Internal and external restructuring, accelerated overseas expansion—China\'s construction machinery foreign trade is ushering in a golden age of development

With monthly sales of 37,402units and a year-on-year increase of 26.4%, the Chinese excavatormarket has officially ushered in a "golden age" in nearlyfive years. Data from the China Construction Machinery Associationshows that in March of this year, my country's excavator salesreached a monthly peak since April 2021. Behind this data lies thestrong recovery of the Chinese construction machinery industry afteradjustments, and more importantly, the new development opportunitiesbrought about by the restructuring of domestic and internationalsales, ushering in a golden period for the Chinese constructionmachinery foreign trade industry.

Once upon a time, the Chineseconstruction machinery industry was overly reliant on the domesticmarket, with an extremely low share of overseas market share. Fiveyears ago, the domestic-to-international sales ratio was 8:1, meaningthat the industry's development was highly constrained byfluctuations in the domestic infrastructure cycle. However, with theacceleration of global economic integration and the improvement ofthe competitiveness of Chinese construction machinery companies, thispattern has been completely broken. Today, thedomestic-to-international sales ratio is close to 1:1, and theoverseas market has become the core pillar of industry growth. Thisstructural change has not only reshaped the development pattern ofthe Chinese construction machinery industry, but also promoted thetransformation of China's construction machinery foreign trade from"quantitative accumulation" to "qualitative leap."

In the first quarter of thisyear, my country's overseas sales of excavators exceeded those of thefirst half of 2021, with export growth consistently outpacingdomestic sales growth, becoming the "main engine" of theindustry's recovery. This achievement is inseparable from the supportof three core driving forces. First, the continuous improvement ofproduct competitiveness. Chinese construction machinery companieshave abandoned the traditional "low-cost competition"model, increased R&D investment, and focused on intelligent,electric, and high-end transformation. Their products have reachedinternational advanced levels in performance, quality, andenvironmental protection, gradually breaking the monopoly ofEuropean, American, Japanese, and Korean companies in the globalmarket.

In the field ofelectrification, Chinese construction machinery companies are at theforefront globally. By 2024, electric loaders will account for 10.4%of the market, and the penetration rate of electric lifting workplatforms will reach as high as 92.5%. The electric excavators andloaders launched not only meet the environmental protectionrequirements under the global "dual carbon" target but alsoreduce operating costs for customers. For example, Sany HeavyMachinery's 65-ton electric mining excavator has an electric drivesystem efficiency of up to 96%, saving approximately 900,000 yuan inenergy costs annually compared to a diesel excavator of the sametonnage, making it highly favored by overseas customers. In the fieldof intelligent manufacturing, technologies such as remote control,unmanned operation, and intelligent maintenance are widely used.XCMG's loaders can achieve L3 level unmanned driving, automaticallycreating maps and operating autonomously based on the scenario,significantly improving construction efficiency and safety.

Secondly, there is thecontinued release of global market demand. Currently, globalinfrastructure construction is entering a recovery period. Thehigh-end markets in Europe and North America have been graduallyrecovering to positive growth since the second half of 2025. Stronginfrastructure demand in countries along the Belt and RoadInitiative, Africa, South America, and other emerging marketsprovides ample space for China's construction machinery exports. FromJanuary to February 2026, my country's total construction machineryexports reached US$10.686 billion, a year-on-year increase of 33.4%.Excavator exports performed particularly well, with 56,369 trackedexcavators exported in January and February, a year-on-year increaseof 53.41%, covering 190 countries and regions. Exports to countriessuch as Indonesia, Belgium, and the United States all exceeded US$50million.

Furthermore, there is thecontinued deepening of overseas expansion. Chinese constructionmachinery export companies are gradually upgrading their strategyfrom "product export" to "production capacity export,"establishing integrated systems for R&D, production, sales, andservice overseas. This reduces logistics costs, improves marketresponsiveness, and better adapts to local market demands. XCMG has15 manufacturing bases and KD assembly plants overseas, creating alocalized "R&D, production, supply, sales, service, andfinance" full value chain system. Zoomlion has industrial parksor production bases in Italy, Germany, Hungary, and other countries,achieving localized production and service, further enhancing theinfluence of Chinese brands in the global market.

It is worth noting that therecord high in excavator sales not only signals industry recovery butalso reflects the new momentum of China's economic transformation andupgrading. As an important component of the real economy, thehigh-quality development of the construction machinery industrycannot be separated from the continued improvement of the domesticeconomy, nor from the strong driving force of foreign trade exports.Currently, my country is continuously expanding high-levelopening-up, strengthening connections with countries along the "Beltand Road," and the government has also introduced a series ofpolicies to support construction machinery exports, providing afavorable policy environment for the development of foreign tradeenterprises.

For Chinese constructionmachinery export companies, the current market environment presentsboth opportunities and challenges. On the one hand, global marketdemand is robust, offering ample room for export growth; on the otherhand, international market competition is intensifying, andchallenges such as trade barriers and technical barriers persist.This necessitates that enterprises continue to uphold the concept ofinnovation, increase investment in core technology R&D, andcontinuously enhance product competitiveness. Simultaneously, theymust cultivate overseas markets, optimize localization strategies,improve service systems, and strengthen cooperation with overseascustomers to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results.

The record-breaking sales inMarch is just the beginning. With the continued advancement ofinternationalization, electrification, and intelligenttransformation, China's construction machinery industry will usher ineven broader development prospects. Chinese construction machineryforeign trade enterprises will seize this sales breakthrough as anopportunity to ride the wave, grasp global market opportunities, andpromote the better globalization of Chinese construction machinery.This will not only achieve their own high-quality development butalso help "Made in China" reach the center of the globalstage, injecting Chinese strength into global infrastructureconstruction.

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