Construction machinery is an important part of equipment industry. Generally speaking, all mechanical equipment necessary for comprehensive mechanized construction projects required by earthwork construction projects, pavement construction and maintenance, mobile lifting and handling operations and various construction projects are called construction machinery.
It is mainly used in national defense construction projects, transportation construction, energy industry construction and production, mining and other raw material industry construction and production, agriculture, forestry and water conservancy construction, industrial and civil buildings, urban construction, environmental protection and other fields.
In various countries around the world, the industry is called the same, including construction machinery and equipment in the United States and Britain, construction machinery and devices in Germany, construction and road construction machinery in Russia and construction machinery in Japan. In China, some products are also called construction machinery, and the mechanical system is collectively called construction machinery when it is established according to the approval document of the State Council. All countries have roughly the same product range for this industry. Compared with other countries, China's construction machinery also includes railway line construction machinery, forklifts and industrial handling vehicles, decoration machinery, elevators, pneumatic tools and other industries.