JD (09618) collaborates strategically with China ICT to create a new paradigm of computing power and supply chain collaboration

The Zhitong Finance App learned that on October 13, JD Group (09618) and China Information and Communication Technology Group Co., Ltd. (China ICT) held a strategic cooperation signing ceremony at China ICT headquarters in Wuhan. Senior management of the two sides conducted in-depth discussions and exchanges on technological innovation, supply chain upgrading, industrial collaboration, etc., and jointly signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement, formally reached a strategic partnership, and fully opened a new chapter in multi-dimensional collaborative development of technology, industry, and supply chains.

As a core state-owned enterprise in the domestic information and communication field, China Information Technology has computing power hardware, communication equipment, research and development of underlying technology, and large-scale manufacturing industries. JD is positioned as a supply chain-based technology and service enterprise. It has rich industrial practices and project implementation experience in digital intelligence supply chains, one-stop industrial product procurement services, full-stack cloud and AI technology capabilities, and global integrated supply chains.

The strategic cooperation gave full play to the advantages of both parties and complementary resources, and built a comprehensive cooperation system with two-way empowerment and value co-creation around the eight major directions of data center computing power co-construction, government-enterprise supply chain collaboration, digital intelligent procurement, logistics warehousing and intelligent warehouses, overseas business associated services, cloud and AI product technology, state-owned assets revitalization and disposal, and financial services.

In the field of computing power infrastructure, relying on China's self-developed and self-produced industrial advantages of ICT servers and network equipment, the two sides will jointly build a stable and reliable hardware supply system to provide cost-effective equipment and continuous delivery guarantees for JD data center construction and large-scale computing power deployment, and work together to consolidate the domestic computing power base and achieve co-construction of computing power and collaborative cost optimization. At the same time, we rely on JD's strong channels and contract execution capabilities to open up a full link from joint marketing and joint customer development to project implementation and delivery, help China ICT's communication and computing power solutions reach a wider market of government and enterprise customers, and jointly establish a new benchmark for government-enterprise supply chain collaboration in the ICT field.

In the field of digital intelligent procurement supply chain, with JD government and enterprise digital intelligence technology as support and a full-link compliance management system as a guarantee, the two sides jointly promote the construction of an integrated procurement platform to reduce costs and increase the efficiency of the entire chain on the basis of ensuring the safety and stability of the supply chain. In terms of global logistics collaboration, we rely on JD's mature global integrated warehousing and distribution network, territorial fulfillment capabilities and intelligent warehousing technology to jointly build smart supply chain solutions, optimize inventory structures, improve contract fulfillment efficiency, and face the global market layout. The two sides share overseas supply chain supporting capabilities, support each other's overseas business expansion with accompanying services, and collaboratively lay out the global market.

In the field of cloud and artificial intelligence innovation, the two sides will rely on JD Cloud's full-stack technical capabilities and the JoyAI big model and deep-sea big data platform, combine China ICT's technical accumulation in the communications, computing power, and AI industries to carry out technological and solution innovation in the direction of computing power infrastructure, AI and data security, and extend to data centers, token services, and intelligent applications such as digital people, intelligent customer service, and smart marketing to promote the deep integration of cloud computing, big models and industry scenarios to provide integrated services from computing power infrastructure to intelligent applications. In the state-owned assets operation sector, the JD asset trading platform is used to standardize online bidding for idle end-of-life assets, raise the level of asset disposal premiums, and protect the preservation and appreciation of state-owned assets; the two sides will also explore cooperation scenarios such as supply chain finance and insurance.

The two sides will use this strategic signing as a new starting point, establish a normalized docking and coordination mechanism, accelerate the implementation of projects in various business sectors, help develop new quality productivity through practical actions, and create a model model for collaboration between central enterprises and new types of physical enterprises.