2013 China Top 500 Enterprises ranking. A total of seven OEM enterprises in the construction machinery industry were selected for the Top 500, with the highest-ranked being Zoomlion, at No. 109.

　　Among the 7 construction machinery complete-machine enterprises on the list, Zoomlion ranked first in the industry in both operating revenue (48.07 billion yuan) and profit (7.33 billion yuan), with profit exceeding that of the second place by more than 1.6 billion yuan.

　　A total of 6 enterprises headquartered in Hunan were included in the list. In terms of operating revenue, Valin Steel ranked first among the 6 Hunan enterprises; in terms of profit, Zoomlion's profit was 1.5 times the combined profit of the other 5 Hunan enterprises.

　　Since its listing, Zoomlion's sales revenue has achieved a compound annual growth rate of over 60%, 2.5 times the average growth rate of China's construction machinery industry over the same period, making it the fastest-growing company in the industry. In 2012, Zoomlion continued to lead China's construction machinery industry, becoming the only enterprise in the industry to maintain stable sales growth.

　　It is widely believed that Zoomlion's standout performance among peers is mainly attributable to the following major reasons:

　　First, a balanced product structure. Zoomlion can produce products in 13 major categories, 86 series and more than 800 varieties, making it the enterprise with the most complete range of categories in the construction machinery industry.

　　Second, strong technological innovation capability and high product gross margins. The company's R&D investment accounts for more than 5% of annual operating revenue, generating about 300 new technologies and new products annually, with an annual contribution rate to the company's operating revenue of over 50%.

　　Third, relatively successful international development. Technologically, after acquiring Italy's CIFA and purchasing the full set of technology for Germany's JOST flat-top tower crane series products, successful integration was achieved with obvious synergies; in terms of products, Zoomlion currently ranks first in the industry in export share for concrete machinery, construction hoisting machinery and environmental sanitation machinery.

　　Fourth, main-machine products continue to maintain leadership in the domestic market. The market shares of three major products—transit mixer trucks, truck-mounted pumps and mixing plants—all rank first nationwide; for hoisting machinery, the domestic market share of tower cranes firmly ranks at the top of the industry, and crawler crane products achieved the largest domestic sales; for earthmoving machinery, the domestic market share of bulldozers jumped to second in the industry.

　　Facing the current market situation, Zoomlion is achieving steady growth through a balanced product structure on the one hand, and pursuing diversified development on the other. At the 2012 annual shareholders' meeting held in June, Zoomlion Chairman Zhan Chunxin revealed that in the next 3 to 5 years, while doing well with its existing flagship products, Zoomlion will make strategic arrangements in sectors such as heavy trucks and agricultural machinery, ultimately forming a pattern of five major sectors advancing together with construction machinery, environmental industry and financial services, so as to avoid the risks brought by fluctuations in the construction machinery industry.