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Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. Annual Report 2007 海爾電器集團有限公司 二零零七年年報
Corporate Profile
Haier Electronics Group Co., Ltd. (Stock code: 1169)
(the “Company”), a subsidiary of Haier Group, is listed
on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited. The Company and its subsidiaries (the “Group”)
are principally engaged in the research, development,
production and sale of washing machines and water
heaters under the brand name of “Haier”.
Founded in 1984, Haier Group is headquartered in
Qingdao, Shangdong Province, the PRC and is today
one of the world’s leading white goods home appliance
manufacturers. The products of Haier Group are now
sold in over 100 countries. Haier ranked the first among
Fortune China’s the World’s Most Admired Companies
in 2007, and number one among electronic and electric
industry. Haier is also an official sponsor of the 2008
Beijing Olympic Games for white goods home appliances.
Recent Development
The Group has completed the acquisition of the remaining
30% interest in Haier Indesit (front loading washing
machines business) from the Italian partner in December
2007. The acquisition will enable the Group to have better
and more effective management and control over Haier
Indesit, enable more effective sharing of resources with
other subsidiaries of the Group and thus improving our
operating efficiencies.
In the past, the Group had to pay a trademark licence fee
to the parent company Haier Group at a rate of 0.8% of
certain sales of the Group (excluding the front loading
washing machines and water heaters businesses) in order
to use certain trademarks registered in the names of
members of the Haier Group for its top loading machines
business. In order to facilitate further growth of the Group,
the Haier Group agreed to waive trademark licence fee
for the company’s top loading washing machine business
with effect from 1 January 2008. The waiver is expected
to improve financial performance of the Group from 2008
onwards.
Corporate Profile and Recent Development
企業簡介及近期發展
企業簡介
海爾電器集團有限公司（股份代號：1169）（「本公
司」）為海爾集團旗下一家在香港聯合交易所有限
公司主板上市之附屬公司。目前本公司及其附屬
公司（「本集團」）之主要業務為研究、開發、生產
及銷售以「海爾」為品牌名稱之洗衣機及熱水器。
海爾集團於一九八四年創辦，其總部位於中國山
東省青島市，現時為全球白色家電製造商的龍頭
之一。海爾集團旗下產品目前銷往全球逾100個
國家。海爾於《財富中國》雜誌二零零七年中國世
界最受讚賞公司中高居榜首，並為電器及電子業
之冠。海爾亦為二零零八年北京奧運會白色家電
之指定贊助商。
近期發展
於二零零七年十二月，本集團完成向意大利夥伴
收購海爾盈德喜（滾筒式洗衣機業務）餘下之30%
權益。收購將令本集團得以對海爾盈德喜作出更
妥善及更有效之管理及控制，使其與本集團之其
他附屬公司更有效地分享資源，從而改善其營運
效率。
過往，為了旗下之波輪式洗衣機可使用若干以海
爾集團成員公司名義註冊之商標，本集團須向母
公司海爾集團支付商標牌照費，費用以本集團若
干銷售（不包括滾筒式洗衣機及熱水器業務）
0.8%
之比率計算。為促進本集團進一步發展，海爾集
團同意豁免本公司波輪式洗衣機之商標牌照費，
由二零零八年一月一日起生效。該豁免預期將自
二零零八年起改善本集團之財務表現。