Hengtong Group Climbs 14 Spots to Rank 131st on 2026 Fortune China 500

On July 21, the 2026 Fortune China 500 ranking was officially released. Hengtong Group, supported by its solid operating performance and comprehensive development strength, climbed 14 places to rank 131st on the list. This steady ascent fully demonstrates Hengtong's strong foundation built on deep commitment to the real economy, persistent innovation-driven growth, and focused industrial upgrading.

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As an authoritative benchmark for measuring the overall strength, operational quality, and industry standing of Chinese enterprises, the Fortune China 500 adopts the same methodology as the Fortune Global 500. It uses rigorous revenue data, business scale, and market competitiveness as core evaluation criteria, offering a comprehensive view of the backbone forces in China's industrial economy.

In 2025, despite a complex and volatile macroeconomic environment, Hengtong Group closely aligned with national strategies, deepened its presence in the real economy and high-end manufacturing, and steadily improved operational quality and efficiency. The group achieved annual revenue exceeding RMB 220 billion, maintaining steady growth and demonstrating strong resilience throughout the year.

Over the years, the group has focused on three core business areas—optical communications, power and energy, and marine technology—building a complete industry chain system covering "optical fiber preform – optical fiber – optical cable." Leveraging the world's first "Lighthouse Factory" in the optical communications industry, Hengtong has continuously broken through key core technologies, successfully mastering ultra-high-voltage submarine cable technology, developing the world's highest 32-fiber-pair submarine line repeater, and achieving multi-scenario deployments of dynamic cables for deep-sea applications. Many of these achievements have broken foreign technological monopolies, and its core products have been widely applied in major national projects, computing hub infrastructure, and cross-sea interconnection initiatives.

With its exceptional product quality, the group has received the "China Quality Award"—the highest honor in the domestic quality field—along with multiple national green manufacturing certifications. To date, the group has led or participated in the formulation of over 600 domestic and international standards and holds more than 5,700 granted patents, continuously reinforcing its core technological moat.

Alongside scale growth, Hengtong adheres to the coordinated development of quality, efficiency, and green practices. It continues to increase R&D investment, upgrade its industrial structure, refine modern corporate governance, and steadily enhance its ESG performance—pursuing a sustainable, high-quality development path while actively fulfilling its responsibilities as a private enterprise and contributing to society.

With a global footprint covering more than 150 countries and regions, Hengtong leverages its domestic industry clusters worth over RMB 100 billion and 13 overseas manufacturing bases. Backed by its rare end-to-end transoceanic submarine cable delivery capabilities, the group has built an integrated industrial ecosystem encompassing R&D, production, sales, logistics, and services, consistently providing premium system solutions for global information and energy connectivity.

Looking ahead, Hengtong will seize opportunities in smart manufacturing and the digital economy, deepen the integration of "AI + manufacturing," and further optimize its full-industry-chain layout. The group will proactively position itself in emerging fields such as computing power networks, deep-sea energy, and new power systems, driving high-quality development through practical action and continuing to contribute to China's goals of becoming a manufacturing powerhouse, a cyber powerhouse, and a maritime powerhouse.