NPC Delegate Chen Hong: Integration of the Internet and the Automotive Industry is a Development Trend

National People's Congress representatives Chen Hong, Wang Jianqing, and Guo Rui (from right to left) were interviewed at the "representative channel." Xinhua News Agency reporter Gao Jieshe

On March 5th, the first session of the 13th National People's Congress was opened at the Great Hall of the People. Before the opening of the conference, the Central Hall of the Great Hall of the People held the first "Representative Passage" to focus on interviews. National People's Congress deputy and Chairman of the SAIC Group Chen Hong said in an interview with the media that the integration of the Internet and the automotive industry is an important development trend. Shanghai Automotive Group Co., Ltd. explores the practice of integrating big data, cloud computing and artificial intelligence with automobiles. The industry conducts more extensive and in-depth integration to promote the transformation and upgrading of the entire industry and accelerate its development.

"This wave of 'Internet builders' boom indicates that the automotive industry has entered a period of innovation. This is also a major opportunity for innovation in the automotive industry to transform." In response to a large number of Internet companies in recent years to become a new force for car manufacturers, Chen Hong said so. He said that in the past few years, SAIC Group aimed at the new trend in the development of the automotive industry and seized the opportunity in the development direction of “electricity, intelligent networking, sharing, and internationalization”.

“In terms of electric power, SAIC is the only vehicle company in China that adheres to the simultaneous development of three new energy technologies: pure electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids, and fuel cells.” Chen Hong introduced that in the past five years, sales of SAIC new energy vehicles have increased. 14 times.

Chen Hong said that in terms of smart interconnection, SAIC and Alibaba have jointly launched the world’s first Roewe brand Internet car. As an independent brand of SAIC Motor, Roewe Internet models have sold more than 500,000 vehicles in 18 months.

At the same time, in terms of sharing, SAIC has created the world's largest time-sharing leasing company for new energy vehicles - Global Chess. Its network covers 60 cities in China and processes an order every 2 seconds. In terms of internationalization, SAIC set up production bases in Thailand, Indonesia, and India, and set up R&D and innovation centers in the United Kingdom, Silicon Valley, and Israel.

In addition, Chen Hong said that in terms of driverlessness, SAIC has already had 50,000 km of closed-circuit experience. Just a few days ago, SAIC Group just got the first domestic smart network road test license.

“The continuous expansion in the field of innovation has made SAIC Group stronger and bigger.” In an interview, Chen Hong told reporters that SAIC Motor’s national sales volume reached 6.93 million units in 2017, and its market share exceeded 23%. SAIC Motor’s consolidated business The income exceeds 840 billion yuan. According to the 2017 World Fortune 500 list released by the US "Fortune" magazine, SAIC ranked 41st.

“Looking into the future, the integration of the Internet automobile industry and the automobile industry is an important development trend.” In Chen Hong’s opinion, for the automotive industry, SAIC Motor Corporation has a rich and enviable scene for Internet companies. Therefore, SAIC Motor will use intelligent network-linked vehicles, smart travel solutions, and intelligent manufacturing as an important tool to explore and practice a broader and deeper integration of big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence with the automotive industry to promote the entire industry. Transformation and upgrading, accelerate development.