According to Xinhua News Agency, on April 12, General Secretary Xi Jinping visited GAC Aian New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. He walked into the company’s exhibition hall, assembly workshop, battery production workshop, etc. to learn more about GAC Group’s breakthroughs in key core technologies and promotion Progress in high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing. At the GAC Research Institute, the general secretary carefully inspected the intelligent network connection laboratory, model design laboratory, etc., and communicated with scientific and technological personnel, entrepreneurs, employees, and representatives of foreign-funded enterprises.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the automobile industry is an industry with a large market, high technical content and a high degree of management refinement. The development of new energy vehicles is the only way for my country to move from a large automobile country to a powerful automobile country.
At present, Guangdong is the largest province in automobile manufacturing and consumption. Its automobile production and sales have ranked first in the country for six consecutive years. The output value of the automobile manufacturing industry has exceeded one trillion yuan. One out of every six new energy vehicles in the country is made in Guangdong. GAC Aian New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. is the leading enterprise of new energy vehicles in China. It has reached the world’s leading level in terms of batteries, motors, and electronic control core technologies. It is the vanguard of Guangdong’s new energy vehicle manufacturing industry. The company was established at the end of 2018 The first smart ecological pure electric factory in China. In 2022, the sales volume of Aian new energy vehicles will be 271,000, a year-on-year increase of 126%. Its parent company, Guangzhou Automobile Group, will have a total sales volume of 2.43 million vehicles in 2022, with a total operating income of 514.65 billion yuan, ranking 186th in the Fortune Global 500 in 2022.
Determined to innovate independently and firmly grasp the fundamental requirements of high-quality development
In recent years, GAC Group has firmly grasped the fundamental requirement of high-quality development, and achieved remarkable results in breaking through key core technologies and promoting high-end, intelligent, and green manufacturing. When inspecting GAC Aian and GAC Research Institute, the general secretary fully affirmed GAC’s self-reliance and independent research and development technology, and entrusted GAC to develop its own brand and promote national brands.
As a large state-owned joint-stock enterprise, GAC Group is committed to independent innovation, actively embraces the new four modernizations of automobiles, and practices high-quality development. Focus on intelligent networked new energy, aim at new ecology and new growth poles, and accelerate the transformation of the track through technological changes, brand improvement, strong chain extension, green and low-carbon measures.
In terms of technological change, the “Twin Stars” of GAC Group strive to be the first. GAC Aian focuses on EV (electrification) + ICV (intelligence), GAC Trumpchi’s products are fully transformed into XEV (hybrid) and ICV (intelligence), GAC Honda, GAC Toyota and other joint venture brands accelerate hybridization and new energy Transform and cultivate the hydrogen energy market.
In terms of brand improvement, GAC Group has a deep grasp of the consumer demand and trends of smart new energy vehicle products, and steadily promotes high-end branding. Among them, GAC Aion has formed a dual-brand matrix of AION + Hyper, and is currently planning an international layout in depth, fully promoting the IPO process, and striving to become the world’s leading new energy brand by 2030.
In terms of strengthening the chain and extending the chain, GAC focuses on new energy and intelligent network software and hardware, and builds industrial resilience with high-quality development. On the one hand, GAC Group has shifted from a stable chain of traditional components to new energy, intelligent network and chain extension, focusing on building high-tech, high value-added core components, and promoting the neutralization and extension of mature products. On the other hand, through combination of joint ventures and cooperation, investment and mergers and acquisitions, the technical safety and control of key components can be realized.
In terms of green and low-carbon, GAC Group, guided by the “GLASS Green Net Plan”, strengthens the management of carbon emissions throughout the product life cycle, and comprehensively promotes low-carbon measures such as “carbon reduction” and “zero carbon + negative carbon” to ensure the realization of Carbon neutrality goal. These include increasing the proportion of smart new energy and energy-saving vehicles, building a green supply chain, formulating green procurement standards, building zero-carbon factories, providing recycling programs, and investing in clean technologies.
It is worth noting that GAC Group is actively entering the field of energy and ecological services to empower the development of its main business. Started the construction of battery R&D and trial production lines successively, established GAC Energy Technology Company, electric drive company Ruipai Power, and power battery company Yinpai Technology. Accelerate the construction of a vertically integrated new energy industry chain layout of “lithium mine + basic lithium battery raw material production + energy storage and power battery production + charging and swapping + battery recycling + energy storage”, reduce the cost of the industry chain, and realize the overall security of the new energy industry chain Controllable and improve the core competitiveness of the industrial chain.
Anchor first-class technology enterprises, GAC’s accumulated investment in independent research and development has reached 39.5 billion yuan
Without self-reliance and self-reliance in science and technology, there will be no high-quality development. In recent years, GAC Group has insisted on continuous investment to overcome the “medium technology trap” with the “new normal” of scientific and technological innovation. At present, GAC Group has established a global R&D network with GAC Research Institute as the core, supported by the US R&D Center, European R&D Center, and Shanghai Qianzhan Design Studio. team. According to the data, the GAC Research Institute was established in 2006. It is the technical management department and R&D system hub of GAC Group. At present, GAC Group’s cumulative investment in independent research and development has reached 39.5 billion yuan, with a total of 20,500 intellectual property rights, including 15,572 cumulative valid patent applications worldwide. In the field of mass production technology, it has mastered key core component technologies covering complete vehicles and powertrains, new energy “three electrics”, and intelligent network connection, and has comprehensively built “electrification + intelligence” full-stack self-research capabilities. Continue to ensure the industry’s leading position in electrification (XEV) and intelligent connectivity (autonomous driving, smart cockpit) technologies. In the forward-looking field, GAC Group made breakthroughs in hydrogen energy (FCV), smart energy technology, Internet of Vehicles (IOT) and three-dimensional travel, and extended to virtual scenes (Metaverse), satellite communications and other forward-looking fields.
“Keep in mind the general secretary’s entrustment to develop independent brands”
“The achievements we have achieved today are inseparable from the general secretary’s prediction of the development of the entire new energy vehicle industry.” Feng Xingya of GAC Group said that it was the speech of the general secretary that made GAC Group determined to develop new energy vehicles that year. , “We really listen, really believe, and really do it.”
In 2022, the sales volume of automobiles in China will exceed 26.86 million, of which the market share of new energy vehicles will jump to 25.6%. GAC Group will produce 2.48 million vehicles and sell 2.43 million vehicles. three. Feng Xingya said that after 9 years of development, the general secretary’s entrustment is gradually becoming a reality.
At present, GAC Group focuses on the three main axes of track conversion, kinetic energy conversion and development transformation, and strives hard to realize the goal of “one trillion GAC, world-class” in 2030.
“We deeply feel the General Secretary’s ardent expectations for independent brands and the importance he attaches to independent innovation of core technologies.” Zeng Qinghong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of GAC Group, said that the automobile industry is facing an important stage of transformation and upgrading of the four modernizations. Coming to GAC will play a very important role in promoting high-quality development, leading the manufacturing industry, and the development of the real economy. “We will definitely follow the general secretary’s instructions, firmly grasp the primary task of high-quality development, and accelerate independent innovation. Hold the key core technology in your own hands, and develop your own brand.”
Post time: Apr-18-2023
