FAW expanding innovative capabilities

To build the most excellent and world-renowned FAW brand, we should inherit the enterprise's spirit of "study, innovation and self-reliance", striving for the first, creating new cause and shouldering the responsibility.

In addition, we should also create the optimal manufacturing environment with the optimal workforce, product and process technologies. Thereby, we can provide the users with best vehicle products and marketing service.

"The automobile industry is a capital-intensive, technology-intensive and labor-intensive industry. Besides, another characteristic of this industry lies in long industrial chain, higher association, and wide range of employment as well as strong capability of boosting consumption. Therefore, such a special and influential industry in economic development shall be taken as an important part during the rapid transformation of the economic development mode in China."

From the macroscopic view, the talk with Xu Jianyi, general manager of FAW Group was spread out. At the very beginning, he emphasized the meaning for automobile industry to transform its development mode.
 
"What can we see from the development process of developed countries? Generally, automobile industry in developed countries is powerful. Thus careful consideration must be given to automobile industry which shall be taken as a very essential content during the transformation of economic development mode." Xu Jianyi says."

Xu Jianyi held that independent innovation is central to the transformation of economic development mode. "What independent innovation concerns more are the quality, efficiency and benefits of development. Independence is the foundation for an enterprise and innovation is the soul to make progress.

If an enterprise can not operate independently and make its main operation under control, it will have no foundations for development. In terms of the State, it is expected that several large enterprise groups with international competitive strength to support and promote the development of the national economy should be cultivated. It is for us an enormous task, but independent innovation is inevitable."

The first truck of new China, Jiefang, was produced by FAW who was born in independence and began with independence.

Xu Jianyi said, "For FAW, independence is very important. It is out of its calling and what people expect. For this reason, independence is always highlighted in recent years. First, we put forward clearly to go towards a new course of independent innovation with concerted efforts and with one hand and one mind; second, get our ideas into shape, seeking unity in targets including short-term, mid-term and long-term, targets, and then define and implement those targets one by one; third, scientifically allocate and integrate resources. "

FAW now has given top priority to independent cause. "We put forward 'two changes in three years': greatly changing the operation of independent innovative cause and the competition of independent innovative products in three years. What does FAW leave us? The answer is management base, experience and talents. The most direct performance is that we have spent 57 years to make two brands--Jiefang and Hongqi. Therefore, besides inheriting the Jiefang and Hongqi brands, we shall leave the future generations with capability of system innovation, for system can provide support for brand.

"Now, FAW is quickening the pace of independent innovation by opening and cooperation. "

At the present stage, it is complementary and promoting to each other to deepen opening and cooperation and accelerate independent development. We obtain relevant knowledge of talent, management and technology through cooperation, which is necessary and essential for developing independent cause.

To deepen opening and cooperation is also to develop independently. One important problem is that we shall emphasize the cultivation of our own system.

We must digest and absorb the key core technology as soon as possible to make us more competitive. In this process, we must respect the law of automobile market development, and grow stronger as soon as possible based on our actual situation. As for FAW, it is at the best time to speed up development of independent cause. FAW has possessed capability of chassis matching for high-end sedan, and of fully independent development of the body of whole vehicle.
 
After the improvement of Jetta and operational testing of the Hongqi, basically, FAW has possessed capability of fully independent development of the medium and the below passenger vehicles. The biggest advantage of our company lies in knowing what our customers need. Furthermore, we have more and more profound understanding of requirements and standards for automobile manufacture after so many years of innovative practices.

Now independent innovation or own-brand development is at its fastest growth, and FAW shall play its part.