2022 is coming to an end. Before the bell of 2023 New Year rings, looking back on the extraordinary year, everyone must have mixed feelings in their hearts.

But for China First Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as China FAW), it can be described as magnificent and moving forward.

  For a long time, China FAW has been striving to create a new path for the innovation and development of the Chinese-style automobile industry in the new era, and has made contributions to building a powerful automobile and manufacturing country as a central enterprise.

In the past year, FAW has accelerated the implementation of innovative technological achievements to improve the high-quality development of my country's auto industry; actively undertake corporate social responsibilities and promote harmonious development of society; keep pace with the times, resonate with the industry, and play a leading role in the auto industry in the changing times the important role of the author.

Realize innovative technological achievements and continue to cultivate intelligent manufacturing

  Bearing in mind the important instruction that "key technologies and core technologies must be in our own hands", China FAW has continued to strengthen R&D investment, vigorously promote the breakthrough of key core technologies, and strengthen innovation-driven top-level design.

In the past five years, China FAW has made breakthroughs in 328 key core technologies, and has applied for 12,949 patents, including 6,302 invention patents. It ranks first in the industry in the number of patent disclosures in 2020, and ranks first in the industry in the number of patent authorizations in 2021.

In the list of "Smart Manufacturing Benchmarking Enterprises (Sixth Batch)" announced at the 2022 World Smart Manufacturing Conference on November 23, China FAW won the honor.

  FAW firmly implements the comprehensive innovation-driven development strategy, and continues to strengthen the management and control of technology innovation groups, forward-looking technology innovation strategies, global R&D innovation layout, industrial collaborative innovation ecology, key core technology research, experience technology innovation R&D, technology innovation R&D organization, and achievements transformation talents In terms of incentives and institutional mechanism innovation, etc., systematically build China FAW's technological innovation research and development system.

In the five fields of new energy, intelligent network connection, driving experience, safety and health, and basic technology, a series of internationally advanced innovations have been obtained.

At the same time, innovate excellent products and create a large number of excellent products for the Hongqi brand that are "extremely dreamy, stunning in seconds" and "exquisite quality and exquisite craftsmanship", forming a strong product layout of Pentium "T family" + "B family" and liberating the brand Construct a medium-to-heavy product portfolio covering traditional, new energy, and intelligent network connections, and establish a national brand benchmark.

  Under the background of "dual carbon", the development of new energy vehicles has become the only way for my country to move from a large automobile country to a powerful automobile country.

In order to seize new energy development opportunities and maintain its leading position in the industry, China FAW has independently developed high-power 245kW electric drive system products.

The key technology of China FAW's ultra-high-performance permanent magnet synchronous electric drive system was awarded the "Global New Energy Vehicle Innovation Technology" at the 2021 World New Energy Vehicle Conference, which also marks that China FAW has mastered the design capability of high-performance electric drive systems for luxury electric vehicles .

The Hongqi E-HS9 equipped with this system is not only a heavyweight player in the Hongqi family, but also definitely a leader in the field of electric vehicles!

  Bravely stand at the forefront of the times and bravely climb the peak of technological innovation.

In 2022, China FAW will iteratively release and implement "Innovation · 2030 China FAW Flagship Technology Development Strategy R · Flag 1785" with a comprehensive innovation drive as the main line. "Software" leading technology platform empowers China FAW's high-quality innovation and development.

Looking back on the changes and growth of the times, taking advantage of the trend and changing to lead the future

  In July this year, the World Brand Lab released the analysis report of "China's 500 Most Valuable Brands" in 2022. China FAW ranked ninth in the overall list and first in the automotive industry with a value of 407.539 billion yuan, becoming a global brand. Influential and competitive state-owned large-scale automobile enterprise group.

In the period of important strategic opportunities when my country's auto industry is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and in the critical transition period of realizing leapfrog development on the new track from big to strong, China FAW grasps the pulse of the times and leads the national auto industry to take new steps. Take a leap to a new level.

  Footprints mark the course of struggle, and achievements record great achievements for thousands of years.

Today, China has become the world's largest new car market. The speed and scale of China's auto industry are astonishing.

Based on the new development stage, China FAW implements the new development concept, actively serves and integrates into the new development pattern, firmly grasps the distinctive theme of high-quality development in the new era, scientifically formulates and implements major strategies leading the company's high-quality development, and innovatively formulates and implements the "831" strategy , "3341" Action Plan and "14th Five-Year" Development Plan Outline.

By 2025, China FAW will strive to achieve a revenue of over one trillion yuan, sales of 6.5 million vehicles, and a profit of 70 billion yuan. It will basically build the main project of a world-class automobile enterprise, and strive to create a new pattern of transformation and development of China's automobile industry in the new era, and create a new green and intelligent road. new path of development.

  Let national brands enter the global market, and let Chinese cars run all over the world.

China FAW actively promotes the leapfrog growth of national auto brands, strives to build "Hongqi" into a new noble Chinese brand of self-owned passenger vehicles that is "No. China's independent commercial vehicle brand.

At the same time, China FAW actively implements the "Belt and Road" initiative, integrates into "building a new development pattern with domestic and international dual cycles as the main body, and domestic and international dual cycles promote each other", accelerates the pace of "going out" strategy, and strives to make good use of the "two markets" ""Two kinds of resources" to build a "big country heavy weapon".

Bravely assume corporate social responsibility and firmly devote ourselves to public welfare undertakings

  As the "cradle" of the new China's auto industry, China FAW embraces the "big country" and takes the initiative to integrate into and serve the overall national strategy.

During the "2022 Boao Forum for Chinese Entrepreneurs" in November, FAW was selected as "2022 Excellent Model Cases of Public Welfare in the Automobile Industry" at the "2022 China Automobile Industry Public Welfare Ceremony", which was widely recognized by all sectors of society.

  Continue to increase efforts to help rural revitalization.

In the process of building a well-off society in an all-round way in my country, FAW has firmly shouldered the major political responsibility for poverty alleviation, and promoted targeted poverty alleviation in the assisted regions through "hematopoietic" poverty alleviation such as cultural poverty alleviation, infrastructure poverty alleviation, industrial poverty alleviation, education poverty alleviation, and consumption poverty alleviation. In the past five years, it has been evaluated as "good" in the assessment of the effectiveness of fixed-point assistance work by central units, and has been awarded the honorary title of "National Advanced Group for Poverty Alleviation" by the Party Central Committee and the State Council.

In 2022, China FAW will strictly implement the requirements of the "Four No Picks", focus on the revitalization of rural industries, talents, culture, ecology, and organization, and invest a total of 59.4 million yuan to continue to help the revitalization and development of the region.

  Focus on key areas and demonstrate the responsibility of the times.

FAW focuses on key areas of social responsibility such as disaster relief, culture and education.

In March, it donated 80 million yuan with its brands to support the epidemic prevention and control in Changchun and Jilin; in September, it provided emergency support of 20 million yuan to support the earthquake relief and post-disaster recovery work in Luding County, Ganzi Prefecture, Sichuan Province.

In the field of education, upgrade the Hongqi Dream Smart School project, introduce famous teacher resources to carry out teaching and research exchanges with high school teachers in poverty-stricken areas, improve teaching ability, and promote the soft power of education in poverty-stricken areas.

  In the future, FAW will always keep in mind its original mission of serving the country, seize the major opportunities of "disruptive" changes in the global auto industry, focus on innovation-driven, provide the ultimate products and services for global consumers, and contribute to the strengthening of China's auto industry and the construction of a manufacturing powerhouse. , make due contributions to promoting my country's transformation and upgrading from a "big auto country" to a "powerful auto country", and strive to polish China's business card on the world auto stage.