Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group
{{Short description|Chinese textile company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group
| logo = Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group logo.png
| type = Private
| industry = aluminium, textiles, clothing
| fate =
| founded = {{Start date and age|1998}}
| founders = Zhang Shiping
| defunct =
| hq_location_city = Binzhou
| hq_location_country = China
| area_served = China, Indonesia, Guinea
| key_people = Zhang Bo (CEO)
| products =
| num_employees = 100,395{{Cite web|url=https://fortune.com/company/shandong-weiqiao-pioneering-group/global500/|title=Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group | 2021 Global 500|website=Fortune}}
| num_employees_year = 2021
| parent =
| website = {{URL|weiqiaocy.com}}
| revenue_year = 2021
}}
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The Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group ({{lang-zh|s=山东魏桥创业}}, {{respell|shawn|tung|_|way|CH'YOW}}) is a Chinese private company active in the textiles industry; it is also the parent company of the aluminium company China Hongqiao Group.{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-weiqiao-reshuffle-idUSKCN1MI0LB|title=China's Weiqiao chairman retires, son takes over: media|newspaper=Reuters |date=October 8, 2018|via=www.reuters.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://aluminiuminsider.com/tag/shandong-weiqiao-pioneering-group/|title=Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Archives|website=Aluminium Insider}}{{cite web | url=http://www.weiqiaocy.com/en/about.html?idd=24 | title=ABOUT US-Shandong Weiqiao Venture Co., Ltd }}
File:Abdoulaye Magassouba visite une raffinerie d'aluminium en Chine.jpgian Minister of Mines and Geology, visiting a Shandong Weiqiao aluminium refinery.]]
Originating as a towel manufacturer, Weiqiao produces cotton, denim and synthetic fabrics.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dHL-DwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shandong+Weiqiao+Pioneering%22&pg=PA261|title=Cotton Exporter's Guide|first=International Trade|last=Centre|date=December 31, 2007|publisher=United Nations|isbn=9789213614907 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RbJjDQAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shandong+Weiqiao+Pioneering%22&pg=PA178|title=Sinews of Power: The Politics of the State Grid Corporation of China|first=Yi-Chong|last=Xu|date=July 29, 2017|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-027952-3 |via=Google Books}} Zhang Shiping was the moving force behind the company's expansion from the 1970s onward.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E6swDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Shandong+Weiqiao+Pioneering%22&pg=PA240|title=From Village to City: Social Transformation in a Chinese County Seat|first=Andrew B.|last=Kipnis|date=March 29, 2016|publisher=Univ of California Press|isbn=9780520289710 |via=Google Books}}
The holding company Shandong Weiqiao was founded in 1998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/company/WEIQIZ:CH|title=Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group Co Ltd - Company Profile and News|website=Bloomberg.com}}
It has aluminium operations in Indonesia and Guinea.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XWPdDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Shandong+Weiqiao%22&pg=PT234|title=China Inward and Outward Investment Development Report 2016|first=Xu|last=Shaoshi|date=April 16, 2020|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780429513688 |via=Google Books}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wYHrDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Shandong+Weiqiao%22&pg=PT336|title=BRI and International Cooperation in Industrial Capacity: Industrial Layout Study|first=Xu|last=Shaoshi|date=June 14, 2020|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780429513626 |via=Google Books}}
In 2021, it was ranked 282nd on the Fortune Global 500.
In April 2023, Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group acquired BAW, a Chinese car manufacturer based in Qingdao. {{Cite web |title=收购鲁冀两大车企，魏桥集团跨入新能源整车生产领域_资讯频道_电动汽车网 |url=https://news.cnev.cn/Info_173052.html |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=news.cnev.cn}}
On August 17, 2023, Weiqiao Pioneering Group and ROCK Intelligent signed a strategic cooperation agreement. The agreement includes in-depth cooperation based on the new energy vehicle industry, and will develop lightweight and intelligent new energy vehicles together. After Shandong Weiqiao Pioneering Group took control of BAW's Beijing Automobile Manufacturing Plant, it cooperated with ROCK Intelligent to authorize the use of the Beijing Automobile Manufacturing Factory for the Jishi Automobile brand, a startup of BAW and Jishi 01, the first product of the Jishi brand.{{Cite book|url=https://min.news/en/auto/e988a426bc18b26506df524235c061e9.html|title=From the bottom to the past and present of Jishi Automobile|date=October 10, 2023|publisher=min.news}}
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