Siemens' first order from China: delivery of first pointer telegraphs marks the beginning of Tele Industry in China

Siemens' first order from Shanghai: delivery of a 10-horsepower steam engine with generator for Shanghai Port that allows for port operations to speed up dramatically

China's first electric tram built by Siemens in Beijing which is one of the fastest of its kind in the world

China's first power plant in Beijing built by Siemens to light the city and to drive the tramline

Installation of Siemens' first X-ray machine in China

The first permanent office in China is set up in Shanghai as business expansion of Siemens

Siemens successfully installed two power generators for Shilingba hydro power plant. Until now, one of the generators is still in good condition

Siemens supported China's first modern mining operation with the electrification of the coalmines of the Chung Hsing Coal Mining Company in Zaozhuang, Shandong Province

John Rabe, the Siemens business representative in Nanjing and Chairman of the Nanjing International Safety Zone, saves more than 250,000 lives via cooperation with International Committee of Nanjing Safety Zone during the "Nanjing Massacre".

Upon establishing diplomatic relation, the Federal Republic of Germany presented a Siemens-made patient monitoring system to China

Siemens held its first major exhibition in Shanghai entitled "Electrical Engineering and Electronics", attracting more than 39,000 guests from industrial area

Siemens set up China's first High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) link, transmitting power from Gezhouba, China's largest hydroelectric power plant, to Shanghai city at a distance of 1,000 km

The "Memorandum of Comprehensive Co-operation between the Machinery, the Electric and Electronics Industries of the People's Republic of China and Siemens AG" was signed in Beijing. Siemens is the first foreign enterprise in China to be invited to participate in such a comprehensive co-operation scheme

Siemens delivered electrical equipment for 300 heavy freight locomotives in Shanxi province

Siemens received an order for Shanghai Metro Line No.1, which is the first metro line in Shanghai

Siemens set up its first production joint venture in China —— Beijing International Switching System Corporation Ltd., (BISC), to manufacture digital public telephone switching systems

Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd., was founded—— the first production facility for Siemens CT outside of Germany

Siemens Ltd., China (SLC) was founded in Beijing, which is the first holding company formed by a foreign company in China

Siemens contributed transformers, generators and turbines to Three Gorges Dam development project

Siemens received contracts from Yangcheng of Shanxi province, Fuzhou of Fujian province and Hanfeng of Hebei province, becoming the largest supplier of electrical equipment in China

Siemens China Corporate Technology (CT) opened in Beijing—one of the two largest Siemens corporate R&D bases outside of Germany

Siemens provided electrical equipment and project management for Guangzhou Metro

Siemens delivered China's fastest newsprint paper machine in Nanping, Fujian province

Siemens provided mail-sorting systems to the new Guangzhou Mail Center, the most advanced in China

Siemens supplied first-class medical equipments by installing China's first 16-slice CT scanner, the SOMATOM Sensation 16, in Beijing, and the first Siemens Magnetom Trio 3T Whole Body MR Scanner at the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Siemens donated medical ventilators and mobile phones worth RMB 7 million to China to help the country to combat SARS

Siemens, together with its consortium partners, delivered the world's first commercial maglev line in Shanghai

Siemens Healthcare established the Magnetic Resonance Center of Excellence in Shenzhen, which is an integral part of Siemens Global MR Operations

Siemens supplied one of the world's largest and most advanced baggage handling systems for the Terminal 3 of Beijing Capital International Airport

Siemens and its consortium partners supported the Beijing-Tianjin high-speed train by supplying signaling and communications equipment and power supply system

Siemens Medical Park in Shanghai Nanhui District with over 300 million RMB investment was put into operation

In 2008, when then the earthquake hits Sichuan on May 12th, Siemens and its employees immediately donates cash, equipment and services. Up to date, Siemens and its employees have donated more than RMB 17 million to the quake-stricken areas in Sichuan.

Siemens Center Beijing (SCB) was set up, becoming one of Siemens' largest real estate investment projects worldwide.

Yunnan-Guangdong HVDC, the first pole of a high-voltage direct-current transmission (HVDC) system of enormous scale and magnitude enabled by Siemens technology was put into operation. It is the world’s first HVDC link operating at a transmission voltage of 800 kV.

Siemens provided green and advanced solutions for Expo 2010 as its Global Sponsorship Partner to hold a low-carbon Exposition ever, and was awarded "Gold Prize of Special Contribution Award" and "Best Marketing Promotion Award"

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Siemens Electrical Drives Ltd. (SEDL) and Siemens Signalling Co., Ltd. (SSCX). He acclaimed Siemens is truly a Chinese company

Siemens I-Green Education Program covered 10 schools from 8 cities in China. Over fourteen thousand students benefited from the program. The program is aimed at helping the migrant kids foster eco-friendly lifestyle and adapt to the urban culture and environment

As the company's Region East Headquarter, Siemens Center Shanghai was put into operation, which was awarded "LEED Gold" certification released by US Green Building Council and "Demonstration Project of Energy Saving and Emission Reduction" by Shanghai Energy Saving Building Office

Siemens signed the Memorandum of the Extension of Comprehensive Cooperation with National Development and Reform Commission of China, which identified focused areas for the bilateral cooperation

Siemens Industrial Automation Chengdu Research and Development Base is under construction in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is the largest modern digital factory Siemens base in China

Siemens Employee Volunteer Association (SEVA) was founded. Siemens firmly believes that corporate citizen is responsible for the development of community and society which are closely linked to the company