Founded in 1953, China United Engineering Corporation Limited is a large-scale technology-driven engineering company formed by integrating the former Second Design and Research Institute of Machinery Industry with several national Class A survey and design institutes. It is a second-level central enterprise under China National Machinery Industry Corporation (SINOMACH), a Fortune Global 500 company, and is headquartered in Hangzhou. The company currently employs nearly 7,000 people, with technical professionals accounting for over 90%. It is home to one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and three National Engineering Survey and Design Masters. The company has consistently ranked among the top ten of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development's Top 100 National Survey and Design Institutes for many years, achieving a highest ranking of 4th. It is recognized by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) as a "Double Hundred Enterprise" and a benchmark enterprise in the management benchmark creation action for key state-owned enterprises.