China’s automobile manufacturer plans to export vehicles to Bangladesh

China’s well-known automobile manufacturer Guangzhou Automobile Company (GAC Group) has plans to export their vehicles to Bangladesh, officials of the company told a group of reporters at their Xinjiang plant in Urumqi recently.

GAC has started production at its car plant in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region in a bid to increase its market share in China’s northwest.

The plant has an annual production capacity of 50,000 units.

It is producing GAC’s Trumpchi GS4 brands for now and the officials said 1.09 billion yuan (US$175 million).

The second phase will add another 50,000 units to the annual capacity, they informed.

The GAC is the country’s first domestic passenger car brand to set up a production facility in Xinjiang, a core area of the ‘Silk Road Economic Belt’.

The officials also pointed out that the establishment of the plant echoes the policy of the Nineteenth National Congress which said “We shall focus on the “Belt & Road” construction, attach equal importance to introducing in and reaching out, adhere to the principle of achieving shared growth through discussion and collaboration, strengthen open cooperation on innovation ability, and form an open pattern of international integration and reciprocal benefit of east and west China”.

In building and developing the “Belt & Road” real economy and industrial support, GAC Group actively responds to the national call and relied on Xinjiang’s unique policy and geographical advantages, they opined.

“In line with the natural bond and market demand of the Silk Road Economic Belt and abiding by the standard of innovation drive and sustainable development, GAC Group seeks the development of the project in Xinjiang with the forward-looking and innovative strategies and actions” they added.

This plant further enhances the capacity of GAC Group, consolidates and expands GAC Group’s market share and brand influence in northwest China and gives more dynamics to the efficient and high-quality development of GAC Group’s proprietary brands. 　   

GAC Group is closely focusing on the overall situation of the national industry for aiding Xinjiang and upholding a lofty mission of presenting the project as an example of industrial cooperation between Guangdong and Xinjiang, they said.

GAC Motor Xinjiang Project was established in March 2016 and started construction in March 2017. It takes 8 months to complete the first phase of work.

The project covers a land area of 330,000 square meters.

Taking the opportunity of the Xinjiang project, GAC Trumpchi will proactively explore markets along the “Belt & Road”, lay a solid foundation for achieving Trumpchi’s production and sales scale of one million units and accelerating Trumpchi brand’s progress to go global, they said.

Officials also mentioned that the plant received great attention and forceful support from the governments of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi City and Urumqi Economic and Technological Development Zone.

“Adhering to the principle of achieving shared growth through discussion and collaboration, GAC Trumpchi continues to deepen its economic and technical cooperation with local governments and enterprises”.

Besides, it strives to foster a new type of industrial eco-community and build an industrial value chain that integrates upstream and downstream strategic partners such as suppliers, distributors, and R&D institutions to achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, they added.

According to them while bringing more high-quality products to the market in the surrounding area, GAC Trumpchi will also bring advanced management and manufacturing experience to the local area, and provide more employment opportunities for the local area and proactively make contributions to stabilizing and prospering Xinjiang and creating value for residents. 

Based on the principle of “inheritance, improvement, and innovation”, GAC Group's Xinjiang factory continued its breakthrough innovation by fully summarizing the construction experience of its factories in Guangzhou and Hangzhou, the reports were told.

Assembly workshop took the lead in adopting intelligent mobile robots to realize integrated accompanying decking, which greatly improved the space utilization rate of the workshop; at the same time, flexible production is achieved through the introduction of high-precision intelligent assembly coating robots, combined with centralized liquid supply and combined filling equipment; AGV trolleys and efficient logistics mode help reduce labours and achieve lean production; the key torque points adopt high-precision electric tightening servo technology, securing the assembly quality together with the big data production information system.

GAC Group’s world-class advanced production workshop and process technology has been formed, which is characterized by comprehensive visualization, information technology, digitalization and lean production. 

Thanks to the high-quality supply level, GAC Group's product quality consistency, reliability, and excellent strength of quality control have been highly recognized.

According to official data, recently, the GAC Group’s own brand Trumpchi won the authoritative certification of the “2017 Guangdong Provincial Government Quality Award” following the five consecutive champions of Chinese brands by the JD Power Initial Quality Research (IQS).

It successfully shaped the new mode of high-quality development of the Chinese auto industry. 

GAC Group’s car production and sales in 2017 achieved a historical new high, with the yearly production and sales both exceeding 2 million units, a year-on-year growth of over 20%.

 The self-owned brand’s production and sales exceeded 0.5 million units, a year-on-year growth of over 30%. Business plans were fully completed. In January 2018, the production and sales of the vehicle were respectively 186,400 units and 210,100 units, a year-on-year growth of 27.42% and 25.11per cent, respectively. 

With respect to self-owned brands, cumulative sales of GAC Trumpchi in 2017 reached 508,600 units, a year-on-year growth of 37%, far above the average industrial level and achieving continuous high-quality and efficient growth.

In January 2018, GAC Trumpchi’s sales were 61,231 units, a year-on-year growth of 32.3%, creating a monthly sales record in Trumpchi’s history. Such momentum gives a good start for achieving the sales target of 700,000 units in 2018. 

In 2018, GAC Group will fully promote the construction of key projects, advance the construction of GAC’s Industrial Park for Intelligent and Connected New Energy Vehicle, seek the breakthrough of new energy business; accelerate the development of new business modes, improve overseas strategic planning and improve global resource allocation capabilities; secure brand development and foster corporate culture.

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