On March 20th, Ling Wen, Vice Governor of Shandong Province, led the delegation, including Ji Binchang, Provincial Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Tan Xuguang, Chairman of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., Chairman of Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd. and Chairman of National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd, came to Yucheng for investigation and Zhang Anmin, Member of the Standing Committee, Secretary-General of the CPC Dezhou Municipal Committee, Secretary of the Yucheng Committee, Ma Junyun, Deputy Mayor of Dezhou, and Teng Haiqiang, Li Wenqiang, and Li Chunhou, leaders of Yucheng, accompanied the visit.
In the injection molding workshop, Deputy Governor Ling Wen and the delegation inspected the processes of feeding, product production, quality inspection, etc. and learned more about project planning, market expansion, and industrial chain support in details. From the perspective of professional technology, he talked about the application of new materials, and pointed out that the use of polymer materials in the automotive industry is much better than that of metal materials both in cost and safety, and new material vehicles are the direction of future development. Through the innovation of core technology, Songuo Motors has realized the production of automotive without stamping, welding and painting. It is not only subversive, but also original and very promising.
Ling Wen said that the first key point of the automotive industry is materials, and material innovation and applications should be emphasized; the second is power and we should vigorously encourage the application of new energy; the third is intelligence, which are the three directions for the future development of automobiles. He gave high recognition and high hope to the technical innovation of Songuo. Deputy Governor Ling Wen said that the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government will set up a professional team to integrate the best materials and technologies in our province, and work together to promote the development of the Shandong automobile industry and new materials industry. He also hoped that Songuo will continue to improve the competitiveness of products, creating a new direction and new height of the automotive industry chain, the provincial government and the municipal governments of Dezhou and Yucheng will share no efforts to support the development of enterprises.
Teng Haiqiang, Li Wenqiang, Li Chunhou, leaders of Yucheng, and Wang Zhiyong, leader of high-tech zone, accompanied the visit.
Background：
Ling Wen is the Deputy Governor of the People's Government of Shandong Province and a member of the Party Leadership Group. He has a PhD in Engineering, a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and deputy to the 19th CPC National Congress. He once served as Deputy General Manager of International Business Department of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Deputy General Manager of ICBC (Asia) Co., Ltd .; Deputy Secretary, Executive Director, and President of Shenhua Group; Deputy Secretary and General Manager of CHN Energy Group.
Tan Xuguang, Chairman and Party Secretary of Shandong Heavy Industry Group Co., Ltd., Chairman of Weichai Holding Group Co., Ltd., Chairman and CEO of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Chairman of Weichai Heavy Machinery Co., Ltd., who is in charge of five listed companies; and chairman, presidium member of CFIE (CHINA FEDERATION OF INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS), vice chairman of the China Enterprise Federation / China Entrepreneurs Association; winner of the National May-1st Labor Medal and national model worker; twice as the CCTV China Economic Figure of the Year; honorary entrepreneur of national medal.
