Recently, the unveiling ceremony for the China-ASEAN Automotive Standards Regulations Exchange and Cooperation Dialogue Conference and the China-ASEAN Automotive Standards and Regulations Research Center were held in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. The China-ASEAN Automotive Standards Regulation Research Center was established by China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. jointly initiated and established to assist the 'One Belt and One Road' strategy. It will establish a service platform for the exchange and cooperation of auto standards and regulations for China and ASEAN countries in the future. The technical center will have a full-time standards and regulations research team that will work with the vehicle. Product professional engineers docking.
At the unveiling ceremony, Wang Junwei, Deputy Director of the Industry Department of China National Standards Committee, Yu Kai, Chairman of China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd., Xu Feiyun, General Manager of SAIC-GM-Wuling Indonesia Automotive Co., Ltd., Deputy Chief Engineer of the Institute of Standardization, China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd. Jianhua and several ASEAN government leaders attended the event.
According to Yu Kai, after the establishment of the research center, relevant departments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Thailand will jointly formulate industry standards to promote the development of automobile standards and regulations in the ASEAN region and promote the common development of the automobile industry in China and ASEAN countries. And technological progress. The reason why these five countries were chosen first is because they have their own regulatory requirements for automotive products, and they are also members of the ASEAN region with a higher level of voice in the automotive industry. In the process of cooperation, China will be fully To exert its influence in the automotive industry at home and abroad and its comprehensive technical service capabilities to create conditions for further in-depth exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN countries in the field of automobile standards and regulations.
Yu Kai, Chairman of China Automotive Technology and Research Center Co., Ltd.
Yu Kai also emphasized that at the beginning of the design of the research center, it was an open and shared framework. With the development of the work business, more Chinese companies will join in. Moreover, Wuling is doing better and better in Indonesia and setting up other companies. Model and confidence.
SAIC-GM-Wuling has always been actively exploring overseas business development models. In recent years, relying on products and technologies with independent intellectual property rights, it has implemented a “building a ship out of the sea” strategy. Apart from building its own factories, it also brings suppliers together to overseas factories. Supporting and developing a local construction dealer network. As of now, SAIC-GM-Wuling Indonesia has a total investment of 700 million U.S. dollars, an area of 600,000 square meters, an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles, and 15 suppliers supporting suppliers in the park. The Wuling Confero S model has a localization rate of 56%.
SAIC-GM-Wuling Indonesia factory interior
Xu Feiyun, General Manager of SAIC-GM-Wuling Indonesia Automotive Co., Ltd. stated that since the official start of production in July 2017, SAIC-GM-Wuling Indonesia has created more than 3,000 local jobs and accumulated product sales of more than 8,000 units. The first model, Confero S, was named The best new car of the year 2017. In addition, in the Indonesian market where Japanese car ownership is as high as 95%, the local government also strongly supports the entry of competitive brands such as Wuling. In 2018, the SAIC-GM-Wuling Indonesia plant plans to produce 30,000 cars. And plans to raise the output to 50,000 in 2019.
Xu Feiyun, General Manager of SAIC-GM-Wuling Indonesia Automotive Co., Ltd.
For the founding of the research center, Xu Feiyun said that this provided a good platform for SAIC-GM-Wuling and that the endorsement of the academic status of China National Automobile Research Institute will help Wuling make its own voice in international exchanges, and in turn, the company’s Ideas and requirements were added to the competition in the industry rules; in addition, Wuling plans to participate more quickly in the establishment of the emerging ASEAN country’s new energy vehicle standard. The establishment of the research center has also given the company more hope.
Wang Junwei, deputy director of the Industry and Industry Department of the China National Standards Committee, said that thanks to Chairman Xi Jinping's 'One Belt and One Road' initiative and the development of China-ASEAN strategic partnership, the high-level exchanges between the two sides have been frequent, and the China-ASEAN Free Trade Area has effectively promoted bilateral cooperation. Automobile Trade. At present, new changes have taken place in the automotive consumer market in ASEAN countries. Environmental, low-cost, green, and energy-saving vehicles are becoming more and more popular. This will also bring new opportunities for cooperation between China and ASEAN.
Wang Junwei, Deputy Director of the Industry Department of China National Standards Committee
In particular, Wang Junwei pointed out that China is in line with ASEAN countries in developing new energy vehicles. He said that China has the basis of market and technical regulations for conducting interconnection, exchange, and cooperation with ASEAN countries in the automotive field, especially in the field of new energy vehicles. The China National Standardization Management Committee is willing to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and ASEAN countries on laws, regulations, certification procedures and technical standards in the automotive, especially in new energy automotive areas.
The establishment of the China-ASEAN Automotive Standards and Regulations Research Center is of great significance for the Chinese auto industry to go abroad, and in particular to enhance the competitiveness of China's autos in the ASEAN region. Since President Xi Jinping proposed the 'One Belt One Road' initiative, the above steam GM Wuling represented. Domestic auto makers have responded to the call and gone abroad to enter the ASEAN countries. To this end, it is important to accelerate the participation of the Chinese auto industry in the development of local auto standards and regulations in the ASEAN countries and jointly create a better environment for the development of the auto industry. Another important measure for the automotive industry to implement the 'One Belt and One Road' initiative is China's ASEAN Motor Vehicles Standards and Regulations Research Center.