Midea Posts Record 2025 Results, Pushes AI Transformation

BEIJING, March 31 (Reporter) — Midea Group, a leading Chinese technology enterprise, released its 2025 annual report on March 30, reporting a record-breaking performance with operating income hitting 458.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 12.1%, and net profit attributable to shareholders of listed companies rising 14% to 43.95 billion yuan. Amid the full implementation of China’s "AI+" initiative, the group is transforming into a global "AI+" technology firm, with plans to invest over 60 billion yuan in cutting-edge scientific research over the next three years to enhance its global competitiveness. 

Despite an uncertain external environment in 2025, Midea maintained double-digit growth in both revenue and profit, according to the report. Overseas revenue reached 195.9 billion yuan, jumping 15.9% year-on-year. Euromonitor International, a global authoritative market research institute, confirmed Midea as the world’s top-selling smart home appliance brand in 2025. Domestically, Midea’s products led sales on major online and offline channels, while its self-operated branches expanded from 27 to 50 countries and regions overseas, with its own brand topping market share in 32 product categories in core markets such as Amazon North America, Europe and Japan.

While consolidating its leading position in the white goods industry, Midea has built a strong second growth curve in robotics, new energy, building technology, industrial components, healthcare and logistics. Its ToB business revenue hit 122.8 billion yuan in 2025, a robust 17.5% year-on-year increase. Data shows Midea ranked first globally in sales of household air conditioner compressors, household air conditioner motors and washing machine motors. Domestically, it led the central air conditioning market, with top shares in segments like commercial multi-connected units and centrifugal chillers. 

KUKA Group, a subsidiary of Midea and one of the world’s "Big Four" industrial robot manufacturers, saw its domestic market share rise to 9.6% in 2025, ranking among the top three, according to MIR Industrial Statistics. It held a dominant 47.4% share in the heavy-duty robot segment (300kg and above). 

Strong business growth supported generous shareholder returns: Midea allocated 100% of its net profit to shareholders, with 44 billion yuan in cash dividends and share repurchases. Operating cash flow stood at 53.3 billion yuan, with a proposed year-end cash dividend of 3.8 yuan per 10 shares (totaling 28.6 billion yuan), bringing the full-year dividend to 4.3 yuan per 10 shares (32.4 billion yuan). Over the past decade, the group has distributed more than 150 billion yuan in dividends. 

Midea’s transformation into an "AI+" group is well under way, with a 400-strong AI R&D team and over 13,000 AI agents operating daily across residential, office, manufacturing and healthcare scenarios. AI empowerment helped the group save over 15 million working hours and 700 million yuan in costs in 2025. Its "Home Brain" and "Factory Brain" hubs drive AI application across four core scenarios: smart home, smart manufacturing, smart office and industry empowerment. 

In smart manufacturing, Midea’s Jingzhou washing machine factory, certified as the world’s first multi-scenario AI agent factory, uses 14 AI agents to cover 38 core production links, boosting efficiency by over 80% and cutting scheduling response time by 90%. In smart home, over 140 million Midea appliances are connected globally, with 150 million smart users accessing its AI-enabled products. 

Midea has also unveiled five humanoid robots, which are being deployed in factories for quality inspection and equipment patrols, marking a key step from lab to application. The group ranks 246th on Fortune’s 2025 Global 500 list, retaining its place for 10 consecutive years.