Taizhong does heavy lifting for China's industrial sector

A Shanxi-based machinery maker that's almost as old as the People's Republic continues to blaze trails for the nation's manufacturers, reports Li Yang in Taiyuan

Taiyuan Heavy Industry Co Ltd (Taizhong) began life in 1950 as the first producer of heavy equipment in the infancy of the People's Republic of China.

Retired workers proudly call it "the oldest son of the republic", which itself came into being just a year earlier.