The equipment manufacturing industry is a pillar industry in Changde, for which the municipal government has set up a special panel, formulated a three-year action plan and provided considerable support. In 2017, the annual output value of the equipment manufacturing industry in Changde reached RMB 32.41 billion.
Changde High-Tech Industrial Development Zone, as the main base of the equipment manufacturing industry, now has leading equipment enterprises such as Zoomlion, Hunan Teli Hydraulic, ETERNAL, XANJER and so on. It has led the formulation of a variety of intelligent equipment standard modules and technical indicators. In order to improve industrial concentration and supporting capabilities of this industry, this zone has set up an equipment manufacturing industrial park and aims to create an smart manufacturing industrial park through introducing enterprises engaged in intelligent equipment manufacturing and various machinery processing and so on.