On the first day of the opening of the 2024 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition, the 2024 (2nd) International Quality Standardization Summit and China Automotive Quality System Innovation Seminar hosted by the International Association for Automotive Quality Standardization (IAQSA) was held in Beijing. Bosch and many other industry leaders, as well as leading experts from the government and industry organizations gathered together to discuss technological innovation and high-quality development of the automotive industry.
With the theme of "Standard Leading, System Innovation, and Creating the Future of the Automotive Industry", the summit aims to discuss the innovation of quality system standards under new technologies and support the globalization and development of the industry. Mr. James Bruin, Liaison Chairman of the International Automotive Working Group (IATF), first delivered a keynote speech on the development trend of international automotive quality standardization and international cooperation, emphasizing the importance of promoting the development of quality standardization in the automotive industry in international cooperation, and sharing the latest progress and trends of the International Automotive Working Group (IATF) in this regard. Dr. Xu Hua, Chairman of the International Association for Automotive Quality Standardization (IAQSA) and CQO of Geely Radar, shared the progress and innovative practices of the intelligent and electrified automotive quality standard system with the topic of intelligent and electrified automotive quality standardization organization development and management system innovation. He emphasized the key role of automotive quality standardization organizations and management system innovation under the wave of new technologies, and continued to promote international organizations to hear more voices from China's automotive industry. Subsequently, experts and leaders at home and abroad at the meeting conducted heated discussions and exchanges on the key work of the automotive quality standard system and the future development of the global industry from different latitudes.
The participants agreed that at the moment when new technologies are emerging, the continuous improvement of automotive quality standards is the cornerstone of protecting the rights and interests of consumers and promoting fair competition in the market, and the formulation of quality standards requires the concerted efforts of the whole industry. Technology, standards and patents may be limited by geography and enterprises, but quality has no borders, quality has always been the focus of governments and consumers, and it is the basic requirement for enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities. Therefore, in the formulation of quality standards, it is necessary to break the boundaries of countries and enterprises, and lead the common progress of the industry with higher standards. It is hoped that IAQSA will give full play to its professional influence and role as a bridge, actively promote the upstream and downstream of the industry, strengthen international docking, and accelerate the establishment and improvement of an innovative quality standard system in line with industrial development. This will not only help ensure technological innovation and create new quality productivity, but also lay a solid foundation for the international development of China's automobile industry by strengthening standard guidance and quality support.
In order to encourage the exploration and innovation of the quality system under the development of new technologies, James Bruin, Chairman of the International Automotive Working Group (IATF), and Liu Zhuohui, former Chief Engineer of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China and Academician of the International Academy of Quality Sciences, jointly awarded the annual organizational automotive industry pinnacle award to the advanced unit of quality standard innovation. Seven units, including ZEEKR Intelligent Technology, NIO, Geely Radar, Jiyue Automobile, Huawei Intelligent Vehicle Solution BU, PATEO Internet of Vehicles, and Weirui Electric, have achieved remarkable results in the application of new smart electric technologies, innovation in quality standards, and results and benefits.
The Automotive Disciplined Innovation Award was established by the International Association for Automotive Quality Standardization (IAQSA), the National Automotive Joint Working Group and the IATF International Expert Group for high-quality transformation and innovation in the intelligent electric vehicle industry, and was named by James Bruin, President of the IATF. James Bruin said, "We have launched this international quality innovation award to recognize innovative products, organizations and individuals who use cutting-edge technologies to innovate while fully considering their potential risk impact."
At present, the penetration rate of China's new energy vehicles has exceeded 50% for the first time, ushering in a historic "inflection point", and the production and sales of China's automobile industry have reached a record high, marking the second half of the mainland's new energy vehicle industry from the first half of electrification to the second half of intelligence. In this process, the foundation of China's automobile industry has gradually grown and strengthened, and the quality of Chinese brands and products has also developed rapidly.
"We should not only be in awe of the century-old precipitation of the automobile industry, but also embrace the latest technology, bold innovation, and technological innovation to build the quality competitiveness of the mainland automobile industry. As the first Asian director of the IATF, Dr. Xu Hua said at the summit that the quality progress of our company is first of all thanks to the quality standards, tools and methodologies accumulated by international quality organizations such as Europe and the United States. In the process of intelligence and electrification, China's automobile industry has been at the forefront, and there is no ready-made experience to learn from in many aspects, which requires our own innovation and exploration. Through the refinement and summary of best practices, relying on the strength of the entire industry, a series of high-level quality standards and management methods have been formed to give back to the entire automotive industry and escort the steady development of the industry.
The development of China's automotive industry is inseparable from in-depth cooperation and coordination, with Mr. James Bruin, Liaison Chairman of the International Automotive Task Force (IATF) and Executive Director of the International Automotive Supervisory Authority (IAOB), Mr. Liborio Salami, Director of Certification Supervision of the International Automotive Task Force France (IATF France), Ms. Yan Zhang, Managing Director of the International Automotive Supervisory Authority (IAOB) China, and Harald, Vice President of Quality of the American Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG). Mr. Wilhelm, Academician Liu Zhuohui, former General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China, Academician of the International Academy of Quality Sciences, BAIC Group, Geely Automobile, Chery Automobile, GAC Group, Zeekr Intelligent Technology, Huawei, Xpeng Motors, Jiyue Automobile, Weirui Power, Bosch China, Celis Automobile, NIO, Jiuding Certification, PATEO Internet of Vehicles, Neusoft Reach and other vehicle enterprises and supply chain enterprise leaders and experts attended the annual summit and shared the most cutting-edge exploration and the latest thinking.
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