Highlander Named CSSC Strategic Partner and Five-Star Gold Supplier-Highlander

2026-10-30

Highlander Named CSSC Strategic Partner and Five-Star Gold Supplier

On October 30, the 2026 Industrial Chain and Supply Chain Conference of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC) opened in Wuhan under the theme “Linking Rivers and Seas, Leading the Deep Blue with Intelligence.” The conference focused on raising the level of independence and controllability of the shipbuilding and marine industrial and supply chains, and on advancing integrated development across upstream and downstream players. At the event CSSC announced its first batch of 12 group-level strategic partners and presented awards to its gold medal partners. On the strength of its solid in-house research and development capability, its localized product offering and its high-quality supporting services, Beijing Highlander was selected as a strategic partner and was simultaneously granted the Five-Star Gold Supplier honor, earning high recognition from CSSC.

▲ Trophy for the 2025 Five-Star Gold Partner

Independent and Controllable: A Defining Proposition of Our Time

As China advances deeper into building itself into a manufacturing powerhouse and a maritime powerhouse, the responsibility to master independent shipbuilding capacity and supporting equipment capability has grown heavier. General Secretary Xi Jinping has stressed that industrial and supply chains must not fail at critical moments. Measured against advanced international levels, China’s marine communication and navigation equipment still lags in core technologies, and independent and controllable development has therefore become the defining proposition running through the conference.

Full-Chain Independence, Two Decades of Commitment

Having worked in marine equipment for more than two decades, Highlander is one of the few listed companies in China able to deliver “smart ocean plus intelligent navigation” as an integrated capability, and it holds a full set of military qualifications. Positioned in the core upstream segment of marine navigation equipment, the company focuses on key marine electrical products — navigation radar, electronic charts, autopilots, voyage data recorders (VDR) and engine room monitoring and alarm systems. These products determine a vessel’s propulsion and perception, and represent one of the fields with the greatest room for domestic substitution. Taking domestic substitution in marine supporting equipment as its core track, the company treats full-chain independence and controllability as the foundation on which it stands.

Two Honors: Five-Star Gold Supplier and Strategic Partner

▲ Award ceremony for Five-Star Gold Partners

Winning two major honors at once is authoritative market recognition of Highlander’s localization capability, and an important milestone in the company’s development. Going forward, Highlander will align itself with CSSC’s supply chain development plans under the 15th Five-Year Plan, keep iterating its intelligent navigation equipment series, deepen collaborative research across the industrial chain, continue to consolidate the independent and controllable foundation of marine equipment, and help China’s shipbuilding industry advance toward high-end, intelligent and green development.

▲ Conferral ceremony for strategic partners

Toward the Sea for National Strength

Standing at the opening year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, Highlander will follow the national strategy of building a maritime powerhouse, deliver solid products and services, and join hands with all parties along the industrial chain to write a new chapter on the voyage into the deep blue.

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