Norinco

{{Infobox company

| name = China North Industries Group Corporation

| logo = China North Industries Group Corporation Limited.jpg

| logo_size = 180px

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| image = Norinco headquarters at 46 Sanlihe Rd (20200921163658).jpg

| image_caption = Norinco Group Headquarters in 2020

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| trading_name = Norinco Group

| native_name = {{lang|zh-hans|中国兵器工业集团有限公司}}

| type = State-owned enterprise

| traded_as = {{szse|000065}} (A ordinary)

| industry = {{ubli|Defense industry|Aerospace industry}}

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| location_city = Xicheng District, Beijing

| location_country = China

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| area_served = Worldwide

| key_people = {{ubli|Jiao Kaihe (Chairman)|Liu Dashan (President){{cite web|url=http://en.norincogroup.com.cn/col/col434/index.html|title=Leadership |publisher=Norinco Group|access-date=2020-04-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906185146/http://en.norincogroup.com.cn/col/col434/index.html|archive-date=2019-09-06|url-status=live}}}}

| products = {{ubli|Munitions (tank and artillery shells, firearms, grenade launchers, artillery, mortars, autocannons, rotary cannons, turrets, remote controlled weapon stations, CIWS, anti-aircraft cannons, explosives, missiles, cruise missiles, MLRSs)|Combat vehicles, aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles|Radars|Electro-optical devices}}

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| revenue = {{increase}} {{US$|82.6 billion|link=yes}}{{cite web | url=https://fortune.com/company/china-north-industries-group/global500/ | title=China North Industries Group | 2022 Global 500 | website=Fortune | access-date=20 August 2023 | archive-date=1 July 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220701223013/https://fortune.com/company/china-north-industries-group/global500/ | url-status=live }}

| revenue_year = 2023

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| net_income = {{increase}} US$ 1.7 billion

| net_income_year = 2023

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| num_employees = 216,339

| num_employees_year = 2023

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{{Infobox Chinese

| title = China North Industries Group Corporation Limited

| s = 中国北方工业集团有限公司

| t = 中國北方工業集團有限公司

| p = Zhōngguó Běifāng Gōngyè Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

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| altname = China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited

| s2 = 中国兵器工业集团有限公司

| t2 = 中國兵器工業集團有限公司

| p2 = Zhōngguó Bīngqì Gōngyè Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī

| altname3 = Norinco

| s3 = 北方工业

| t3 = 北方工業

| p3 = Běifāng Gōngyè

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China North Industries Group Corporation Limited,{{Cite web |title=Home |publisher=Norinco Group |url=http://en.norincogroup.com.cn/col/col432/index.html |access-date=2022-10-04 |archive-date=2022-07-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719071352/http://en.norincogroup.com.cn/col/col432/index.html |url-status=live }} doing business internationally as Norinco Group (an abbreviation of "North Industries Corporation"), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited ({{zh |s = 中国兵器工业集团有限公司}}{{Cite web|title=中国兵器工业集团有限公司集团简介|url=http://www.norincogroup.com.cn/col/col12/index.html|access-date=2022-10-04|website=Norinco Group|archive-date=2024-05-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240508150614/http://www.norincogroup.com.cn/col/col12/index.html|url-status=live}}), is a Chinese state-owned defense corporation that manufactures commercial and military products. Norinco Group is one of the world's largest defense contractors.{{cite news|title=China's NORINCO, AVIC Among Top 10 Defense Companies Worldwide; SIPRI|url=http://www.defenseworld.net/news/14870/China___s_NORINCO__AVIC_Among_Top_10_Defense_Companies_Worldwide__SIPRI#.Wg1lgUqWaUk|work=Defense World|access-date=2018-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140246/http://www.defenseworld.net/news/14870/China___s_NORINCO__AVIC_Among_Top_10_Defense_Companies_Worldwide__SIPRI#.Wg1lgUqWaUk|archive-date=2018-06-12|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) |publisher=Italian Aerospace Network|url=http://www.itaerospacenetwork.it/portfolio_page/china-north-industries-corporation-norinco/|access-date=2018-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190615032524/http://www.itaerospacenetwork.it/portfolio_page/china-north-industries-corporation-norinco/|archive-date=2019-06-15|url-status=live}}

The company's subsidiary, China North Industries Corporation ({{zh |s = 中国北方工业有限公司}}{{Cite web|title=中国北方工业有限公司公司简介|url=http://www.norinco.com/col/col5268/index.html|access-date=2022-01-24|publisher=Norinco|archive-date=2024-06-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240624141649/http://www.norinco.com/col/col5268/index.html|url-status=live}}), or simply Norinco,{{Cite web|title=About NORINCO|url=http://en.norinco.cn/col/col6486/index.html|access-date=2022-01-24|publisher=Norinco|archive-date=2022-01-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220124063449/http://en.norinco.cn/col/col6486/index.html|url-status=live}} markets Norinco Group's products internationally, and is also involved in domestic civil construction and military defense projects.{{cite web|title=Defense Products--北方工业|url=http://www.norinco.com/GB/61/76/index.html|publisher=Norinco|access-date=2018-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511235612/http://www.norinco.com/GB/61/76/index.html|archive-date=2018-05-11|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=NORINCO (Company) Aircraft List|publisher=Norinco|url=https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/contractor.asp?thisCompany=NORINCO|access-date=2018-05-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805172628/https://www.militaryfactory.com/aircraft/contractor.asp?thisCompany=NORINCO|archive-date=2018-08-05|url-status=live}}

Some of Norinco's international customers include Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it negotiated arms-for-minerals deals, as well as Venezuela.{{cite AV media |work=The New York Times |via=YouTube |date=December 23, 2017 |title=The Anti-Protest Gear Used in Venezuela |publisher=YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=350q14b_9lA |url-status=live |access-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805130530/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=350q14b_9lA |archive-date=August 5, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Chinea |first1=Eyanir |last2=Gupta |first2=Girish |date=June 11, 2017 |title=Venezuela Maduro says children used in protest violence, will write to pope |publisher=Reuters |editor-last=Cooney |editor-first=Peter |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN19304Y |url-status=live |access-date=June 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180618025613/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-venezuela-politics-idUSKBN19304Y |archive-date=June 18, 2018 |quote=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.}}

History

Established in 1980 with the approval of the State 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=

In 1993, the import of most Norinco firearms and ammunition into the United States was blocked under new trade rules when China's permanent normal trade relations status was renewed. The prohibition did not apply to sporting shotguns or shotgun ammunition, however. In 1994, U.S. Customs agents conducted a sting operation named Operation Dragon Fire against Atlanta-based importers of Norinco firearms as well as Poly Technologies. Seven officials were arrested after agreeing to smuggle 2,000 fully automatic Chinese-made variants of AK-47s to undercover agents the officials believed may have been connected to the American Mafia. At least one official, Hammond Ku, attempted to sell Chinese-produced tanks and rocket launchers to the undercover agents.{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135999,00.html|title=Anatomy of a Sting|magazine=Time|last=Serrill|first=Michael|date=24 June 2001|publisher=Time Magazine|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422184020/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,135999,00.html|archive-date=22 April 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-24-mn-7854-story.html|title=U.S. Agents Say Chinese Tanks, Rockets Offered|last=Ostrow|first=Ronald|date=24 May 1996|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=22 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190422184018/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-05-24-mn-7854-story.html|archive-date=22 April 2019|url-status=live}}

In August 2003, the Bush administration imposed sanctions on Norinco for allegedly selling missile-related goods to Iran.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2931154.stm|title=BBC NEWS - Business - US punishes firms in Iran and China|access-date=11 January 2017|date=2003-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080303032340/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2931154.stm|archive-date=3 March 2008|url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/18902.htm|title=China|access-date=11 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170121015639/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/18902.htm|archive-date=21 January 2017|url-status=live}}

In November 2020, Donald Trump issued an executive order prohibiting any American company or individual from owning shares in companies that the United States Department of Defense has listed as having links to the People's Liberation Army, which included Norinco Group.{{Cite news|last=Chen|first=Shawna|date=November 12, 2020|title=Trump bans Americans from investing in 31 companies with links to Chinese military|work=Axios|url=https://www.axios.com/china-military-trump-investments-ban-a0458e29-2245-4bde-920b-d1c6bc698370.html|access-date=November 12, 2020|archive-date=October 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028203620/https://www.axios.com/china-military-trump-investments-ban-a0458e29-2245-4bde-920b-d1c6bc698370.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last1=Pamuk|first1=Humeyra|last2=Alper|first2=Alexandra|last3=Ali|first3=Idrees|date=2020-11-12|title=Trump bans U.S. investments in firms linked to Chinese military|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-securities-exclusive-idUSKBN27S2X3|access-date=2020-11-12|archive-date=2021-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028175811/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-securities-exclusive-idUSKBN27S2X3|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Swanson|first=Ana|date=2020-11-12|title=Trump Bars Investment in Chinese Firms With Military Ties|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/business/economy/trump-china-investment-ban.html|access-date=2020-11-13|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=2020-11-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113000328/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/12/business/economy/trump-china-investment-ban.html|url-status=live}} In June 2021, Joe Biden issued Executive Order 14032 expanding the scope of the national emergency declared in order 13959.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-03|title=Executive Order on Addressing the Threat from Securities Investments that Finance Certain Companies of the People's Republic of China|url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/03/executive-order-on-addressing-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-certain-companies-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/|access-date=2021-06-05|website=The White House|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-06-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607102928/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/presidential-actions/2021/06/03/executive-order-on-addressing-the-threat-from-securities-investments-that-finance-certain-companies-of-the-peoples-republic-of-china/|url-status=live}}

=Russian invasion of Ukraine=

In March 2023, Politico reported that Norinco shipped assault rifles, drone parts, and body armor to Russia between June and December 2022.{{Cite news |last1=Banco |first1=Eric |last2=Aarup |first2=Sarah Anne |date=16 March 2023 |title='Hunting rifles' — really? China ships assault weapons and body armor to Russia |language=en |website=Politico |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/16/chinese-rifles-body-armor-russia-ukraine-00087398 |access-date=2023-03-17 |archive-date=2023-03-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328011736/https://www.politico.com/news/2023/03/16/chinese-rifles-body-armor-russia-ukraine-00087398 |url-status=live }}{{Cite news |last1=Williams |first1=Matthias |last2=O'Donnell |first2=John |date=April 16, 2023 |title=Ukraine says it is finding more Chinese components in Russian weapons |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukraine-says-it-is-finding-more-chinese-components-russian-weapons-2023-04-14/ |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=Reuters}}

= Gaza war =

Media reports indicate that Hamas has thousands of Norinco-made assault rifles used in the war.{{Cite news |last=Swan |first=Melanie |date=2024-01-05 |title=Hamas 'using massive stockpile of Chinese weaponry' in Gaza |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/01/05/hamas-stockpile-chinese-weaponry-gaza-israel-investigates/ |access-date=2024-09-30 |work=The Daily Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web |last=Kelly |first=Suzanne |date=2023-11-30 |title=A Look Inside Hamas's Weapons Arsenal |url=https://www.thecipherbrief.com/a-look-inside-hamass-weapons-arsenal |access-date=2024-09-30 |website=The Cipher Brief |language=en-US}}{{Cite news |last=Simpson |first=Cam |date=June 19, 2007 |title=As Guns Flood Gaza Strip, Palestinian Citizens Stock Up |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118221915332739990 |access-date=September 30, 2024 |work=The Wall Street Journal}}