On August 15, Great Wall Holdings Group and the People's Government of Jiading District of Shanghai signed a cooperation agreement at the Haval Technology Center in Baoding, and Great Wall Holdings’ East China (Shanghai) Headquarters was officially settled in Jiading District. Jiading District Committee Secretary Zhang Xi, Jiading District Committee Standing Committee and Deputy District Mayor Shen Huadi, Great Wall Holding Group Chairman Wei Jianjun, Great Wall Motor Senior Vice President Zhao Guoqing, Great Wall Motor Vice President and Honeycomb Yichuang, Chairman of Weishi Energy Tang Haifeng and other leaders Attend the signing ceremony together.

Great Wall Holding Group signed a contract with the People's Government of Jiading District, Shanghai

At the signing ceremony, Chairman Wei Jianjun stated that the establishment of Great Wall Holdings’ East China (Shanghai) Headquarters Base will be positioned as the largest R&D center outside of Baoding. The new base will be developed using the research, production and financing model to integrate hydrogen energy and core components. The introduction of high-tech industries and international talents, such as shared travel and intelligent network connection, into Jiading District is the introduction of innovative technological achievements of Great Wall Holding Group. It will also add new momentum to the development of local automobiles and related industries.

Zhang Xi, Secretary of the Jiading District Party Committee, Shanghai

Industrial layout of the four major sectors in Shanghai Jiading Great Wall Holdings "New Four Modernizations" opens a new chapter

Before the signing ceremony, Zhang Xi, secretary of the Jiading District Committee of Shanghai, and his party visited the Great Wall Hydrogen Energy Technology Center and Haval Technology Center successively.

Great Wall Hydrogen Technology Center

Secretary of the Jiading District Party Committee Zhang Xi and his entourage visited the Great Wall Hydrogen Energy Technology Center

Great Wall Holdings Weishi Energy hydrogen storage tank products

Secretary of the Jiading District Party Committee Zhang Xi and his entourage visited the Great Wall Hydrogen Energy Technology Center

The Great Wall Motor Hydrogen Energy Technology Center began its initial operation in June 2018. It is a comprehensive test and trial production center for key components of large-scale hydrogen energy and fuel cell vehicles in China, including temperature and humidity test chambers, hydrogen storage bottle materials and trial production test chambers, and environmental vibration Laboratory, hydrogen circulation and permeation laboratory, fuel cell testing and other hydrogen energy technology related laboratories.

The Haval Technology Center has a total investment of 5 billion yuan. The center mainly focuses on the development of SUV products, including modeling center, trial production center, test center, environmental wind tunnel laboratory, environmental simulation laboratory, NVH laboratory, etc., from organizational planning and hardware facilities to SUV product development and product verification provide a strong guarantee.

Secretary of the Jiading District Party Committee Zhang Xi and his entourage visited Haval Technology Center

Secretary Zhang Xi and his entourage conducted a detailed understanding of the latest technology research and development results of Great Wall Holdings, and highly praised Great Wall's development achievements in the fields of hydrogen energy, intelligent network connection, and power technology.

Secretary of the Jiading District Party Committee Zhang Xi and his entourage visited Haval Technology Center

According to the content of the contract, Great Wall Holdings will set up Great Wall Holdings East China (Shanghai) Headquarters Base in Jiading District, which will achieve full coverage of the Yangtze River Delta market and will radiate the entire East China market, forming the industrial layout of Great Wall Holdings’ "New Four Modernizations" sector. They are: Hydrogen Energy Industry National Headquarters, Shanghai R&D Center for Parts and Other Innovative Projects, East China Headquarters for Shared Travel, and Intelligent Networking National R&D Headquarters, and the establishment of a project company in Anting.

Great Wall Holdings East China (Shanghai) Headquarters Base Project Signing Ceremony

Among them, the Great Wall Hydrogen Energy Industry National Headquarters will be based on the above-mentioned fuel power industrial park, and will be deployed in all links of the hydrogen energy industry ecological chain, including hydrogen energy technology, fuel cell system core components, fuel cell systems, and fuel cell vehicle research and development , Trial production, production and manufacturing; parts and other innovative projects Shanghai R&D center will focus on fuel vehicles, new energy vehicles, self-driving car parts and other innovative project areas for in-depth layout; intelligent networked national research and development headquarters will rely on Jiading The district’s national-level "intelligent networked vehicle pilot demonstration zone" and other functional platforms will accelerate the industrialization of Great Wall Motors to intelligent, networked, autonomous driving, and Internet of Vehicles V2X; the East China headquarters of shared travel will be based on Relying on the brand, Jiading has actively explored travel modes and related technological innovations, established a shared travel and intelligent travel service network covering the entire East China region, and created a green travel ecosystem.

Chairman Wei Jianjun presented the Great Wall car model to Secretary Zhang Xi

The establishment of Great Wall Holdings’ East China (Shanghai) Headquarters Base is a further upgrade of Great Wall Holdings’ “New Four Modernizations” layout, marking that Great Wall Holdings will open a new chapter in the “New Four Modernizations” field and will also have a global impact on the construction of Jiading District The important bearing area of the powerful scientific and technological innovation center and the world-class automobile industry center inject new momentum.

Deeply cultivating the entire industry chain, Great Wall's "New Four Modernizations" enter the fast lane

In recent years, as a leading enterprise of Chinese auto brands, Great Wall Motors has adhered to the overall development strategy of the “new four modernizations” of clean, intelligent, networked and shared vehicles. New energy and many other sectors have undergone comprehensive adjustments and upgrades, and through deep cultivation of the entire industry chain operation, Great Wall Holdings’ "New Four Modernizations" are speeding up into the fast lane.

Great Wall Euler R1 Pure Electric Car

As an important part of Great Wall Holdings, Great Wall Hydrogen Energy Industry has started the research and development of FCEV core technology since 2016. In 2018, Great Wall Motor took the lead among domestic auto companies to join the International Hydrogen Energy Commission, and then Great Wall Holdings wholly owned Shanghai Fuel Cell Vehicle Power System Co., Ltd. This year, Great Wall Hydrogen Energy Industry carried out market-oriented independent operation, and established Weishi Energy Technology Co., Ltd., marking the gradual maturity of Great Wall Hydrogen Energy through technological innovation and its leading position in the industry.

2019 Shanghai Auto Show Honeycomb Yichuang, Weishi Energy, and Shangran Power Parts booth site

In 2018, Great Wall Motors, a subsidiary of Great Wall Holdings, divested its parts and components segment and established Honeycomb E-Chuang, Noble Automotive Systems, Mande Electronics and Seiko Motors respectively, making various businesses more professional and focused. Among them, Honeycomb E-Chuang, which focuses on power, transmission, electric drive systems, intelligent steering systems and other businesses, released a number of new technology products such as 4N20 engines, 9DCT transmissions and 6001 series electric drive assemblies in June this year. In terms of energy conservation and environmental protection indicators, they are all at an advanced level in the industry.

Honeycomb Easy to innovate a new generation of powertrain technology

Not only that, in terms of intelligence and sharing, Great Wall Holdings Group has also made an in-depth layout. As early as 2009, Great Wall Motors began to study autonomous driving technology; In 2015, Great Wall Motors demonstrated its L3 level autonomous driving technology to the outside world for the first time; In 2018, Great Wall Motors launched the intelligent luxury SUV WEY VV6, which has already shown Maturity in the field of artificial intelligence technology; In July this year, Great Wall Motors released the "GTO Global Smart Ecological Strategy", proposing a vision for the development of future mobility robots, and working with industry giants such as Tencent, Baidu, Alibaba, Huawei, and Qualcomm to build wisdom Ecosystem and so on. In terms of sharing, the Great Wall car-sharing brand "Oule Travel" has already carried out market-oriented operations and has gained a good reputation for user satisfaction.

2019 Shanghai Auto Show Weishi Energy and Shangran Power Hydrogen Energy Related Products Exhibition Area

By cultivating the layout of the entire automotive industry chain, Great Wall Holdings is accelerating into the fast lane in every field of the “New Four Modernizations”. The introduction of new technologies, new equipment and new models of Great Wall Holdings in the "new four modernizations" field in Jiading District, Shanghai will further revitalize the technological innovation and development of Jiading District and be an important bearer for accelerating the construction of Jiading District as a technological innovation center with global influence. The district and the world-class automobile industry center inject new momentum. The in-depth cooperation between Great Wall Holding Group and Jiading District is also a key link for the two parties to firmly grasp the deepening of reforms, expand opening up, achieve high-quality development, and promote higher-quality integrated development of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.

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