After Schindler transformed into a sole proprietorship on the Swiss side in 2006, it chose to build the Jiading Schindler City in Shanghai in 2011, which has become the production headquarters factory and the largest production base and industrial park of Schindler in the world. The original Shanghai Elevator Factory, as part of China Schindler, was scaled down to become Schindler Shanghai branch.

Whether it was the original Sino-foreign joint venture or today's wholly foreign-owned enterprise, Schindler has made an indelible contribution to Shanghai's urban construction. In 1985, China Schindler produced China's first microcomputer-controlled AC speed-regulating elevator for Shanghai Yan'an Hotel and other customers. In 1988, China Schindler designed China's first computer-controlled DC high-speed elevator, installed in Shanghai Union Building and other companies. In 1992, the Shanghai Elevator Factory of China Schindler developed the first domestic diamond-shaped sightseeing elevator, installed in the Shanghai Electronics Building. In 1998, the Schindler Asia-Pacific Training Center was established in Shanghai. Today, Schindler is everywhere, from Shanghai World Expo venues to Shanghai North Bund Magnolia Plaza, the Bund Financial Center, Shanghai Shipyard and Shanghai metro lines.

The Song of China-Schindler, the company song,describes active production activities of this joint venture in the 1980s and 1990s in the tide of reform and opening up

A machine nameplate of the China-Schindler Shanghai Elevator Works