With the efforts of the "new generation of automobiles", car companies and universities are getting closer and closer. On January 5, Nandu reporter learned from GAC Group that the group signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Sun Yat-sen University, and the two sides will jointly build a joint research institute, establish a joint laboratory, and carry out talent training cooperation.
According to the two sides, the cooperation will focus on the core technology needs of the new generation of automobiles, focus on the basic research and applied research of the core technologies of the "new four modernizations", and help the construction and development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the construction of an automobile power. Gao Song, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and president of Sun Yat-sen University, Lan Ping, vice president of Sun Yat-sen University, Zeng Qinghong, chairman of GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE Group, and Wu Song, executive deputy general manager, attended the signing ceremony.
It is reported that the joint research institute jointly built by the two sides will strive to become a national high-level scientific and technological innovation platform within 5-10 years, cooperate in technology research and development and transformation of scientific and technological achievements, and the future scientific and technological innovation achievements are expected to be applied to the products of GAC Group, or as a technical reserve.
In addition, the first joint laboratory of the two sides is called "Sun Yat-sen University-GAC Research Institute Intelligent Transportation and Artificial Intelligence Joint Laboratory", which will focus on scientific research and industry-university-research cooperation in the field of intelligent transportation and artificial intelligence.
It is reported that Sun Yat-sen University and GAC Group have carried out joint research on automobile lightweight, new energy, new materials, industrial Internet applications and other aspects, and many technical achievements have been applied to mass production models.
Zeng Qinghong said that the cooperation between the two sides will make due contributions to the world-class talent center and innovation highland in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Gao Song said that CUHK and GAC have their own advantages and can contribute to the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
According to the data, in 2021, GAC Group has completed the production and sales of 2.138 million vehicles and 2.144 million vehicles, respectively, achieving a year-on-year growth of 5.1% and 4.9%, in a number of key technologies of electrification and intelligence, car companies also need to rely on the basic research and development capabilities of universities.
Nandu reporter Zhong Jianting
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