On the morning of October 18, Hyundai Motor China Advanced Technology R&D Center Technology Vision Release and Renewal Ceremony were successfully held. Gao Yun, Secretary of the District Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony and witnessed the important moment when Hyundai Motor took root in Huangpu and set sail for a new era.
Gao Yun held a discussion with Wu Yijun, General Manager of Beijing Hyundai Motor, Kim Kyung-hyun, General Manager of Kia China, Heo Jae-ho, Chief Technology Officer of Hyundai Motor China, Yang Feng, General Manager of Hyundai Motor China Forward-looking Technology R&D Center, and other senior executives and attended the opening ceremony. Hyundai Motor's IONIQ 5 N, Kia EV6, Robotaxi (EV6) and other models were exhibited at the celebration to fully demonstrate Hyundai's leading achievements in electrification and intelligence.
With the care and support of the Huangpu District Party Committee and District Government, and with the encouragement and promotion of the District Commission of Commerce and other departments, Hyundai Motor Group officially invested in the establishment of Hyundai Qianzhan Automotive Technology Development (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. in August 2024, upgrading the original branch to an independent legal person, further consolidating the forward-looking technology development function of the R&D center and improving the localized R&D system. In his opening speech, the person in charge of the company said that the establishment of a wholly-owned legal entity not only reflects Hyundai Motor Group's firm confidence in China's automotive industry and automobile consumer market, but also is a key deployment for Hyundai Motor Group to increase global forward-looking technology research and development.
Hyundai Motor China's Advanced Technology R&D Center is the world's first overseas forward-looking digital intelligent R&D center built by Hyundai Motor Group. Focusing on autonomous driving, intelligent cockpits, shared mobility, connected technologies, and electrification, the R&D center aims to establish a forward-looking R&D system centered on China, so as to rapidly realize Hyundai Motor Group's digital transformation in China and the global market. In the future, the R&D center will continue to uphold the vision of "In China, For China, To Global", continue to pay attention to the needs of Chinese consumers, deepen the research and development of forward-looking technologies and application scenarios more suitable for Chinese consumers, and take Huangpu as a starting point to inject new vitality into the development of the automotive industry in China and the world.