China Poly Group
{{Short description|Chinese state-owned conglomerate}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
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| name = China Poly Group Corporation
| logo = China Poly Group logo.jpg
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| image = New Poly Plaza (20200425093330).jpg
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| image_caption = New Beijing Poly Plaza in 2020
| trading_name = Poly Group
| native_name = 中国保利集团公司
| native_name_lang = zh
| romanized_name = Zhōngguó Bǎolì Jítuán
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| type = State-owned enterprise
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| industry = Conglomerate
| founded = {{start date and age|1999}}
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| hq_location_city = Beijing
| hq_location_country = China
| key_people = Zhengao Zhang (President and Director), Xu Wang (Vice President), Ming Xue (Vice President), Wang Lin (Vice President)
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| subsid = Poly Technologies
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China Poly Group Corporation ({{lang-zh|s=中国保利集团公司|p=Zhōngguó Bǎolì Jítuán Gōngsī}}) is a state owned Chinese business group among 102 central state owned enterprises under the supervision of State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council (SASAC).
It is both primarily engaged in representing the Chinese defense manufacturing industry in international sales and the world's third largest art auction house (behind Sotheby's and Christie's).Bowley, Graham and Barboza, David. [https://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/china-poly-auction/ "An Art Power Rises in China, Posing Issue for Reform"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206194707/http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/china-poly-auction/ |date=6 December 2017 }}, The New York Times, 16 December 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2016.{{Cite news |last=Nunns |first=Cain |date=February 25, 2013 |title=China's Poly Group: The most important company you've never heard of |work=Public Radio International |url=https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-02-25/chinas-poly-group-most-important-company-youve-never-heard |access-date=July 20, 2019 |archive-date=25 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825230731/https://www.pri.org/stories/2013-02-25/chinas-poly-group-most-important-company-youve-never-heard |url-status=live }}
History
With the approval of the State Council, China Poly Group Corp. was set up on the basis of Poly Technologies, Inc. in February 1992. Poly Technologies was formed in 1984 as an arms-manufacturing wing of the People's Liberation Army.{{Cite web|url=https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/how-a-murky-company-with-ties-to-the-peoples-liberation-army-set-up-shop-in-b-c|title=How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C.|last=Cooper|first=Sam|last2=Quan|first2=Doug|date=26 August 2017|website=The Vancouver Sun|access-date=20 July 2019|archive-date=20 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720184757/https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/how-a-murky-company-with-ties-to-the-peoples-liberation-army-set-up-shop-in-b-c|url-status=live}}
Poly Corporation Headquarters
The Poly Corporation Headquarters in Beijing, designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM), serves as a central hub for the company's subsidiaries. The building features a 90-meter-tall atrium, enclosed by the world's largest cable-net-supported glass wall, creating a visually striking centerpiece. The structure incorporates sustainable design elements, such as a double-layer low-e glass facade and a roof garden to enhance energy efficiency. Additionally, the building houses the Poly Museum, which showcases China's cultural antiquities, suspended within the atrium by innovative engineering.{{cite web |url= https://www.som.com/projects/poly-corporation-headquarters/ |title= Poly Corporation Headquarters - SOM |website= som.com |date=2024-08-31}}
Procurement actions during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Group entities were active in procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic. Figures from China Customs show that some 2.46 billion pieces of epidemic prevention and control materials had been imported between 24 January and 29 February, including 2.02 billion masks and 25.38 million items of protective clothing valued at 8.2 billion yuan ($1 billion). Press obtained internal documents showing that the group, together with other Chinese companies and state-owned enterprises – such as Country Garden and Greenland Holdings – had an important role in scouring markets in countries around the world to procure essential medical supplies and equipment. The company said its operation was staff-led, and was "driven out of pure compassion for our people who have friends and family in the Wuhan region".{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/billions-of-face-masks-sent-to-china-during-australian-bushfire-crisis-20200402-p54gjh.html|title=Billions of face masks sent to China during bushfire crisis|first=Kate McClymont, Royce|last=Millar|date=2 April 2020|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|access-date=3 April 2020|archive-date=18 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418100340/https://www.smh.com.au/national/billions-of-face-masks-sent-to-china-during-australian-bushfire-crisis-20200402-p54gjh.html|url-status=live}}
Subsidiaries
- Poly Property
- Poly Real Estate
- Poly Technologies
- Poly Culture
- Poly Theatre
- Poly Auction
References
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External links
{{commons category|China Poly Group Corporation}}
- {{Official website}}
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Category:Conglomerate companies of China
Category:Government-owned companies of China
Category:Companies based in Beijing
Category:Conglomerate companies established in 1993
Category:Chinese companies established in 1993
Category:Defence companies of the People's Republic of China