On February 7, the first day of work after the Spring Festival, the 2022 Work Mobilization Conference of Shandong Province was held. What is different from the past is that this new year's mobilization conference allows entrepreneurs to stand in the C position and solemnly commend outstanding entrepreneurs, industry leaders and outstanding entrepreneurs in Shandong Province. Tan Xuguang, secretary of the party committee and chairman of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, was awarded the title of "Outstanding Entrepreneur of Shandong Province", and was credited with first-class merit!
Over the years, Tan Xuguang has been called "scientific research maniac" and "Tan Bold" by the industry, and this selection has won the crown of the highest honor of outstanding entrepreneurs in Shandong Province by virtue of the "science and technology" label, and the author believes that he has the unique entrepreneur brand polished by China's adherence to scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement - "technology-based" entrepreneurs.
"Climbing the peak of science and technology is my lifelong dream!" Tan Xuguang did what he said.
Master the core technology, you can grasp the initiative and the right to speak, tan Xuguang, who is from a product background, is well versed in this way. The hour hand pointed to a European expedition at the beginning of Tan Xuguang's tenure, which greatly stimulated him: the foreign side took extra "care" of the visit route, and the "good things" were hidden, for fear of being "stolen".
"The key core technology is not to come, buy or get", was looked down upon by advanced enterprises in developed countries, and "forced" out of Tan Xuguang's hard strength of not accepting defeat.
"Do not argue that the first is in the mix", Tan Xuguang, like a "madman", insisted on delving into engine technology innovation, creating a four-in-one innovation system of "independent innovation + open innovation + craftsman innovation + basic research innovation", and walked out of a transformation road from introduction, digestion and absorption to independent innovation.
In 2002, he presided over the development of the first "Blue Engine" high-speed and high-power engine with completely independent intellectual property rights in the mainland, which installed the "Chinese heart" for heavy trucks;
In 2012, the core technology of electronic control ECU independently developed by Weichai fundamentally broke through the international monopoly and realized the batch introduction to the market;
In 2018, with the "Key Technologies and Application Projects of Powertrain for Heavy Commercial Vehicles", Weichai won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award......
Enterprise scientific and technological innovation, transformation and upgrading are inseparable from continuous investment in research and development and the support of scientific and technological talents. "It is necessary to further increase investment in research and development, an increase of more than 30% year-on-year." Not long ago, on January 29, Tan Xuguang presided over the 2022 annual meeting of Shandong Heavy Industry Group, once again emphasizing the importance of "burning" money to engage in innovation. In the past decade, Weichai's R&D expenses have accounted for 5% of annual operating income, of which 20% of R&D expenses are basic research and cutting-edge research, which is extremely rare in domestic manufacturing enterprises. It is reported that at present, the R & D and technical personnel of Weichai's engine sector alone have reached more than 5,000 people.
Tan Xuguang said that the pursuit of the commanding heights of science and technology must have a "crazy" spirit; it is necessary to break the mindset, break the path dependence, break the rules and regulations, do what others dare not do, and take the road that others have not taken; it is even more necessary to be willing to spend money, to invest, or to consider the cost, and the investment in research and development will definitely be rewarded.
The "crazy" spirit of Tan Xuguang's scientific and technological innovation is integrated into every corner of Shandong Heavy Industry Group. In June last year, Shandong Heavy Industry Group took the lead in implementing the mechanism of scientific research projects "Military Order" and "Unveiling the Commander", and the total project rewards of China National Heavy Duty Truck and Weichai Group reached 150 million yuan and 160 million yuan respectively, of which the single reward of the military order project was up to 20 million yuan, and the single reward of the unveiling project was up to 7 million yuan.
Coincidentally. At the second scientific and technological innovation development conference of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group held at the end of the same year, Tan Xuguang "auctioned" 20 million heavy awards for scientific and technological heroes and pressed the acceleration button of China National Heavy Duty Truck's scientific and technological innovation.
The several operations of "scientific research maniac" Tan Xuguang have aroused a lot of admiration in the industry.
Thanks to the continuous growth and expansion of R&D investment regardless of cost and talent team, shandong heavy industry group's scientific and technological innovation strength has achieved a leap from quantitative accumulation to quality, from a breakthrough of points to a comprehensive improvement of system capabilities. The scientific and technological achievements of 2021 alone are enough to shine the world:
Led the R&D team of Weichai Power to successfully build the world's first diesel engine with a thermal efficiency of 51.09% on the body, and once again set a new world record with leading technology;
Weichai Revo launched The first autonomous CVT heavy-duty intelligent tractor in Mainland China, filling the gap in the stepless shifting technology of Continental Tractor;
Sinotruk's Yellow River independent brand snow wax vehicle equipped with Weichai hydrogen fuel cell served the Beijing Winter Olympics, truly realizing China's first, world-leading and completely domestic production...
Tan Xuguang not only has the spirit of a scientist who persists in technology, but also has the "feelings of home and country" of generations of Chinese entrepreneurs. In recent years, he has always focused on the core key technology research of "urgent needs of enterprises, high-end technology, and national bottlenecks", shouldered the heavy responsibility entrusted by the times, and strived to achieve high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and self-improvement.
"Good scholars do their best, and good people find it difficult." In the past 45 years of career, Tan Xuguang has faced the world's scientific and technological frontiers, the main economic battlefield, and the major needs of the country, led the scientific and technological team to innovate with the spirit of "madman", broke through a series of "card neck" technologies, "unlocked" the development code of China's high-end equipment manufacturing industry, and firmly held the banner of "China's intelligent manufacturing" on the world stage!