On November 26, 2024, on the occasion of the opening of the 2nd China International Supply Chain Promotion Expo (hereinafter referred to as: Chain Expo), Panasonic Corporation (China) and Beijing Architectural Design & Research Institute Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as: BADRC) signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement (hereinafter referred to as: MOU). Tetsuro Honma, Global Vice President of Panasonic Holding Co., Ltd. and General Representative of the Group in Northeast Asia of China, Junyu Tanaka, Vice President of Panasonic Corporation of Northeast Asia of China, Zhang Wei, Deputy Director of Innovation Center of Panasonic Corporation of Northeast Asia of China, as well as Xu Quansheng, Secretary of the Party Committee, Chairman of the Board of Directors, and Chief Architect of BJI, Liu Miao, Chief Architect of BJI, and Gao Bo, Executive Director of the Future Architecture and Design Institute of BJI, were present at the signing ceremony.

Panasonic, as a globally renowned Japanese electronics brand, has won the trust of consumers around the world through its relentless pursuit and innovative spirit in the fields of electronic products, intelligent solutions and green building technologies. As the first civil building design enterprise in New China, BJI, established for more than 70 years, has always been committed to providing high-quality architectural design services for the society and enjoys a high reputation in the industry. 

This cooperation is based on both parties' deep insight into the development trend of architecture and their common vision. Based on the principle of “sharing, researching, creating, building and winning together”, the two parties have formed a deep strategic partnership.

Tetsuro Honma, global vice president of Panasonic Holdings, said that through the signing of this strategic synergy, to further deepen the cooperation between the two sides in the intelligent scene building system, digital transformation, standardization and urban renewal and other areas, and to jointly convey the strengthening of the “Twin Cities” win-win situation, and to jointly build a more resilient, more efficient, more dynamic and healthy wisdom of the building industry. Building Industry Chain.

Mr. Xu Quansheng, Chairman of the Board of Directors of BJI, said that BJI will work together with Panasonic to open a new chapter of cooperation between Chinese and Japanese enterprises by combining the core strengths and innovative concepts of both sides, to jointly build a “Twin Cities and Twin Institutes” bridge to the future, to create a future building science and innovation system, and to explore projects that are innovative, practical and exemplary.

Chain Expo is the world's first national exhibition with the theme of supply chain, focusing on promoting the cooperation of global industrial chain supply chain, focusing on green and low-carbon development, digital transformation, and promoting the healthy development of economic globalization. Based on the slogan of “Care without Boundaries”, Panasonic expects to contribute to the better life of consumers and the prolongation of healthy life expectancy by displaying healthy and intelligent living space and products and solutions that help the “silver hair economy”. BJI fully responded by displaying its profound heritage and innovative achievements in the field of architectural design under the theme of “Linking the World, Creating the Future Together”, which demonstrated its firm determination to promote the development of the construction industry in the direction of greener, low-carbon and healthier.

The signing of the MOU between the two parties at this year's Chain Expo is of great significance, not only because this platform can gather elites and wisdom in the global supply chain field, providing abundant resources and inspiration for the cooperation between the two parties, but also symbolizes that Panasonic and BJI are jointly responding to the call of the global green and low-carbon transformation, practicing the concept of sustainable development, and working together to push forward the digitalization, intellectualization, and greening process of the construction industry, so as to create a new era of healthy and intelligent buildings. The new era of healthy and intelligent construction, “Linking the World, Enlightening the Future”.