德国西门子股份公司创立于1847年，是全球电子电气工程领域的领先企业。西门子自1872年进入中国，140余年来以创新的技术、卓越的解决方案和产品坚持不懈地对中国的发展提供全面支持，并以出众的品质和令人信赖的可靠性、领先的技术成就、不懈的创新追求，确立了在中国市场的领先地位。2015财年(2014年10月1日至2015年9月30日)，西门子在中国的总营收达到69.4亿欧元，拥有超过32000名员工。西门子已经发展成为中国社会和经济不可分割的一部分，并竭诚与中国携手合作，共同致力于实现可持续发展。

2014年9月，西门子股份公司和博世集团达成协议：罗伯特·博世公司将收购西门子所持有的合资企业博世和西门子家用电器集团(简称博西家电)50%的股份，交易完成后博西家电将成为博世集团的全资子公司，西门子彻底退出家电领域。出售家电业务正是西门子专注于电气化、自动化和数字化战略的体现之一。

Siemens is the largest engineering conglomerate in Europe. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany. It has three main areas of business. Its industry sector helps industry andinfrastructure customers to increase their economic and environmental competitiveness; its energy sector offers products and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy; and its healthcare sector offers products and solutions from prevention and early detection to diagnosis to treatment and aftercare. Siemens was founded by Werner von Siemens in 1847. His company revolutionized the sending of telegraphs and was responsible for the world’s first electric street lighting. Today, the company employs nearly half-a-million people in over 190 countries. It brings in operating revenues of $100 billion.