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Xia Yingsong

The second-generation industrialist who bought a French company for €1 and turned it profitable in a year.

Xia Yingsong, Chairman, Zhongding Co. · b. 1977
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Chairman, Zhongding Co. · b. 1977

Chairman of Zhongding Co. (中鼎) · humanoid-robot components

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Who he is

Xia Yingsong is a second-generation industrialist who turned a rubber-gasket maker into a chassis-systems giant. The turning point came when he bought a French company for €1 and made it profitable in a year; over a decade he swallowed 10+ European tech firms.

Since 2024 he has bet the company on humanoid-robot components — harmonic reducers, force sensors and micro-motors — with roughly 300,000 units of orders already secured from EngineAI, Fourier and others.

Why he matters

Xia represents the industrialists converting China's manufacturing base into the supply chain of the humanoid era. The joints, sensors and actuators inside every Chinese humanoid are increasingly coming from companies like his. He is the bridge between the "boring" precision-manufacturing economy and the robot boom.

Key facts

  • Acquisition: Bought a French company for €1, turned it profitable in a year.
  • Expansion: 10+ European tech firms swallowed over a decade.
  • 2024: Bet on humanoid joints — reducers, force sensors, micro-motors.
  • Orders: ~300,000 reducer units from EngineAI, Fourier and others.
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