On January 12th, the 9th Shenzhen Business Gala & China Entrepreneurs Club 20th Anniversary event was grandly inaugurated at the Shenzhen Qianhai International Conference Center. As a core segment of the gala, the specialized forum "High-End Manufacturing: Letting Precision Measure New Heights of the World" anchored itself in the foundation of the real economy, focusing on the central theme of "Intelligent Manufacturing Ascension: Reconstructing Competitiveness through Lean Foundations and Industrial Chain Synergy," gathering leading industry forces to discuss pathways for industrial upgrading. Numerous manufacturing luminaries assembled to share practical experiences and spark intellectual collisions, injecting new wisdom into the development of China's high-end manufacturing at the outset of the 15th Five-Year Plan period.
Mao Yi, Vice President of CIMC Vehicles (Group) Co., Ltd. (Stock Code: 301039.SZ), took the stage first as a representative of the co-organizing unit, sharing the transformation journey of a traditional manufacturing enterprise upgrading to high-end production. Through over 20 years of development, CIMC Vehicles has profoundly realized that high-end manufacturing is not merely a simple layering of technologies, but a systematic project that breaks involution through reform and builds core competitiveness with precision.
"A decade ago, over 2,000 companies in China's semi-trailer manufacturing industry competed for a sales volume of 500,000 units, with inefficient involution severely constraining industrial development," Mao Yi revealed. CIMC Vehicles took the lead in collaborating with global partners to build intelligent lighthouse factories, expanding from the first one in Dongguan to 22 globally, using intelligent production to solve the problem of inefficient competition. The "Star Chain Plan" launched in 2023 achieved a structural breakthrough, consolidating seven legal entities into one production group and two business groups. The effectiveness of various measures is evident, achieving high-quality development in both the national unified market and the Global South markets.
In terms of technological innovation, CIMC Vehicles pioneered the introduction of KTL electrophoretic coating technology into the industry to replace traditional paint processes, promoting a green upgrade across the entire sector. It took the lead in revising road transport regulations for hazardous chemicals, leading safety development through standards. The world's first EV-RT (pure electric tractor-trailer combination) launched at the 2025 Wuhan Auto Show achieved a deep integration of AI technology and logistics equipment.
Building on the initial success of the "Star Chain Plan" and looking towards the start of the 15th Five-Year Plan in 2026, Mao Yi stated that CIMC Vehicles will deepen its development framework of "Bold Transformation" and fully embark on the second phase of its third entrepreneurial journey—the "Stellar Plan." This will focus on intelligent, green, and integrated development, striving for a "great leap forward" in corporate value during the 15th Five-Year Plan period, while collaborating with industry partners to advance new energy adoption and ESG progress, thereby enhancing the global influence of China's high-end manufacturing.
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