu hạn
Traditional ChineseTrung Quốc binh khí công nghiệp tập đoàn công ty hữu hạn
Norinco
Simplified ChinesePhương bắc công nghiệp
Traditional ChinesePhương bắc công nghiệp

China North Industries Group Corporation Limited,[3]doing business internationally asNorinco Group(NorthIndustriesCorporation), and known within China asChina Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited(Chinese:Trung Quốc binh khí công nghiệp tập đoàn công ty hữu hạn[4]), is a Chinesestate-owneddefense corporationthat 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:Trung Quốc phương bắc công nghiệp công ty hữu hạn[7]), or simplyNorinco,[8]markets Norinco Group's products internationally, and is also involved in domesticcivil constructionand military defense projects.[9][10]

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

History

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Established in 1980 with the approval of theState Council of the People's Republic of China,Norinco is an enterprise group engaged in both products and capital operation, integrated with research and development, manufacturing, marketing and services. Norinco mainly deals with defense products, petroleum and mineral resources development, international engineering contracting, optronic products, civilian explosives and chemical products, sporting arms and equipment, vehicles and logistics operation.

U.S. sanctions

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Further information:United States sanctions against China

In 1993, the import of most Norinco firearms and ammunition into the United States was blocked under new trade rules when China'spermanent normal trade relationsstatus was renewed. The prohibition did not apply to sporting shotguns or shotgunammunition,however. In 1994,U.S. Customsagents conducted asting operationnamed Operation Dragon Fire againstAtlanta-based importers of Norinco firearms as well asPoly Technologies.Seven officials were arrested after agreeing to smuggle 2,000fully automaticChinese-made variants of AK-47sto undercover agents the officials believed may have been connected to theAmerican Mafia.At least one official, Hammond Ku, attempted to sell Chinese-produced tanks and rocket launchers to the undercover agents.[13][14]

In August 2003, theBush administrationimposed sanctions on Norinco for allegedly selling missile-related goods toIran.[15]These sanctions led to a prohibition on imports into the US of the remaining types of firearms and ammunition not covered by the 1993 ban.[16]

In November 2020,Donald Trumpissued anexecutive orderprohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that theUnited States Department of Defensehas listed as having links to thePeople's Liberation Army,which included Norinco Group.[17][18][19]In June 2021,Joe BidenissuedExecutive Order 14032expanding the scope of the national emergency declared in order 13959.[20]

Russian invasion of Ukraine

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Further information:China and the Russian invasion of Ukraine

In March 2023,Politicoreported that Norinco shipped assault rifles, drone parts, and body armor to Russia between June and December 2022.[21]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ab"China North Industries Group | 2022 Global 500".Fortune.Retrieved20 August2023.
  3. ^"Home-NORINCO GROUP Brief of NORINCO GROUP".en.norincogroup.cn.Retrieved2022-10-04.
  4. ^"Trung Quốc binh khí công nghiệp tập đoàn công ty hữu hạn tập đoàn tóm tắt".norincogroup.cn.Retrieved2022-10-04.
  5. ^"China's NORINCO, AVIC Among Top 10 Defense Companies Worldwide; SIPRI".defenseworld.net.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-06-12.Retrieved2018-05-17.
  6. ^"CHINA NORTH INDUSTRIES CORPORATION (NORINCO) - Italian Aerospace Network".itaerospacenetwork.it.Archivedfrom the original on 2019-06-15.Retrieved2018-05-17.
  7. ^"Trung Quốc phương bắc công nghiệp công ty hữu hạn công ty tóm tắt".norinco.Retrieved2022-01-24.
  8. ^"NORINCO About NORINCO".en.norinco.cn.Retrieved2022-01-24.
  9. ^"DEFENSE PRODUCTS-- phương bắc công nghiệp".norinco.Archivedfrom the original on 2018-05-11.Retrieved2018-05-17.
  10. ^"NORINCO (Company) Aircraft List".Archivedfrom the original on 2018-08-05.Retrieved2018-05-17.
  11. ^The New York Times(December 23, 2017)."The Anti-Protest Gear Used in Venezuela".YouTube.Archivedfrom the original on August 5, 2018.RetrievedJune 17,2018.
  12. ^Chinea, Eyanir; Gupta, Girish (June 11, 2017). Cooney, Peter (ed.)."Venezuela Maduro says children used in protest violence, will write to pope".Reuters.Archivedfrom the original on June 18, 2018.RetrievedJune 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.
  13. ^Serrill, Michael (24 June 2001)."Anatomy of a Sting".Time.Time Magazine.Archivedfrom the original on 22 April 2019.
  14. ^Ostrow, Ronald (24 May 1996)."U.S. Agents Say Chinese Tanks, Rockets Offered".LA Times.Archivedfrom the original on 22 April 2019.Retrieved22 April2019.
  15. ^"BBC NEWS - Business - US punishes firms in Iran and China".2003-05-23.Archivedfrom the original on 3 March 2008.Retrieved11 January2017.
  16. ^"China".Archivedfrom the original on 21 January 2017.Retrieved11 January2017.
  17. ^Chen, Shawna (November 12, 2020)."Trump bans Americans from investing in 31 companies with links to Chinese military".Axios.RetrievedNovember 12,2020.
  18. ^Pamuk, Humeyra; Alper, Alexandra; Ali, Idrees (2020-11-12)."Trump bans U.S. investments in firms linked to Chinese military".Reuters.Retrieved2020-11-12.
  19. ^Swanson, Ana (2020-11-12)."Trump Bars Investment in Chinese Firms With Military Ties".The New York Times.ISSN0362-4331.Retrieved2020-11-13.
  20. ^"Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China".The White House.2021-06-03.Archivedfrom the original on 2021-06-07.Retrieved2021-06-05.
  21. ^Banco, Eric; Aarup, Sarah Anne (16 March 2023)."'Hunting rifles' — really? China ships assault weapons and body armor to Russia ".Politico.Retrieved2023-03-17.
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