Norinco

China North Industries Group Corporation
Norinco Group
Native name
中国兵器工业集团有限公司
Company typeState-owned enterprise
SZSE: 000065 (A ordinary)
Industry
Founded1980 
Headquarters,
China
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Jiao Kaihe (Chairman)
  • Liu Dashan (President)
Products
Revenue US$82.6 billion (2023)
US$ 1.7 billion (2023)
Number of employees
216,339 (2023)
Websiteen.norincogroup.com.cn
China North Industries Group Corporation Limited
Simplified Chinese中国北方工业集团有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國北方工業集團有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Běifāng Gōngyè Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited
Simplified Chinese中国兵器工业集团有限公司
Traditional Chinese中國兵器工業集團有限公司
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōngguó Bīngqì Gōngyè Jítuán Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī
Norinco
Simplified Chinese北方工业
Traditional Chinese北方工業
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinBěifāng Gōngyè

China North Industries Group Corporation Limited, doing business internationally as Norinco Group (an abbreviation of "North Industries Corporation"), and known within China as China Ordnance Industries Group Corporation Limited (Chinese: 中国兵器工业集团有限公司), is a Chinese state-owned defense corporation that manufactures commercial and military products. Norinco Group is one of the world's largest defense contractors.

The company's subsidiary, China North Industries Corporation (Chinese: 中国北方工业有限公司), or simply Norinco, markets Norinco Group's products internationally, and is also involved in domestic civil construction and military defense projects.

Some of Norinco's international customers include Pakistan, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it negotiated arms-for-minerals deals, as well as Venezuela.