Formed in 2199, the Shen Zhou Industrial Group started as the 'Emergency Industrial Commission'. This commission was hastily formed in the wake of the Daqin attack to gather the remaining industrial experience together in the Shen Zhou System, and apply it to the recently decapitated industrial facilities around the planet with the goal of keeping production from collapsing completely.

The commission would be renamed in 2222 to the Shen Zhou Industrial Group as emergency efforts were officially brought to an end and the commission rebranded itself to be a regular corporation, though without giving up any of the emergency powers granted to the commission in 2199, allowing them to keep a large portion of the industrial capacity of the Shen Zhou system.

Officially the Shen Zhou Industrial Group is licensed to operate within the entire Heaven Forged Republic, though in practice it is largely confined to the Shen Zhou system.