Recently, the Group’s first new model AERO 7 (hereinafter referred to as X7) series was officially launched, which means that this 60-year-old Chinese auto brand has once again given new life and taken on a new mission.

As the first new model after Mr. Tan Xuguang launched the heavy truck, it is also a witness to the comeback of the Yellow River brand and the inheritor of the Yellow River spirit. It came by the Yellow River and returned to the Yellow River again.

Behind all X7 is the historical witness of the rebirth and transformation of Sinotruk Group. Today, the author will review the entrepreneurial process of Sinotruk with the audience and friends.

The predecessor of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group was the Jinan Auto Parts Factory established in 1956, which was the only automobile industry-related enterprise in Shandong Province at that time.

In 1958, after the introduction of the former Soviet Union car models, the Yellow River brand JN220 off-road vehicle was developed, ending the history of no automobile industry in Shandong Province. At the same time, Jinan Auto Parts Factory was renamed Jinan Automobile Factory and became the only automobile manufacturing enterprise in Shandong Province at that time.

After the introduction of the policy of "building socialism in a better province as soon as possible", our country’s modernization needs a series of varieties of automobiles to meet its growing construction needs. Therefore, after taking over the task of trial production of 8-ton cargo vehicles assigned by relevant state departments, Jinan Automobile Manufacturing Plant began to enter the research and development and trial production process of new models.

Under difficult conditions, on April 15, 1960, the 8-ton truck trial-produced by Jinan Automobile Factory was successfully rolled off the production line. This model was based on the Skoda 706 truck from the former Czechoslovakia in the socialist camp country, which was the first generation of large-tonnage trucks in China at that time. This model was the Yellow River JN150, the earliest in China.

In May 1960, when Chairperson Mao Zedong visited Jinan, he visited the first batch of models of the Yellow River JN150 and spoke highly of it.

In January 1966, Chairperson Zhu De inspected the Yellow River JN150 model and personally wrote the word "Yellow River" for the car. This year, Jinan Automobile Manufacturing Factory was renamed Jinan Automobile Manufacturing General Factory, marking the beginning of a new historical stage.

Since the mid-late 1960s, our country has entered a period of serious turmoil. During this period, all aspects of the national economy have caused serious negative effects. But new progress has been made in major undertakings such as national defense.

In 1966, the Second Artillery Force of the People’s Liberation Army (later reorganized into the Rocket Force) began to develop missiles and supporting transport vehicles. The following year (1967), the Jinan Automobile Manufacturing Plant accepted the task of trial production of transport vehicles, and in April 1968 developed our country’s first generation of large-tonnage military off-road cargo vehicles – Yellow River JN252.

Since 1970, the JN252 has served and tested in some units of the People’s Liberation Army, and was officially mass-produced in 1976, making important contributions to the development of our country’s national defense weapons and equipment. In addition, this car has a wonderful relationship with Mr. Qian Xuesen, the "two bombs".

In the late 1970s, the turmoil ended and our country’s social development returned to the normal track. At the same time, Jinan Automobile Manufacturing General Factory also began to launch new models for the civilian automobile market.

In 1978, Jinan Automobile Manufacturing Plant introduced Romanian car technology and carried out localized production, and in 1981 launched the second generation of Yellow River civilian vehicles: the ten-ton truck JN162 series. The JN162 series used the new technology applied for the first time in China at that time, almost at the same starting point as the technical level of international advanced models at that time.

At the same time, the China Heavy Duty Truck Industry Joint Venture Company with Jinan Automobile Manufacturing Plant as the core was established and is one of the three major domestic automobile industry groups. In 1983, with the support of reform and opening up and national policies, the joint venture company introduced the technology of Austrian 91 series models and made them domestically.

In 1985, the first Steyr 91 series truck assembled in China rolled off the assembly line, ending the history that our country could not produce large-tonnage trucks. In 1989, the first domestically produced Steyr 91 series model rolled off the assembly line, opening the "Steyr" era of Chinese commercial vehicles.

In December 1989, China Heavy Duty Truck Industry Joint Venture Company officially changed its name to China Heavy Duty Truck Group Company, moving towards a new generation of modern enterprises and bringing new opportunities for the development of the Yellow River brand.

Since the 1990s, with the introduction of new models of international automobile brands into the Chinese market and the continuous introduction of new products by domestic friends, the two main car series of the Yellow River and Steyr relied on by the old heavy truck have been defeated in the increasingly severe market competition and lost their past. Under various reasons, the old heavy truck cannot escape the fate of bankruptcy.

In 2000, the bankruptcy and reorganization of China’s heavy truck group company was approved by the State Council, and the era of the old heavy truck ended.

After the bankruptcy and reorganization of the old heavy truck, there is good news: the original main assets of the old heavy truck have been devolved to Shandong Province, and continue to retain the name of "China heavy truck". The next good news is that Mr. Ma Chunji, then the deputy mayor of Jinan City, took over the "mess" and cleaned it up.

On January 18, 2001, after the successful reorganization, Sinotruk returned to the world as "China Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd.".

In 2002, the first batch of high-end model series based on Steyr technology was fully upgraded, which sent a heavy gift to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Since then, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group has begun to move towards a new route of independent research and development.

Since 2003, SINOTRUK has successively carried out technical cooperation with German MAN and Swedish companies (with the latter to establish a joint venture company Jinan Huawo), and in 2004 launched a high-end heavy truck product with international advanced level: HOWALLE.

Of course, Yellow River’s brand equity has not been abandoned. In 2003, China National Heavy Duty Truck Corporation launched three Yellow River sub-brands: the "Yellow River" medium and large-tonnage model, the "medium-tonnage model" and the "Yellow River General" small-tonnage model. In today’s words, the Yellow River "medium cup, large cup, and super large cup".

However, these models did not make much progress in the market, forming a strong contrast with the majestic atmosphere of the Howo series Hukou waterfall of the Yellow River.

In 2007, China National Heavy Duty Truck (Hong Kong), a subsidiary of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, was listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. So far, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group has two listed companies, Jinan Truck and China National Heavy Duty Truck (Hong Kong).

In 2008, the first model of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group to test the high-end heavy truck market, the "Howo A7", was officially launched on the market. This was the first domestic truck with its own brand of hand-in-hand (AMT), and it was also the first commercial vehicle with a fully self-developed powertrain in China. Its performance has approached the technical level of foreign advanced models.

In July 2009, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group signed a cooperation agreement with German MAN, and German MAN held 25% + 1 shares of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, entering a new era of comprehensive cooperation. During the 2011 Shanghai Auto Show, China and Germany released a new high-end brand SITRAK, Chinese name ", and the first mass-produced model T7 is also known as the predecessor of the subsequent Howo T7H.

In 2012, the first standard product of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, Howo Light Truck, was officially launched, ending the gap in the light truck market competition of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group and opening a good start for China National Heavy Duty Truck Group to enter the light commercial vehicle market.

In addition, the Yellow River brand has returned to the market with a new line "New Yellow River", targeting the mid- to high-end mid- to large-tonnage lightweight truck market.

In August 2015, the new headquarters and science and technology building of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, located at No. 777 Huaao Road, High-tech Zone, Jinan City, was officially put into use, completing the comprehensive evolution of the R & D environment.

On September 1, 2018, Mr. Tan Xuguang from Weichai Group officially became the chairperson and party secretary of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group. The first thing he did when he came to power was to conduct a strategic reorganization within China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, divest and sell the real estate business (in fact, China National Heavy Duty Truck also has its own real estate business, but it is not outstanding compared to its main business), and make minor adjustments to personnel. There is only one key point: to attack the main business without distractions.

However, after Mr. Tan was launched, all the products of the four major brands of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group began to offer choices one after another. Many people expressed concerns about the homogeneity of the products of Heavy Duty Truck, and some people said that the market competitiveness of Heavy Duty Truck products after assembling Weichai engines would decline, but now it seems that there is no need to worry too much.

With the launch of the optional Weichai engine series and the new Howo, the main Weichai engine, Sinotruk has made great efforts in product adaptability.

The recently released new model of the Yellow River, AERO7 (X7), is the first to introduce the overall streamlined design in the domestic production models, making the X7’s drag coefficient reach the same level as that of passenger cars.

The powertrain is equipped with a variety of models such as the German technology M series and the H series with thermal efficiency up to 50%. It independently develops a hand-integrated gearbox and is specially adjusted for the Yellow River car series.

At the same time, the new model of the Yellow River has reached the level of foreign advanced technology in terms of configuration and safety performance. In terms of price, the new car is about 450,000 yuan to 500,000 yuan, which is quite competitive compared with foreign brands and domestic models.

From the Yellow River JN150 in the 1960s to today’s fully upgraded and glorious new Yellow River car, it has witnessed the remarkable years of China National Heavy Duty Truck Group over the past 60 years and the continuous development of China’s automobile industry over the past 70 years.

We look forward to the China National Heavy Duty Truck Group’s historical sedimentation and many advanced technologies, and the Yellow River brand with many high hopes can be like the Yellow River, galloping thousands of miles and creating greater brilliance.

The new model is produced by Jinan Truck Co., Ltd., a listed company under China National Heavy Duty Truck Group, and will be officially put on the market soon. You can pick up a small book and study it carefully. (Text/Kajia Number: Ledi who drives a truck)

　 　 Directed by outstanding young director Lu Yang, the romantic martial arts masterpiece will be released nationwide in August. The film has not been released due to the collection of Zhang Zhen, Liu Shishi, Wang Qianyuan, Li Dongxue, Nie Yuan, Zhu Dan, Zhou Yiwei, Jin Shijie, Ye Qing and many other stars. Recently, the film’s first production special "Hard Journey" has been exposed, revealing the film’s laborious shooting process and excellent production. Director Lu Yang revealed that the film "Embroidery Spring Blade" has more than 5,000 shots, which is nearly double that of ordinary action movies. Regarding the group of Jinyiwei that is focused on in the film, the actors all gave their own opinions. Zhang Zhen laughed and said that Jinyiwei is very similar to chengguan.

　 　 "Embroidered Sword of Spring" tells a story about the Jinyiwei. In the first production special, "Hard Journey," a large number of action scenes of the three Jinyiwei brothers played by Zhang Zhen, Wang Qianyuan and Li Dongxue were exposed, including their galloping horses in the night rain and the passage of being surrounded and killed. In particular, the handsome and cool looks of the three brothers are worthy of the title "Jinyiwei Tiantuan" given to them by fans.

　 　 Zhang Zhen, Wang Qianyuan and Li Dongxue each offered their own views on the mysterious group of Jinyiwei that is the focus of the film. Wang Qianyuan thinks they are "people from the Public Security Bureau," Zhang Zhen laughs and says they look like "chengguan," while Li Dongxue believes that Jinyiwei belong to civil servants and evaluates them as a group of people with chivalrous spirit.

　 　 In the director Lu Yang’s opinion, "Embroidery Blade of Spring" is not a traditional martial arts film. It has many romantic elements. Liu Shishi’s line "If it wasn’t for me, you might not be what you are today" exposed in the special edition has opened a corner of this romance.

　 　 The entire cast and crew worked hard for this hard-earned production. It is reported that the filming schedule of the film is only about 70 days, which is very tight. During the filming period, it is also in time for the rainy season, and everyone can only wait when it rains most of the time. Li Dongxue, the lead actor, said that many of the fights are arranged at night, "It is necessary to fight very excitedly or in groups." Zhang Zhen, the lead actor who has played a lot in the film, said: "I will shoot a fight in three or five days, and the physical expenditure is relatively large. I rely on the time before the shooting to do exercise." Due to the fact that the filming was in July, the hottest month in Beijing, and the "struggle" with the weather was particularly difficult, the star Wang Qianyuan "complained": "Wear very thick clothes, and wear a raincoat inside, maybe you will faint." The director Lu Yang made a simple statistic: "Action movies that are more complicated will have 3,000 shots, but our movie currently has more than 5,000 shots." The star Liu Shishi also said: "Every scene is a heavy scene."

　 　 In addition to the three brothers, Nie Yuan, Zhu Dan and Zhou Yiwei, who played the villains in the movie "Embroidery Spring Sword," also appeared in the production special. Everyone recommended the film to the audience. Zhou Yiwei said, "I believe this film will be a work that will make everyone feel amazing." Zhang Zhen considered it the most interesting movie he made in 2013.　

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Although there is still uncertainty about the listing at the end of the year, it has not affected the normal operations within Wanda Group.

Blue Whale Finance found through the official website of Wanda Group that since the beginning of this year, Wanda Group Chairperson Wang Jianlin has led a team to reconstruct the cultural tourism map in many places across the country, and has signed strategic cooperation with the governments of Luoyang, Henan, Deyang, Sichuan, Zhangjiajie, Shanxi Datong, Yichun, Heilongjiang, and other places to cooperate around the cultural tourism industry.

On August 3 this year, Wanda Group announced through its official website that it would rename its Wanda Cultural Group to Wanda Cultural Tourism Group. Blue Whale Finance recently learned from people close to Wanda that, unlike previous cultural tourism projects, the future Wanda Cultural Tourism will "abandon the weight and lighten the weight". Like Wanda Plaza, asset-light cultural tourism is the main direction.

Restart the cultural tourism industry

According to Wanda Group’s official website, Wanda currently includes business management groups, cultural tourism groups and investment groups. Among them, the business sectors of the cultural tourism group, in addition to film and television, sports, and baby king, there are also four cultural tourism projects and cultural tourism planning and design institutes. The four cultural tourism projects are Changbai Mountain International Resort, Wuhan Central Cultural District, Lanzhou Wanda City, and Yan’an Red Street.

The above-mentioned sources told Blue Whale Finance that Wanda Cultural Tourism is a business sector that Wang Jianlin has always wanted to do. After selling Wanda Cultural Tourism to Sunac, Wanda has not stopped expanding its cultural tourism projects.

In February this year, Wanda established a comprehensive strategic cooperative relationship with Luoyang, and took the Longmen Tourist Resort project in Luoyang as the first major cooperation project. On April 10, Wanda signed a contract with Sichuan Deyang for the Sanxing Lake Wanda five-star hot spring resort hotel and international cultural tourism project. On April 12, Zhangjiajie Tourism Group announced that it signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Wanda, and the two sides will cooperate on the Dayong Ancient City project. In June, Wanda signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with the Datong Municipal Government and Datong Cultural Tourism Investment Group respectively, mainly on the cooperation of Datong Ancient City. In August, Wanda signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Yichun Municipal Government and Yichun Sengong Group to plan in-depth cooperation in the cultural tourism industry and other fields.

In addition, since the beginning of this year, Wang Jianlin has led a team to visit many places and exchanged discussions with local governments, including Pinggu District, Beijing, Changchun, Jilin, Libo County, Qiannan Buyi and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Guizhou, and Suqian, Jiangsu. This year’s August-September is particularly concentrated.

According to the official website of the Yichun Municipal Government, on August 16 this year, Sui Hongbo, Secretary of the Yichun Municipal Party Committee, met with Wang Jianlin, Chairperson of Dalian Wanda Group, and the two sides exchanged ideas on cooperation in cultural tourism and other fields. Wang Jianlin said that Wanda will give full play to the successful experience in the development of the cultural tourism industry accumulated over the years. Relying on Yichun’s valuable resources and the upcoming high-speed rail era, it will actively plan for cooperation between the two sides, strengthen planning and design on the "ice and snow", and do a good job in innovative articles.

According to the official website of the Beijing Pinggu District Government, on August 26 this year, Pinggu District and Wanda Group held a symposium. Tang Hailong, Secretary of the Pinggu District Party Committee, hoped that Wanda would actively participate in the construction of the "Pingyu dual-use" rural revitalization Jinhai Lake core area. Wang Jianlin said that Wanda would give full play to its own advantages in cultural tourism, hotel operations, etc., and select a representative, exemplary and leading project group as soon as possible to study and formulate a planned operation plan to help the construction of the "Pinggu dual-use" core area with practical actions.

According to the official website of the Suqian Municipal Government, on September 5 this year, Chen Zhongwei, Secretary of the Suqian Municipal Party Committee, met with Wang Jianlin, Chairperson of Wanda Group, and Wang Jianlin said that Wanda Group will give full play to its own advantages, rely on Suqian’s superior ecological resources, and further increase cooperation in areas such as cultural tourism.

"Cultural tourism industry" is a common keyword mentioned by local governments and Wanda.

Wanda Tourism Industry was established in October 2013 and belongs to Wanda Culture Group. In 2014, Wanda Tourism revenue was only 7.50 billion yuan, but by 2016, Wanda Tourism revenue had reached 17.43 billion yuan, an increase of nearly 40% year-on-year.

Wanda’s tourism brand "Wanda City" has not only opened one after another across the country, but also began to enter overseas, signing two large-scale cultural tourism projects in India and Paris in 2016. Wang Jianlin said at the time that by 2025, 25 Wanda Cities will be opened worldwide, of which 5 will be opened overseas. "First, it is possible to gradually accumulate and become a leading brand in terms of business scale."

However, in 2017, due to financial problems, Wanda transferred 91% of the shares of 13 cultural and tourism projects to Sunac for 43.844 billion yuan, which was called "M & A of the Century".

It was the industry consensus at the time that Wanda would give up the cultural tourism industry, but Wanda said in a subsequent statement: "As China’s earliest pioneer in the cultural tourism industry, Wanda has always been optimistic about the development prospects of China’s cultural tourism industry. In the future, Wanda will continue to invest in the cultural tourism industry. Its cultural tourism group (including planning, construction and project management departments) will continue to be an important industrial group of Wanda for sustainable development."

Wanda said that it will continue to invest in the cultural tourism industry in the future, retain the backbone team of the cultural tourism industry, and reorganize the Cultural Tourism Planning Institute, Cultural Tourism Construction Center, and Cultural Tourism Management Company.

From the start of the Changbai Mountain cultural tourism project a decade ago, Wanda has never given up its ambition to expand the cultural tourism industry. The above-mentioned person familiar with the matter said that, unlike the previous "land acquisition-development" asset-heavy model, Wanda’s future cultural tourism industry will be mainly asset-light operation. "The land is still owned by the local government, and Wanda only manages and operates and exports brands."

It is reported that Wanda Neijiang Cultural Tourism City, located in Sichuan, is scheduled to open at the end of this year and will become an important tourist destination in Chengdu and Chongqing and a new business card for Neijiang City.

Whether it will go public at the end of the year is still up in the air

For enterprises, the asset-light model will undoubtedly greatly reduce the pressure on capital.

According to Wanda’s official website, as of December 31, 2022, 473 Wanda plazas have been opened across the country, and Blue Whale Finance has learned that half of them are asset-light projects. In addition, at the end of this month, Beijing will open two more Wanda plazas at the same time, both of which are asset-light projects.

On August 31, Wanda Commercial Management disclosed that the interim report of corporate bonds showed that the operating income in the first half of 2023 was 25.452 billion yuan, an increase of 4.30% year-on-year; the gross profit margin was 64.63%, an increase of 1.53 percentage points year-on-year.

Among them, the hotel operating business revenue rose the most significantly, up 103.84% year-on-year, with gross profit margin increasing by 17.67 percentage points. Other business revenue rose 3.05%, and gross profit margin increased by 2.1 percentage points.

Wanda Commercial Management plans to spin off the listed subsidiary Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management’s total assets are 22.886 billion yuan, net assets are 7.233 billion yuan, the operating income during the reporting period is 27.12 billion yuan, and the main business profit is 12.984 billion yuan.

The net cash flow generated by Wanda Commercial Management’s operating activities in the first half of the year was 11.852 billion yuan, an increase of 41.6% year-on-year. The balance of cash and cash equivalents as of the end of the first half of the year was 14.692 billion yuan. As of the end of the first half of the year, Wanda Commercial Management’s consolidated interest-bearing liabilities were 141.283 billion yuan, of which the interest-bearing liabilities due within one year were 29.257 billion yuan.

After experiencing a period of debt repayment pressure, Wanda also ushered in good news. On September 12, a domestic debt "200,000 01" repo bond owned by Wanda Commercial Management has been repaid. The repo payment amount is 3.79 billion yuan, which is close to the full repurchase.

According to the announcement of Wanda Commercial Management, the bond code 175119, the issuance scale is 3.80 billion yuan, the bond maturity is 5 (3 + 2) years, the coupon rate is 5.58%, the issuance start date is September 7, 2020, and the maturity date is September 9, 2025 9 (postponed in case of holidays), but in the third year, that is, when it expires in 2023, the issuer has the option to adjust the coupon rate and the investor’s right to sell back.

The person close to Wanda said that after the completion of the bond sale and payment, Wanda Commercial Management has no public overseas debt maturity risk this year. "Wanda’s business model is very clear, the return on assets is expected to further improve, and there is little pressure on public market debt in the next few years."

However, whether Zhuhai Wanda Commercial Management can go public smoothly at the end of this year remains unresolved and remains the biggest hurdle facing Wanda.

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At the beginning of October, 2023, the HarmonyOS edition of Aouita 11 launched the "Intelligent Driving Everest Challenge". The total mileage is over 3,376 kilometers, and the altitude difference is as high as 5,000 meters. It took 9 days. Aouita 11 HarmonyOS Edition climbed six mountains with a height of more than 4,000 meters, crossed rivers and rivers, broke through the obstacles of complex terrain, and successfully reached the Everest Base Camp, with a total mileage of 91%.

Obviously, this 3,376-kilometer route from Chongqing to Mount Everest uses a smart driving without high-precision maps. Because at present, only six cities, namely Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou and Chongqing, have opened the pilot application of high-precision maps, and only Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Shanghai have relatively complete high-precision maps. The whole journey from Chongqing to Everest is almost out of the coverage of high-precision maps.

What is the specific performance of 91% of the smart driving?

This challenge began in the mountain city of Chongqing, where there are many cliffs, unpaved roads and thousands of turns, and the road conditions can be described as difficult and dangerous; In addition, unpredictable and complicated situations such as pedestrians or animals passing through, accidents occupying roads, construction road closures, falling rocks and landslides, and high-frequency rainy and foggy weather may occur along the way. These factors jointly construct the "hell-class" working condition of intelligent driving, which extremely tests the capacity limit of intelligent driving system.

Facing the "all-black tunnel", Aouita 11th HarmonyOS Edition has the strength to cope with the situation of occupation of roads, sudden change of light and shade, no lane line and slippery road surface, and has repeatedly taken the initiative to avoid lane change and take over the tunnel construction in the all-black environment of 3 kilometers, so as to truly see clearly, judge accurately and control stably.

Thanks to Huawei’s advanced intelligent driving system ADS 2.0, Aouita 11 has applied BEV fusion sensing algorithm and GOD network based on lidar, which has superior environmental awareness; Even if it passes through the 20-kilometer gravel road in Nujiang Gorge, or even the muddy road without the basic shape of the road at all, the intelligent driving system can still accurately identify the road edge and automatically plan the drivable area, which can be called "both good roads and bad roads can be opened".

In the face of the "Nujiang 72 Turn", the performance of the intelligent driving system is still steady and calm. With strong road perception accuracy and accurate dynamic target tracking ability, Aouita 11 HarmonyOS Edition can automatically slow down before entering the curve and speed up before leaving the curve like an "old driver", and can flexibly avoid the opposite car, and take over the continuous curve with a safe passage of 16 kilometers.

In response to all kinds of dynamic/static, standard/abnormal obstacles on the road, Aouita 11 HarmonyOS Edition has achieved 100% automatic avoidance, and achieved 100% safety with zero mistakes.

According to statistics, the average driving speed of Aouita 11 HarmonyOS version reached 62km/h, the driving power consumption per 100 km was 14.69kWh, and the battery life of "one box of electricity" was 535 km, showing the far-ahead intelligent driving ability and solid and reliable endurance level.

In September, Aouita said that its intelligent driving mileage exceeded 17 million kilometers. After this hellish test, the steady intelligent driving performance of Aouita 11th HarmonyOS Edition in the "Intelligent Driving Challenge" once again confirmed that it has become a map-free NCA, and it is capable and necessary to open it to users in Aouita. Therefore, on October 9th, Aouita announced that it would gradually open the map-free NCA, which would realize intelligent driving without relying on high-precision maps. The specific opening steps are as follows: No map NCA will complete the delivery according to the progress of 6 cities -16 cities-nationwide, and the intelligent driving function of expressway-urban area-parking will be realized nationwide by the end of 2023.

Li Pengcheng, vice president and chief marketing officer of Aouita Science and Technology, said: "From horse-drawn carriages to cars, from refueling to charging, from self-driving to intelligent driving, human travel modes have never stopped evolving; Today, Aouita, as a pioneer, has opened up a new way to enter Tibet, bringing users a more relaxed, labor-saving and green travel experience, which is also the greatest value of this intelligent driving of Mount Everest. "

The Sichuan-Tibet Highway in the "no-brainer’s zone" challenges the intelligent driving without a map, and achieves 91% of the intelligent driving results, which proves that Aouita’s intelligent driving NCA can be developed to users on a large scale, and also proves that Huawei’s ADS 2.0 intelligent driving strength is really superior, and the intelligent driving ability of Aouita 12 HarmonyOS version will also be a big selling point in the future.

　　CCTV News:On October 13th, the general meeting of all members of World Skills Organization held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates unanimously decided that the 46th World Skills Competition will be held in Shanghai, China in 2021.

　　World Skills Competition is the highest-level world vocational skills competition, known as "World Skills Olympics", and its competitive level represents the world’s advanced level of vocational skills development in various fields. A country’s achievements in the World Skills Competition can reflect its technical skills development level to a certain extent.

　　△ Shanghai successfully bid for the 46th World Skills Competition.

　　Shanghai bid slogan: "New youth, new skills, new dreams"

　　The bidding slogan put forward by China Shanghai this time is "New Youth, New Skills, New Dreams", which conveys the concept of "Skills Change Life and Realize Dreams" to the world. After Shanghai’s successful bid, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security sent a congratulatory message, saying that holding the World Skills Competition in China is of great significance for strengthening the construction of skilled talents in China, promoting the spirit of artisans, and creating a good atmosphere of respecting labor and advocating skills in the whole society.

　　Approved by the State Council, in October 2010, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security applied for and formally joined the World Skills Organization on behalf of the China Municipal Government. After that, China participated in three consecutive World Skills Competitions, and accumulated 5 gold medals, 8 silver medals, 7 bronze medals and 29 winning prizes. On October 7, 2016, China, the representative of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, announced his intention to bid for the 46th World Skills Competition in 2021 at the 2016 World Skills Organization Conference, and launched Shanghai as the host city.

　　The World Skills Competition, currently held every two years, is called the "Olympics" in the field of skills. It is an important platform for members of the World Skills Organization to display and exchange their professional skills.

　　The World Skills Competition is divided into six categories, namely, structure and building technology, creative art and fashion, information and communication technology, manufacturing and engineering technology, social and personal services, transportation and logistics, with a total of 46 competitions. Specifically, the competitions include aircraft maintenance, automobile maintenance, welding, painting, floral design, graphic design, offset printing, pastry making, jewelry processing, cooking and even hairdressing. For example, in this year’s skills competition, the average age of the contestants in China is less than 21 years old. The youngest is Pan Shenhan, an 18-year-old floral project player, and the oldest is Gao Yunan, a 25-year-old manufacturing team challenge project player.

　　In the 43rd World Skills Competition in 2015, 32 Chinese athletes won 4 gold medals, 6 silver medals, 3 bronze medals and 12 winning prizes in 29 events, achieving a breakthrough in gold medals.

　　"My dream is to win the gold medal in the World Skills Competition, and my efforts have not been in vain." Zeng Zhengchao, who won the welding project championship at the 43rd World Skills Competition, said.

　　It is understood that the welding competition has heavy tasks and high intensity. During the four-day competition, four modules, namely, single piece welding, low carbon steel pressure vessel, aluminum alloy structural parts and stainless steel structural parts, need to be completed within 18 hours. This poses a great challenge to the physical strength and perseverance of the contestants.

　　The organizing mechanism of the World Skills Competition is similar to the Olympic Games. After being applied by the members of World Skills Organization and approved, the World Skills Competition was held in cooperation with the organizers under the guidance of World Skills Organization.

　　 In 1946, in order to encourage young people to develop their vocational skills, Mr Olaso, president of the Spanish National Youth Organization, put forward the idea of gathering skilled workers from all walks of life to compete. In 1947, he successfully organized a competition in Spain with more than 4,000 apprentices, which became the embryonic form of the World Skills Competition. In 1950, the World Skills Organization was formally established, initiated by Spain and Portugal, and held the first World Skills Competition. At that time, only skilled workers from Spain and Portugal participated. Since then, the influence of the World Skills Competition has gradually expanded. In 1953, at the invitation of Spain, young people from Germany, Britain, France, Morocco and Switzerland also joined the competition. Since then, the World Skills Competition has been held in many countries. It first came to Asia in 1970 and was held in Tokyo, Japan. The influence of the World Skills Competition has further expanded.

　　At present, the World Skills Organization has 77 formal countries and regions. On October 7th, 2010, China officially joined the World Skills Organization, becoming the 53rd member of the organization.