Xiaopeng Motors' production line transformation accelerates production expansion! Xpeng Motors Zhaoqing factory to start production of new models within this year

Xiaopeng Motors' production line transformation accelerates production expansion! Xpeng Motors Zhaoqing factory to start production of new models within this year

Zhaoqing High-tech Release 2024-01-26 22:33 Published in Guangdong

On January 26, 2024, the launch ceremony for the production line renovation of Xpeng’s new smart new energy vehicle model project was held at the Xpeng Motors Zhaoqing factory located in Zhaoqing High-tech Zone. This transformation project plans to upgrade the existing vehicle production line at the Zhaoqing base through technological transformation of the production line to prepare for the production of new models, which will accelerate the increase in Xpeng Motors' production capacity and sales. He Xiaopeng, Chairman and CEO of Xpeng Motors, Wang Xudong, Senior Vice President of Xpeng Motors, Zhang Aijun, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Xu Xiaoxiong, Mayor, Municipal Leaders Qin Bo, Liu Jingbo and the main persons in charge of Zhaoqing High-tech Zone, Guangzhou Deheng Automotive Equipment Technology Co., Ltd., Shanghai Representatives from ABB Engineering Co., Ltd. and other companies attended the launching ceremony.

Picture of the launching ceremony.

The scope of the new model production line transformation project involves the four major workshop production lines of stamping, welding, painting, and final assembly, as well as logistics equipment and facilities. The overall transformation of the project lasts about 20 days. At present, the project is progressing steadily as planned. It is planned to complete all transformation projects before February 9, complete the debugging of the entire production line by the end of February, and put into production within this year.

Xpeng Motors.

Since Xpeng Motors settled in Zhaoqing in 2017,

With the strong support of the Zhaoqing Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government and Zhaoqing High-tech Zone, it has continued to increase capital and expand production, and has developed rapidly and become the main chain enterprise of Zhaoqing's new energy automobile industry.

In September 2023, Zhaoqing and Xpeng Motors joined hands again, and the Xpeng intelligent new energy vehicle new model project was signed and implemented. It plans to upgrade the existing vehicle production line of the Zhaoqing base through technological transformation of the production line, and put the new model into production at the Zhaoqing base, and Zhaoqing City jointly builds an important base for the new energy automobile industry in the country.

Lu Yuanmei, general manager of Xpeng Motors’ Zhaoqing base, said:

Through the new model production line renovation project, Xpeng Motors will complete the upgrade of the existing vehicle production line at the Zhaoqing base, increase the factory's production capacity, make the base bigger and stronger, and welcome a new stage of sales growth. At the same time, Xpeng Motors will further play its role as a leading chain enterprise, work with Zhaoqing City to accelerate industrial agglomeration, and jointly promote the development of Zhaoqing's new energy vehicles and auto parts industry.

Driven by leading companies such as Xiaopeng Motors, Zhaoqing's new energy vehicle industry has achieved leapfrog development in recent years. Currently, Zhaoqing High-tech Zone alone has more than 70 companies related to the new energy vehicle industry chain, covering vehicle manufacturing, three-electric systems Manufacturing, air-conditioning seat system and other auto parts manufacturing, auto modification film and other auto aftermarket, industrial chain supporting equipment manufacturing, technical services and other industrial fields.

Zhaoqing High-tech Zone.

Zhaoqing High-tech Zone is gradually forming a new pattern of comprehensive development in the upstream and midstream leading segments of the new energy vehicle industry, including complete vehicle manufacturing, key parts manufacturing, intelligent connected vehicles and autonomous driving, and has initially achieved the development of the entire industry chain.

We hope that business leaders from all over the world will come to Zhaoqing and take a look.

We sincerely hope to be friends with the whole world, and we sincerely do business with the whole world.

If there is anything we can't do well, I hope you can give us some suggestions.

Zhaoqing High-tech Zone Investment Promotion Bureau

Address: 15/F, Fumin Building, Zhaoqing Hi-tech Industrial Development Zone, Zhaoqing, Guangdong

Tel:  0086-758-3983186

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Investment exceeds 10 billion! Why do two Forbes billionaires fall in love with Zhaoqing?

Investment exceeds 10 billion! Why do two Forbes billionaires fall in love with Zhaoqing?

Zhaoqing Xijiang Net 2023-11-23 20:51 Published in Guangdong

The following article comes from Baopu Finance, written by Jin Lun

2021,

Because CATL’s stock price has soared,

Forbes real-time rich list on May 4,

Zeng Yuqun, chairman of CATL, who has been naturalized in Hong Kong,

At that time, his wealth amounted to US$34.5 billion.

surpassed Li Ka-shing, the founder of Cheung Kong Group,

Become the richest man in Hong Kong.

2021,

He Xiaopeng was selected into the "2021 Forbes Mainland China Rich List",

Ranked 76th with a wealth of 48 billion yuan.

Zeng Yuqun ranks third on this list.

That is, both of them are rich people on the Forbes list.

Very interestingly,

Just this February 2021:

Ningde Times Power invested 12 billion yuan in the first phase

and energy storage battery project signed and settled in Zhaoqing,

Registered as Ruiqing Times Company,

This is the largest single investment industrial project in Zhaoqing since its establishment.

Zeng Yuqun, chairman of Ningde Times, took action!

Xpeng Intelligent Network Technology Industrial Park

Settled in Zhaoqing in 2017,

Xpeng Motors announced at that time,

The project is divided into three phases, with a total planned land area of 3,000 acres.

The total investment in the first and second phases is 10 billion yuan.

He Xiaopeng, chairman of Xpeng Motors, also took action!

In other words, the two big guys Zeng and He

They have invested more than 10 billion in Zhaoqing.

Why do two Forbes billionaires fall in love with Zhaoqing?

figure this out

It helps us to re-understand Zhaoqing.

Geographical advantages mean low costs

Let’s talk about culture first. On November 17 2023 , the 4th World Cantonese People’s Friendship Conference opened in Zhaoqing, Guangdong. More than a thousand guests from 421 societies and 60 countries and regions around the world gathered together.

Zhaoqing is one of the main birthplaces of Guangfu culture. Not only that, Zhaoqing was also the political center and military town in the Xijiang River Basin. It has many precious historical and cultural heritages, including Guangxin Culture, Fucheng Culture, Duan Inkstone Culture, Longmu Culture, etc.

Zhaoqing Ancient City Wall 

In other words, Zhaoqing was an important hub in history and the "traffic center" at that time, which indirectly shaped the relatively open, pragmatic and enthusiastic temperament of Zhaoqing people.

Understanding Zhaoqing’s history and culture is equivalent to understanding Zhaoqing’s genes. Zhaoqing's cultural history and urban landscape can certainly attract many people, but business leaders have more practical considerations. History and geography are closely related, and geographical advantages are one of the reasons why Zhaoqing has repeatedly been favored by business leaders.

What are the geographical advantages of Zhaoqing?

It is more convincing for us to quote the parties’ statements.

Xpeng's Zhaoqing factory is located in the Zhaoqing High-tech Industrial Development Zone. As for why Zhaoqing was chosen, the person in charge of Xpeng Motors said this: "Guangdong has a manufacturing foundation and a market foundation, and has the conditions for automobile production. Zhaoqing is 50 kilometers away from the core urban area of Guangzhou. Kilometers, less than an hour away, the factory covers all the power supply systems required for automobile manufacturing within a radius of 100 kilometers."

Zhaoqing is very close to Xpeng’s Guangzhou headquarters.

There is sufficient power supply,

These are the two outstanding advantages.

Xiaopeng Intelligent Network Technology Industrial Park

The close distance greatly facilitates full communication between the R&D team and the manufacturing team, saves a lot of time and cost, and effectively guarantees the progress of product mass production.

Sufficient power supply means that the production process is guaranteed. Intermittent power outages will cause too much damage to the factory.

Another point is actually more important. The Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area has always been the core area of automobile manufacturing in South China. Xpeng Motors has targeted the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and can make full use of the surrounding mature automobile production facilities to achieve integrated management of R&D and manufacturing.

Zhaoqing City is located at the transportation hub between the coast and the inland, with multiple highways, railways and waterways running through the entire territory. These are Zhaoqing's outstanding advantages.

Geographical advantage means low costs, which is one of the most important factors for entrepreneurs.

Zhaoqing City

Zhaoqing has unique manufacturing advantages

After all, the geographical advantage is God’s reward.

There are still things in Zhaoqing that don’t rely on God to provide food for you.

Two core strengths.

If a factory wants to build a car, supporting equipment is very important.

Especially the die-casting industry is very important.

Zhaoqing Gaoyao District is one of the industrial clusters with the most concentrated die-casting industry in the country and the most advanced die-casting production units. It is a "fatal temptation" for the new energy vehicle and auto parts industry. The supporting facilities are readily available. Come to Zhaoqing. ? In fact, you don’t need to think more about it.

"China Die Casting Industry Cluster Demonstration Base" Jindu Town, Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City

This is super hard core strength. The high-quality industries that Zhaoqing had before have also become the parasol tree attracting Forbes rich people. Zhaoqing people themselves did not expect it.

Therefore, regardless of people or cities, having high-quality products is the core competitiveness.

Zhaoqing's rapid rise in the new energy industry is not due to luck, but to the historical accumulation of manufacturing.

Gaoyao District is also very competitive. Relying on a good die-casting industry foundation, it has built a professional auto parts die-casting industry cluster with the R&D and production of precision die-casting parts as its core. It has further improved the upstream and downstream industrial chains of the auto parts industry, expanded the industrial scale, and can earn money. It has money, and it plays a role in building an ecosystem for the new energy vehicle industry, which allows high-quality companies to take root and cannot do without this ecosystem.

Jindu Industrial Cluster Base-Gaoyao

The entire ecosystem continues to grow and expand,

Let's all make a fortune together, this is what we need:

In the past few years, Zhaoqing has introduced 11 new energy vehicle and auto parts projects worth over 1 billion yuan, with a total planned investment of 26.25 billion yuan.

In the past three years, the output value of Zhaoqing's new energy vehicles and auto parts industry has achieved three consecutive increases and has now exceeded the 70 billion yuan mark. The output value growth rate has exceeded 50% for two consecutive years.

What is hard core power?

This is hard core power.

The city has solidly created jobs,

It’s especially valuable right now.

It allows the common people to have classes and get paid.

This is the greatest stabilization measure.

Zhaoqing’s speed is impressive

Zhaoqing’s second core strength is its strong business environment and execution capabilities. How strong is it? In some specific fields and specific projects, it even means that Shanghai is executing the Tesla project.

In February 2021, the CATL power and energy storage battery project with an initial investment of 12 billion yuan was signed and settled in Zhaoqing.

Ruiqing Era under construction 2021

After the start of construction on March 28 2021, the project took only one month to complete the construction of nearly 20,000 piles, 6 months to complete the capping of the 500,000-square-meter factory, 8 months to install the first batch of equipment, and 10 months to complete the first batch of battery packs. The sample rolled off the production line and production was completed within 14 months, setting a new pace in Zhaoqing.

Therefore, Zeng Yuqun, the richest man in Hong Kong at the time and chairman of CATL, said something very exciting: "CATL is honored to be a member of the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It will make every effort to build Ruiqing Times into a global lighthouse factory. Actively promote the development of high-end industries, deeply integrate into the global industrial chain, and promote the transformation of 'Made in Guangdong' to intelligent manufacturing."

Zeng Yuqun

"Lighthouse Factory" is the highest honor in the manufacturing industry - the "Lighthouse Factory" project was selected by the Davos World Economic Forum in cooperation with the management consulting firm McKinsey. It is known as "the most advanced factory in the world" and has exemplary significance. Demonstrator of "Digital Manufacturing" and "Globalization 4.0", it represents the highest level of intelligent manufacturing and digitalization in the global manufacturing field today.

Compare Shanghai Tesla

Gigafactory construction speed:

Tesla project from start to delivery,

It only took 12 short months.

It’s 14 months in Zhaoqing and 12 months in Shanghai.

However, Shanghai is a first-tier city and Zhaoqing is a third-tier city.

Therefore, from the perspective of this construction period,

Zhaoqing’s speed is already impressive.

Zhaoqing Xpeng Automobile Intelligent Network Technology Industrial Park production line

Zhaoqing speed Several other cases are equally surprising,

It feels like people in Zhaoqing are “going crazy”

Nothing like the gentle Zhaoqing people.

Media reports show:

Shenzhen Haobo Window Control Co., Ltd. officially signed a contract with Zhaoqing agglomeration area in April this year. The construction land was listed in April and the land was auctioned in May. Construction started immediately after the land acquisition. Haobo became the fastest project in Zhaoqing agglomeration area. .

The Zhaoqing project of GCL Group, one of the world's top 500 new energy companies, has now settled in Sihui City. It only took 125 days from the first visit to the company by the relevant Zhaoqing departments to the start of the project. The land supply time was shortened from half a year to one month, realizing the "land acquisition" Construction will begin immediately.”

The starting area of Zhaoqing agglomeration city management provides land to one project on average every eight days. Therefore, Zhaoqing's speed is a bit like Shenzhen's speed back then.

A large industrial cluster in Guangdong Province (Zhaoqing)

Since 2022, Zhaoqing has introduced a total investment of more than 100 billion yuan in manufacturing projects, with industrial investment maintaining a growth rate of about 20%, ranking seventh in the province in total.

Xpeng Motors' Zhaoqing vehicle base has been successfully put into operation, with its production capacity upgraded to 300,000 vehicles. Zhaoqing has become the third city in Guangdong with new energy vehicle projects.

CATL's Zhaoqing base has become CATL's first "zero-carbon" factory for energy storage batteries. A number of large energy storage projects such as Putilai, Beterui, and GCL have been launched one after another. The entire industrial chain has been initially established, with an output value of over 35 billion yuan. , is expected to exceed 50 billion yuan this year.

Zhaoqing's industry is developing rapidly.

Zhaoqing has become “the third city in Guangdong with

New energy vehicle project city".

Zhaoqing Xpeng Motors Intelligent Connected Technology Industrial Park Automated Production Line

What happened in Zhaoqing?

Zhaoqing’s “soil” has undergone tremendous changes for the better.

Zhaoqing is now a national demonstration city for the construction of a rule-of-law government. The level of digital government construction remains the "first echelon" in the province. The municipal administrative service center has become the benchmark government service center in the province. Starting a business can be done "online" and "completed in half a day." Government services The online processing rate of matters was 93.7%.

Zhaoqing people said:

"Just do your best"

It's really a bit full of pride.

Moreover, Zhaoqing has “one blueprint drawn to the end”.

Take a look at the statement of the Municipal Party Committee Secretary:

On October 9 2023 , the signing ceremony of the comprehensive cooperation agreement between the Zhaoqing Municipal People's Government and CATL was held. Zhang Aijun, Secretary of the Zhaoqing Municipal Party Committee, has set a tone: Zhaoqing will accelerate the creation of a 50 billion yuan power and energy storage battery industry cluster and strive to become an important growth pole of the energy storage industry in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Zhaoqing will always provide high-quality and efficient service guarantees, fully support CATL in becoming bigger and stronger in Zhaoqing, and strive to achieve win-win development in the "two-way rush".

Comprehensive cooperation signing ceremony October 9 2023

so,

Smart bosses vote with their banknotes:

From January to August this year, the number of actual market entities in Zhaoqing increased by 23%.

Now to answer this question:

Two Forbes billionaires

Why does the investment in Zhaoqing exceed 10 billion?

They like Zhaoqing because its business environment is relatively advanced in the fiercely competitive province of Guangdong, with cost-effectiveness, convenient transportation and first-class supporting facilities (one of the die-casting industry clusters).

Therefore, when you are indecisive about investing or investing in projects, please follow the richest man in Hong Kong, Zeng Yuqun, and the Forbes tycoon He Xiaopeng. They are most likely to be smarter, more visionary, and have more powerful think tanks than us. Is not it?

Zeng Yuqun and He Xiaopeng are bullish on Zhaoqing and long on Zhaoqing. At least the big guys in the new energy industry should take a closer look at Zhaoqing. This city is really not simple.

Zhaoqing night view

Two Forbes billionaires

Continue to invest in the city of Zhaoqing,

And it exceeds 10 billion, for only one reason:

They really made their money here.

Zhaoqing New Energy Vehicle Industry Investment Promotion Conference abgehalten: Gemeinsam auf dem Entwicklungspfad laufen, um ein neues Hochland für die New Energy Vehicle Industry zu bauen

Zhaoqing New Energy Vehicle Industry Investment Promotion Conference abgehalten: Gemeinsam auf dem Entwicklungspfad laufen, um ein neues Hochland für die New Energy Vehicle Industry zu bauen

Herausgegeben von Zhaoqing am 25.Mai, 2023 bei 23:21 in Guangdong

Angefangen von "neu" und bewegt sich hin zu Hunderten von Milliarden. Am 25.Mai hielt unsere Stadt eine neue Investitionsförderungskonferenz der Energiefahrzeugindustrie ab, die die Entwicklungsgrundlage und den Investitionswert von Zhaoqings neuer Energiefahrzeugindustrie vorstellte. Wir luden aufrichtig globale neue Energiefahrzeugindustrie-Lieferketten-Unternehmen ein, Geschäftsmöglichkeiten zu ergreifen, Projekte auszuhandeln, Zusammenarbeit auszubauen und gemeinsam eine neue Zukunft für die Entwicklung der neuen Energiefahrzeugindustrie zu schaffen. Zhang Aijun, Sekretär des kommunalen Parteikomitees, Xu Xiaoxong, Bürgermeister, Chen Yuehua, Inspektor erster Ebene des Provinziellen Handelsministeriums, Cai Liyun, stellvertretender Direktor des Provinziellen Investitionsförderungsbüros, und He Xiaopeng, Vorsitzender von Xiaopeng Automobile und Vorsitzender des kommunalen Verbandes von Industrie und Handel, nahmen an der Konferenz teil.

Vor dem Treffen traf sich Zhang Aijun mit Vertretern von Händlern, die an der Veranstaltung teilnahmen, und drückte allen einen aufrichtigen Empfang und aufrichtigen Dank für ihre kontinuierliche Sorge und Unterstützung für die Entwicklung von Zhaoqing aus.

Zhang Aijun sagte:

Als eine der wichtigsten Städte in der Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area, Zhaoqing hat einzigartige Vorteile in Bezug auf Geschichte und Kultur, Transportlage, industrielle Gründung, Landfläche, ökologische Umwelt und Geschäftsumfeld. Die Entwicklung der neuen Energiefahrzeugindustrie hat eine Grundlage, Bedingungen und Potenzial. Gegenwärtig verankert Zhaoqing die Hauptaufgabe der hochwertigen Entwicklung, hält sich an das Prinzip, die Realwirtschaft an erste Stelle zu stellen und die Fertigungsindustrie an die Spitze zu stellen, aktiv die neue Spur der neuen Energiefahrzeugindustrie zu ergreifen, konzentriert sich auf den Bau einer neuen Energiefahrzeugindustriebasis basierend auf der Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area und gegenüber dem ganzen Land, beschleunigt die Kultivierung eines neuen Energiefahrzeugindustrieclusters im Wert von Milliarden und baut eine leistungsfähigere Fertigungsstadt im westlichen Teil der Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Greater Bay Area. Ich hoffe, dass Unternehmen und Händler diese Konferenz als wichtige Gelegenheit nutzen können, Zhaoqing weiter zu verstehen und in sie zu investieren, praktische Zusammenarbeit in neuen Energiefahrzeugen und anderen Bereichen durchzuführen, gemeinsam mit Zhaoqing an der Entwicklung neuer Gleise zu arbeiten, gemeinsam ein neues Hochland in Guangdong's neuer Energiefahrzeugindustrie zu bauen und gemeinsam die Entwicklung der Energiefahrzeugindustrie für eine bessere Zukunft zu innovieren.

Xu Xiaoxong gratulierte im Namen des kommunalen Parteikomitees und der Regierung zum reibungslosen Ablauf der Konferenz.

Xu Xiaoxong erklärte, dass

Zhaoqing ist seit sechs Jahren eine außergewöhnliche Straße der Automobilherstellung mit Xiaopeng Automobile gegangen. Xiaopeng Automobile ist zu einem Banner geworden, das Zhaoqing in die neue Energie intelligente vernetzte Fahrzeugindustrie führt. Angetrieben von führenden Unternehmen wie Xiaopeng Automobile, ist Zhaoqing ein aufsteigender Stern in der neuen Energiefahrzeugindustrie mit voller Fahrzeugproduktionskapazität in der Provinz geworden. Zhaoqing wird alle Anstrengungen unternehmen, um die Entwicklung und das Wachstum von Xiaopeng Automobile zu unterstützen und gemeinsam einen Weltklasse-Cluster für die neue Energiefahrzeugindustrie aufzubauen. Ich hoffe, jeder kann sich dem "Pengyu Circle" anschließen und sich uns anschließen, um in Zhaoqing zu investieren und sich weiterzuentwickeln und Möglichkeiten für die Entwicklung der neuen Energiefahrzeugindustrie zu teilen. Zhaoqing bietet Unternehmen die äußerste Aufrichtigkeit und besten Service, so dass sie investieren, Unternehmen gründen und sich reibungslos entwickeln können.

Bei dem Treffen stellte Vizebürgermeister Guan Wei das Investitionsumfeld vor. Während der Konferenz wurden Vertreter der teilnehmenden Händler auch organisiert, um verschiedene Bezirke (Städte, Bezirke), Zhaoqing High Tech Zone, Guangdong Provinz (Zhaoqing) große industrielle Agglomeration Zone und andere Orte zu besuchen, um das Investitionsumfeld zu inspizieren. Unternehmensvertreter haben ausgedrückt, dass Zhaoqing prominente Vorteile in Ressourcen und Umwelt, kontinuierliche Verbesserung der Transportbedingungen, kontinuierliche Konsolidierung der industriellen Grundlage und stärkere Plattformunterstützung hat. Insbesondere Zhaoqing hat ein relativ vollständiges Politiksystem und industrielle Kette, was es zu einem idealen Ort für das Layout von neuen Energiefahrzeugen und unterstützende Unternehmen macht. Als nächstes werden wir die Kommunikation und Zusammenarbeit mit Zhaoqing weiter stärken, das Layout von mehr Kooperationsprojekten erforschen und eine qualitativ hochwertige Entwicklung durch gegenseitigen Nutzen und Win-Win-Win-Situation erreichen.

Als eine der wichtigsten führenden Industrien in unserer Stadt hat die neue Energiefahrzeuge und die Automobilindustrie in den letzten Jahren erfolgreich kettenführende Unternehmen wie Xiaopeng Automobile und Ningde Times eingeführt. Der Produktionswert hat 30 Milliarden Yuan, 40 Milliarden Yuan und 70 Milliarden Yuan in drei Jahren überschritten, mit einer Wachstumsrate von über 50% für zwei aufeinanderfolgende Jahre, zu einem wichtigen Durchbruch für unsere Stadt, um qualitativ hochwertige industrielle Entwicklung zu fördern. Derzeit gibt es mehr als 80 ausgewiesene neue Energiefahrzeuge und Automobilteile Unternehmen in der Stadt. Letztes Jahr überschreitet der Produktionswert 70 Milliarden Yuan, und in diesem Jahr wird erwartet, das Niveau von 100 Milliarden Yuan zu erreichen, bestrebt, eine Skala von 200 Milliarden Yuan so schnell wie möglich zu erreichen.

Über 800 Vertreter von neuen Energiefahrzeugunternehmen und relevanten Abteilungen in verschiedenen Bezirken (Städte, Bezirke), Zhaoqing High Tech Zone, Zhaoqing New Area, Guangdong Guangxi Kooperation Special Experimental Zone (Zhaoqing) und direkt unter der Stadt nahmen an den relevanten Aktivitäten teil.

Zhaoqing: Creating a New Energy Vehicle Industry Cluster

 Zhaoqing: Creating a New Energy Vehicle Industry Cluster

Automotive components and vehicles, due to their precision and complex design, can be called "industrial artworks". Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, is a "industrial art palace" for those who love automotive industry machinery.

From wipers, tires, car lights, to batteries, powertrain, and the entire vehicle, from die-casting machines, mechanical production lines to artisans, it has been perfectly integrated in Zhaoqing, forming a complete automotive industry chain, successfully achieving "one city car making" or even "one city car ordering". Especially with the rise and development of new energy vehicles, Zhaoqing has upgraded from a traditional fuel vehicle parts supply base to a new energy vehicle industry cluster, becoming one of the birthplaces of global new energy vehicle upgrading and innovation.

Witness the fission of industrial upgrading

According to the relevant person in charge of Guangdong Jiali Automobile Lamp Co., Ltd., the company's main product is automobile lamps. Orders from major customers such as BYD, GAC Aian, and GAC Passenger Cars account for about 60% of the company's sales share. In the past three years, the average annual growth rate of orders for Jiali car lights has been 30%, and we expect to maintain this growth rate in the future

The person in charge of Jiali car lights introduced that the current requirements of vehicle customers for the performance and appearance of car lights are constantly improving. Jiali car lights are constantly introducing more configuration units and dimming units to achieve cost reduction and efficiency increase. The person in charge of Jiali car lights introduced that with the continuous expansion of market demand, the company is launching the second phase of the "Automotive Follow up Headlamp System, LED Headlamps" project. Agricultural Bank of China Zhaoqing Branch has provided us with an 8-year fixed asset loan of 90 million yuan. With the support of the Agricultural Bank of China loan, the second phase of the company's project has been completed, and the production equipment is currently being relocated, installed, and debugged

Without leaving the market, we can witness the upgrading and fission of the global new energy vehicle industry chain, "said Zhang Liangyun, Vice President of the Zhaoqing Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China. Through recent years of bank cooperation with customers, loan demand, exchange settlement, and other situations, it is clear that China's new energy vehicles are achieving lane switching and overtaking in the global automotive industry. Data shows that as of the end of March 2023, the branch supported 24 upstream and downstream enterprises in the automotive industry chain, with a loan credit balance of 7.084 billion yuan and a loan balance of 2.506 billion yuan.

At the end of 2016, Zhaoqing proposed for the first time to prioritize the development of new energy vehicles as the leading industry and actively layout the new energy vehicle industry. Statistical data shows that in 2022, the total output value of the new energy vehicle and automotive parts industry in Zhaoqing reached 70.57 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 50.6%, with a growth rate of over 50% for two consecutive years, accounting for approximately 7% of the total output value of the province's automotive manufacturing industry. Currently, Zhaoqing has listed the new energy vehicles and automotive parts industry as one of the leading industries.

Welcoming the "new" has become the norm

Expanding production capacity, transforming and upgrading have become a common trend for enterprises in Zhaoqing to embrace the "new" trend. Guangdong Liyuan Technology Co., Ltd., located in Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, is a one-stop service provider for aluminum alloy die-casting. The company is optimistic about the development trend of new energy vehicles, shifting from aluminum alloy components such as wipers and oil pans for traditional fuel vehicles to pressure castings such as new energy motors, electronic control casings, and charging piles. With the help of bank financing, the company has opened Liyuan Second Factory to layout the new energy vehicle industry. Zhaoqing Gaoruo is a national die-casting industry base, which has cultivated a large number of industry technical talents for over 30 years, which is an advantage that we are difficult to replace, "said Feng Yi, Director of Operations of Guangdong Liyuan.

At present, Gaoruo is one of the industry clusters with the most concentrated and advanced die-casting production units in the country, gathering a group of industry leading enterprises such as Guangdong Hongtu, Hongjin Metal, and Hongtai Technology.

In January 2022, Guangdong Hongtu Technology Co., Ltd. and Lijin Technology jointly developed the first domestically produced 6800T ultra large intelligent die-casting unit, which successfully went offline as an integrated body structural component. This is an important breakthrough in achieving domestic independent and controllable large-scale integrated die-casting technology for new energy vehicles. In September of the same year, the 12000 ton ultra large intelligent die-casting unit developed by the company was released, breaking the global record for the largest tonnage of die-casting machines. This ultra large intelligent die-casting unit is equipped with industry-leading high vacuum systems, precise mold temperature control systems, efficient spraying systems, flexible parts taking and post-processing systems, which can achieve fully automatic, intelligent, and unmanned production and manufacturing. It can be used for the production and manufacturing of key lightweight components such as integrated front cabin assemblies, integrated rear floor assemblies, and integrated battery trays for new energy vehicles.

Building a Hundred Billion Industry Cluster

The reporter learned that the use of ultra large intelligent die-casting units can highly integrate multiple separate and dispersed components into integrated die-casting, greatly reducing the number of parts, product weight, manufacturing costs, and equipment footprint, enhancing the competitiveness of the new energy vehicle industry.

According to the relevant person in charge of Gaoyao District, as of the end of 2022, there are over 50 die-casting enterprises in Gaoyao District, with over 10000 employees; The die-casting industry has achieved a total industrial output value of 8.58 billion yuan, a tax revenue of 320 million yuan, and an annual production of 210000 tons of castings.

Coming to Zhaoqing was a coincidence. At that time, we happened to be looking for a factory, and the Zhaoqing Municipal Government invited us to investigate. We found that the nearby mold factories, die-casting factories, aluminum profile enterprises, and other supporting facilities were very complete, so we planned to take root here, "said Li Xianping, Chairman of Hepu Power Co., Ltd.

From elevator permanent magnet synchronous traction machines to powertrain systems for new energy vehicles, Hepu Power's research and development have driven the upgrading of procurement demand in the new energy vehicle market. At the beginning, Hepu Power only focused on electric motors, but the trend of new energy vehicles is towards three in one or even multiple in one powertrain. Li Xianping believes that powertrain plays a crucial role in improving the level of electrification, and its technology and manufacturing level directly affect the performance and cost of the entire vehicle. Therefore, starting from 2018, Hepu Power has invested over 400 million yuan in research and development of powertrain, and mass production will begin in 2021.

Li Xianping introduced that the company has formed a research and development platform suitable for five categories of electric drive products, including pure electric passenger cars, pure electric commercial vehicles, electric engineering vehicles, electric special vehicles, elevators, etc., and has developed more than 260 varieties of electric drive system products for domestic and foreign vehicle enterprises and power system integrators. The company's products sell well throughout the country and are exported to Europe, the Americas, the Middle East, Africa, and Southeast Asia. BYD, Xiaopeng, Dongfeng Liuqi, Italian Fiat, and others are all customers of our company

Similar enterprises to Hepu Power are everywhere. From being attracted by industrial supporting facilities to attracting more industrial supporting facilities in Zhaoqing, the settlement of leading enterprises such as Xiaopeng Automobile and Ningde Times vividly illustrates the continuous amplification of industrial agglomeration effect in Zhaoqing in recent years.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Zhaoqing Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, there are currently 89 enterprises in the new energy vehicle industry cluster in Zhaoqing city, including 85 enterprises in the new energy vehicle industry cluster, and 4 enterprises in the complete vehicle and modified vehicle industry cluster. A preliminary industrial chain of complete vehicle manufacturing+key components such as batteries, motors, electronic control, wires, tires, chassis, lightweight materials, sensors, lighting, etc. has been formed, The development pattern of the entire industrial chain cluster, such as the automotive aftermarket, is accelerating and will move towards industrial clusters with an output value of over 100 billion yuan. Zhaoqing proposed a clear goal: by 2025, the output value of the new energy vehicle and automotive parts industry should reach 200 billion yuan.

Source: Economic Reference Report

Zhaoqing City very much welcomes technology companies and technology giants to start their own businesses in Zhaoqing.The creative atmosphere in Zhaoqing City is very good.

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