Chongqing: International Cooperation in the R&D of Automobiles and Magnesium Alloys

As the chief engineer of the Chang'an Automotive Engineering Research Institute, Pang Jian has become accustomed to understanding the daily research progress of the company's global R&D institutions through the Internet. From time to time, he will also discuss technologies with colleagues from various countries through video conferences. R & D of various problems.

“When you see the car with the Chang’an logo on the road passing by, perhaps the design of this car is from Turin, Italy, and the interior design is from Yokohama, Japan, but these cars are all Changan’s own brands. The development of the technology was completed by the 'Changan people' in their own scientific research institutions." Pang Jian said proudly.

In January of this year, Changan Automobile's US R&D Center was formally established in Detroit and will focus on automotive chassis technology. It will be mainly used in mid-to-high-end sedan and SUV models independently developed by Changan Automobile in the future. So far, following the overseas centers such as Italy and Japan, Changan Automobile has built a 24-hour uninterrupted R&D center spanning Europe, Asia, and the Americas, based on the “Five Nations, Nine Places, and Every Emphasis” in important automobile technology center cities at home and abroad. The layout is basically completed.

As one of the nine national-level international science and technology cooperation bases in Chongqing, Changan Automobile Group starts from independent innovation and makes full use of the “Chang'an model” of global resources, making Changan the first camp of the automotive industry in China for many years.

In Chongqing, in addition to large companies such as Chang'an, many of the research institutes have also tasted the sweetness of international cooperation in science and technology.

The Chongqing Academy of Science and Technology was reorganized in 2008 by integrating 10 research institutes originally under the Central Government and local governments. “Since the establishment of the institute, we have adhered to the policy of the Institute of Scientific Research, the Open Office, and the Industrial Strengthening Institute. We have always placed scientific and technological cooperation and exchanges at the forefront of the world’s science and technology, and achieved a major leap forward and development. The work is being done," said Pan Fusheng, deputy director of Chongqing Science and Technology Commission and dean of the Institute of Rehabilitation.

In the research fields of several international cooperation institutes of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the achievements in magnesium alloy R&D and industrialization projects have attracted particular attention.

In the research and development of magnesium alloys, SERS not only undertook major international scientific and technological cooperation projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology “joint research and development of key technologies and equipment for the preparation and welding of super-sized magnesium alloys”, but also with the Russian Aeronautical Technology Research Institute and the Barton Welding Research Institute of Ukraine. The GKSS National Magnesium Center in Germany, as well as renowned research institutes such as Oxford University and Cambridge University, carried out cooperative research on new magnesium alloy materials, magnesium alloy preparation and processing technologies, and magnesium alloy welding technology, and on this basis, promoted the completion of Chongqing. More than 20 magnesium alloy production and application companies, and Wansheng magnesium alloy national industrial base, the base has achieved industrial support with world-renowned auto companies and 3C product companies. The magnesium alloy products produced here have been applied to BMW and Ford. , Volvo and other manufacturers of products, the near future, the United States Boeing's aircraft produced by the tables and chairs, Chongqing magnesium alloy products will also appear.

In recent years, in the process of continuous exploration in Chongqing, the construction of international scientific and technological cooperation platforms has taken shape. Now, Chongqing has 9 national-level international science and technology cooperation bases such as Chongqing University’s micro-nano system and new materials technology international R&D center, Chongqing Sino-Russian scientific and technological cooperation demonstration base, Chongqing Jinshan Science and Technology (Group) Co., Ltd., and Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. Joint R&D center; In addition, nine municipal-level international science and technology cooperation bases such as Chongqing University’s School of Bioengineering, MCC CCID Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., Zhonglian Information Industry Co., Ltd., and Chongqing Medical University have been nurtured, as well as a number of professional fields. Clear-cut, clear-targeted, and collaboratively effective unit self-built cooperative research institutions.

Liang Zhen, deputy director of the Chongqing Municipal Science and Technology Commission, said that the establishment of these international scientific and technological cooperation platforms has become the backbone of Chongqing's international scientific and technological exchanges and cooperation, and has contributed to Chongqing and the country’s foreign scientific and technological exchanges.

While encouraging advantageous industries and enterprises to go global, Chongqing combined the needs of science and technology and industrial development, played a leading role in international scientific and technological cooperation, and implemented a number of wind power equipment, new energy vehicles, biomedicine, medical devices, and modern agriculture. Scientific and technological cooperation projects with high technological content and significant industrialization results have jointly tackled or introduced a number of key core technologies, and achieved landmark results such as wind power equipment design and control technology, capsule endoscopy, and denitrification catalyst preparation technologies, and solved industrial development. Important problems, but also achieved significant economic benefits.