Founded in 1968, Midea is a global technology group covering five business sectors: smart home, building technology, industrial technology, robotics and automation, and digital innovation. Swan, Hualing, COLMO, KUKA, Welling, Hekang, Gaochuang, Wandong and Lingwang and other brand combinations provide more than 400 million users around the world every year, important customers and strategic partners in various fields. product and service. So far, Midea has about 200 subsidiaries, 35 R&D centers and 35 major production bases around the world, covering more than 200 countries and regions.

Midea deploys global advantageous R&D resources, builds six R&D centers covering 33 research fields, and forms a technology map ranging from common basic technologies to individualized key technologies. In recent years, Midea has continuously innovated and upgraded products through technological breakthroughs in cross-border integration, artificial intelligence and digital simulation, and actively promoted the development of the industry. So far, Midea has maintained 57,000 patent authorizations, and the authorized invention patents ranked first in the home appliance industry for four consecutive years. Midea Group has always paid attention to environmental protection, practiced the concept of green development, achieved green and low-carbon transformation of products through scientific and technological innovation, and achieved energy saving and emission reduction in the manufacturing process through equipment upgrades and lean production.

美的成立于1968年，是一家覆盖智能家居、楼宇科技，工业技术、机器人与自动化和数字化创新业务五大业务板块为一体的全球化科技集团，过去五年研发资金近500亿元，形成美的、小天鹅，华凌、COLMO，库卡，威灵、合康、高创、万东和菱王等多个品牌组合，每年为全球超过4亿用户，各领域的重要客户与战略合作伙伴提供满意的产品和服务。迄今，美的在全球拥有约200家子公司、35个研发中心和35个主要生产基地，业务覆盖200多个国家和地区。

美的布局全球优势研发资源，构建六大研发中心，涵盖33个研究领域，形成从共性基础技术到个性化关键技术的技术图谱。近年来，美的通过跨界融合、人工智能、数字仿真上的技术突破，不断创新升级产品，积极推动行业发展。迄今为止，美的专利授权维持量达5.7万件，授权发明专利连续四年家电行业第一。一直以来，美的集团注重环保，践行绿色发展理念，通过科学技术创新实现产品的绿色低碳转型，通过设备升级、精益生产实现制造过程的节能减排。

美的2021年营业总收入3434亿元，位于《财富》世界500强第245位。