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Author | The Way
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Chedong February 15 news, CATL official website today released an obituary, CATL honorary chairman Dr. Zhang Yujie died on February 14, 2022 due to ineffective medical treatment, died on February 14, 2022, at the age of 79. The home page of the official website of CATL has been replaced by a portrait of Dr. Zhang, click on the picture to see the obituary released, and the official website has turned gray to express condolences.
Dr. Zhang Yujie studied in the United States, returned to Hong Kong in 1994, returned to the mainland in 2007, and co-founded the Ningde Era in 2001 in Ningde, Fujian Province. In recognition of his outstanding contributions to the economic and new energy development of Ningde, Ningde City awarded him the title of "Honorary Citizen of Ningde City" in 2019. In an interview in Ningde City, he once described himself as "a leaf with multiple roots", and this time, the leaves can fall back to the roots.
CATL also continues to expand production and development under the leadership of Dr. Zhang Yujie, and his death is a valuable loss in the spirit of CATL.
I. Zhang Yujie went to the United States to study The second entrepreneurship was established in the Ningde era
CATL released an obituary about Dr. Zhang Yujie on its official website, which mainly summarized Dr. Zhang Yujie's study experience and entrepreneurial experience, and expressed his praise and remembrance of him at the end, thanking him for his outstanding contributions to the NINGDE era. The obituary reads as follows:
Dr. Zhang Yujie, born in 1943, is from Tai'an City, Shandong Province. He graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor's degree in 1965 and graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1973 with a doctorate. After graduating, he worked in for The Ford Motor Company, IBM Corporation and Connect Peripheral in the United States, engaged in engineering research and development and management work.
In 1994, he resolutely gave up the superior conditions of the United States and joined Hong Kong's ST Industrial Co., Ltd. (SAE). In 2007, he joined Hong Kong New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (ATL) as Vice Chairman and Chairman successively. In 2011, the ATL power battery R&D department was independent and CATL New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) was established. Since 2017, he has served as the honorary chairman of CATL.
Dr. Zhang Yujie has studied in Both China and the West, has a global strategic vision, has a thorough understanding of science and technology, and adheres to the concept that colleagues are family, and has cultivated a large number of talents for enterprises and society. For ten years, from the blue wisp of the road to the climbing of the peak, he has always fought side by side with CATL, witnessing one transcendence and victory after another. The Slovaks are gone, and his spirit of struggle will be passed on forever at CATL.
May Dr. Zhang Yujie go all the way!
▲Obituary on the official website
Second, during his tenure, Ningde transformed and continuously expanded cooperation and sought innovation
According to the official website of CATL Times, in 1999, the founding team founded ATL to build it into a global leading enterprise in the field of lithium-ion batteries in consumer electronics. In 2011, the team started a business for the second time and founded the Ningde era. Dr. Zhang Yujie joined ATL in 2007 and established CATL Times in 2011 after establishing CATL. It can be said that Dr. Zhang Yujie is the co-founder of the Ningde era.
During Dr. Zhang Yujie's tenure, the Ningde era completed several major events. In 12 years, CATL reached a strategic cooperation with german BMW Group, in 13 years, Xining base was built and developed bus power batteries for Yutong, the world's largest bus factory, a subsidiary was established in Germany in 14 years, Bangpu was acquired in 15 years, layout recycling was recycled, and in 16 years, the new energy academician expert workstation of Ningde times was officially inaugurated.
▲The company's early development process
Dr. Zhang Yujie's Patriotism We must use science and technology to defeat the United States
During his tenure as chairman of Dongguan New Energy Technology Co., Ltd., Zhang Yujie once said that for many years China was known as the world's factory, and China paid the price of environmental pollution that could not be repaired for decades. What is even more tragic is that most of the fruits of labor created by the blood and sweat of Chinese have been taken back to other countries by multinational companies.
In Zhang Yujie's view, a high-tech enterprise must have "top" talents who are proficient in strategic planning; there must be "tower base" talents with excellent technical ability and strong operational ability as a guarantee; and to achieve a smooth transition from enterprise strategy to specific work, it must rely on "middle force" talents who are good at coordinated management to carry out meticulous organization.
Zhang Yujie has been in the United States for more than thirty years and has been in contact with many high-tech talents, of which the proportion of Chinese is very high. He said: "I am convinced that Chinese's intelligence is definitely no worse than anyone else's. As long as everyone is willing to work hard, they will be able to surpass the United States in scientific and technological innovation and intellectual property rights within ten years, and they will be able to make a difference on the world stage. ”
Fourth, the Ningde era in change The Ningde era in the whirlpool
In 2017, Zhang Yujie began to serve as the honorary chairman of CATL. In June 2017, Zeng Yuqun was appointed as the chairman of CATL.
The baton of the Ningde era seems to have completed the handover, and a new era has slowly begun.
In 2018, CATL was officially listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, and in 2019, it established joint ventures with Geely Automobile and FAW Group, and the use of power battery systems in 2020 was the first for four consecutive years, and the Yibin production base was put into operation in 2021. In this process, CATL also continued to participate in the construction of national projects and laboratories, realizing Dr. Zhang Yujie's early requirements for scientific and technological innovation and talent introduction.
On January 18, 2022, CATL held a press conference to announce the entry into the power exchange market, and its Times Electric Service officially launched the EVOGO power exchange service brand.
On February 13, 2022, CATL issued a statement saying that a series of malicious rumors about the NINGDE era being sanctioned by the United States, being excluded from the ChiNext weight index, and negotiating with Tesla were untrue on the online platform. Prior to this, the share price of CATL had fallen by 28.78% by February 11, 2022, after hitting a record high on December 3, 2021. On February 14, the stock price rose and re-stood at the 500 yuan mark.
▲A group photo of Dr. Zhang Yujie and Chairman Zeng Yuqun when the Ningde era was listed
Conclusion: The good times and the bad times are all in the Ningde era
The British writer Dickens once said that this was the best of times and the worst of times.
Perhaps at the moment of listing in the Ningde era, Dr. Zhang Yujie and Chairman Zeng Yuqun had long anticipated that the future of the Ningde era would be good or bad, and the only thing they could do was to continue to implement the core values of "self-cultivation, struggle and innovation" in the Ningde era.
Finally, heavy tribute! May Dr. Zhang Yujie go all the way!