History of Hitachi in China

• Hitachi Household China Trade Division established

• Resident office of Beijing office established in Shanghai

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• Fujian Hitachi Television Co., Ltd. established for the manufacture and sale of televisions *1

• Resident office of Beijing office established in Guangzhou

• Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. established Beijing office

• Resident office of Beijing office established in Dalian

• Hitachi Electrics (now Hitachi Kokusai Electric Inc.) established Beijing office

• Hitachi Products Shanghai Maintenance Technology Training Center established as a service technology school in Shanhai

• Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. established Beijing office
• Hitachi Cable Co.,Ltd. established Beijing office

• Hitachi Metals established "Hitachi Metals Hong Kong Co., Ltd." as a manufaturing and sales base of components used in information equipment

• Hitachi Maxell established "Maxell Asia, Co., Ltd.", a sales company in Hong Kong

• Hitachi Transport System, Ltd. established "Hitachi Transport System (HK) Ltd."

• Nissei Sangyo Co., Ltd. established Shenzhen office

• Shenzhen SEG Hitachi Color Display Devices Co., Ltd." established, a joint venture manufacturing color kinescopes

• Hitachi Co., Ltd. established Hong Kong office

• "Beijing Hitachi Huasun Information System Co., Ltd." established to engage in research into computer software
• Shanghai Air Conditioner Service Center established

• "Beijing Hitachi Elevator Service Co., Ltd." established as a joint venture with No.4 Construction Company, which was affiliated to China Construction No.1 Engineering Bureau (now China Construction No.1 Bureau Construction Development Company). Beijing Hitachi Elevator Service Co., Ltd. is engaged in the installation and maintenance of elevators
• Nisshin Transportation Co., Ltd., a subsidiary company of Hitachi Transport System, Ltd., established Shanghai Yuanxin International Transportation Co., Ltd. and became the first Japan-funded enterprise to receive an international transportation qualification

• Shanghai Highly (Group) Co., Ltd. jointly established with Shanghai Hitachi Electrical Appliances Co., Ltd. and engaged in the manufacture and sale of scroll compressor used in indoor air conditioners

• Hitachi Medical established a Beijing office

• "Shanghai Yongda Electromechanical Industry Co., Ltd." jointly established with Yongda Electromechanical Industry Co., Ltd. and engaged in the manufacture, sale, installation and maintenance of elevators (got the shares in December 1995 and it became "Shanghai Yongda Elevator Equipment Co., Ltd." in February 2004)

• "Beijing Hitachi Controll Systems Co., Ltd." established, engaged in the manufacture and sale of thermal generation and steel rolling control systems