China Auto Digital Intellectualization Conference 2023 with the theme of “creating a win-win situation through intelligent innovation and transformation” held grandly

Digital transformation is an inevitable choice concerning the high-quality development of industries and enterprises. Only if the entire value chain goes hand in hand can we co-exist and win together. On April 14, the 2023 China Auto Digital Intellectualization Conference with the theme of “creating a win-win situation through intelligent innovation and transformation” was held grandly in Huadu District, Guangzhou. The conference consisted of a main forum and five sub-forums, with over 40 keynote speeches and case studies shared in total.

Nearly 600 industry elites from over 150 automotive and related enterprises, including over 50 mainstream carmakers and over 20 eco-enterprises in the automotive industry, gathered in Guangzhou with the aim of gaining momentum for the continual innovation and transformation, the sustained high-quality development of the industry, and a win-win situation with upstream and downstream partners of the industry by leveraging capabilities of the entire value chain of the automotive industry.

Government and enterprises join hands for a future of automotive digital intellectualization

With the application of new technologies like AI and big data, the Chinese automotive industry is undergoing profound changes indigital intellectualization. Nevertheless, the development and application of new technologies in automotive digital intellectualization require joint efforts across the entire industry value chain. The theme of the conference was“creating a win-win situation through intelligent innovation and transformation” in order to gain momentum for the continual innovation and transformation of the automotive industry and strive for a win-win situation for upstream and downstream partners of the industry by empowering the annual conference as a platform and focusing on automotive digital intellectualization.

Leaders from the Huadu District CPC Committee, District Government, and the Administrative Committee of Huadu Autocity in Guangzhou City, Chairman Gao Guolin and General Manager Hu Yongli of Lanyou Technology, and other leaders attended the conference.

Working for the automotive industry, Lanyou Technology acts as an enabler for the digital automotive industry with the mission of creating technology-based intelligent vehicles and lives for people, and is committed to becoming a leading digital service provider in the automotive industry of China. In the past 21 years, Lanyou Technology has been deeply involved in the automotive industry based on the internet and experienced a profound change from informatization to digitalization. It provides digital transformation services for carmakers, has independent automotive intellectualization R&D and core business capabilities to offer customers the best solutions with digital service, and has been selected as a candidate specialized, refined, differential and innovative world-class exemplary enterprise by the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission. At present, Lanyou Technology serves over 60 carmakers, over 4,100 parts suppliers and 4,200 distributors.

In the future, LanyouTechnology will continue to invest in R&D to maintain corporate leadership and innovation, and pursue strength other than scale, with the core strategic pillars being assisting key customers in digital transformation, adding value to products, and building a cloud-sharing technology platform. For the automotive industry, Lanyou Technology will maintain an open and collaborative attitude in hopes of realizing in-depth synergies with peers, assuming greater responsibility in the process of automotive digital intellectualization, and making greater contributions to China’s automotive digital intellectualization.

It is reported that in recent years, Huadu District has always given priority to the development of the automotive industry by sticking to the principle of basingthe district on intelligent manufacturing. It has formed an automotive industry system led by the carmaker Dongfeng Nissan and gathering over 150 automobile parts manufacturers (41 of which are Fortune 500 enterprises or their affiliated enterprises), and the output value of automotive manufacturing in Huadu accounts for nearly one-third of that of Guangzhou City.

In the future, Huadu will seize the strategic opportunity of “lane changing and overtaking” ofthe global automotive industry to focus on intelligent connected and new energy vehicles, apply for a state-level economic development zone with an additional area of 100 square kilometers planned for the automotive industry, and make all efforts to build the largest intelligent new energy vehicle industry base of China with vehicles being the lead, parts being the focus, and technological innovation being the support.

Experts' professional insights into automotive digital intellectualization

At the conference, exchanges and discussions were made around the hot topics of “empowerment, innovation, and win-win results” in the entire value chain of automotive digital intellectualization. Shen Changxiang, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Shan Zhiguang, Head of the Informatization and Industrial Development Department of the State Information Center, Zhu Xichan, professor of the School of Automotive Studies, Tongji University, and other industry big names shared cutting-edge insights.

Shen Changxiang elaborated on the significance of IoV security, and put forward constructive suggestions for creating safe and reliable products and services with the theme of “driving the high-quality and healthy development of the IoV with safe and reliable products and services”.

Shan Zhiguang analyzed the “Twenty Provisions on Data” in detail and the priorities of application to the digital transformation of the automotive industry with the theme “Twenty Provisions on Data and the digital transformation of the automotive industry”.

Zhu Xichan delved into how to fully utilize user data to carry out the innovative development of new energy vehicles with the theme of the “closed user data loop as the core of intelligent new energy vehicle innovation”.

Hu Yongli analyzed the three core challenges to be addressed in the transformation of automotive digital intellectualization under the title of “forging ahead inspite of difficulties to meet new challenges in automotive digital intellectualization”. The first is to build the “brain” for change, seize the top-level design, and avoid the “pilot trap” arising during transformation; the second is to build the “skeleton” for change and fully plan the enterprise architecture supporting business change; the third is to build the“bloodstream” for change and fully “awaken” vast data assets in a “dormantstate”.

Wang Jian, CIO of Geely Holding Group, Hu Linhai, Digital Manufacturing Officer of Changan Automobile, and Ding Guoxiang, Chief Expert of Huawei BG Manufacturing Group, shared their thoughts and practical experience on automotive digital intellectualization from the perspectives of carmakers and ICT manufacturer srespectively.

The conference held a “Super Roundtable” on the opportunities and challenges in the“evolution” of automotive digital intellectualization. Shi Kai, Vice Chairman of the Digital Industry Innovation Research Center and the author of Lean Data Methodology hosted the Roundtable. Those who participated in the discussion and contributed golden verses included Yu Bin, CTO of Lanyou Technology, Li Xiaoliang, Director of Digital Products of Rising Auto, Yan Peng, Head of the Digital Transformation Office of the Information System Division of Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company, Qi Shengjin, Deputy Head of the Brand Digitalization Department of LYNK&CO, Ming Kun, Director of Information and Digitalization of C&D Auto, and Liu Mingda, General Manager of the Operation Management Department of Xindeco Automobile.

Excellent Case Award presented and five sub-forumsfull of highlights held

At the conference, the Excellent Case Award for the First China Automotive Digital Intellectualization and Innovation Awards was presented. The award was jointly initiated by the Digital Industry Innovation Research Center, JNexper, CDO Joint International well-known consulting agencies, as well as over 20 CIO organizations and industry associations nationwide, with the strategic support of Lanyou Technology. After ten months of appraisal, 14 winners were finally selected, namely Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Nissan Passenger Vehicle Company, Guangzhou Automotive Group Co., Ltd., Voyah Automotive Technology Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Co., Ltd., Rising Auto Technology Co., Ltd., Seres Group Co., Ltd., LYNK&CO Automobile Sales Co., Ltd., Dongfeng Motor Finance Co., Ltd., Volvo Car Distribution (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle Company, BAIC BJEV Co., Ltd., Xiamen C&D Automobile Co., Ltd., and Xiamen Xindeco ITG Automobile Group Co., Ltd.

The five concurrent sub-forums on intelligent parts, intelligent manufacturing, digital marketing, auto finance, and smart procurement were full of highlights.

The Intelligent Parts Sub-forum explored how intelligent automotive parts should make breakthroughs on the “new track” of intellectualization in face of new industry opportunities with the theme of the “path of ‘core’ and ‘solution’ for intelligent vehicles”.

3-5 picturesof the Intelligent Manufacturing Sub-forum (venue, expert and Lanyou leaderspeeches)

With the theme of “new upgrading of digital factories driven by the new engine of intelligent manufacturing”, the Intelligent Manufacturing Sub-forum discussed how top romote the digital transformation of manufacturing enterprises and enhance core competencies with new technologies.

Pictures of the Digital Marketing Sub-forum (venue, expert and Lanyou leader speeches)

With the theme of “winning in digital automotive marketing in the user digital age”, the Digital Marketing Sub-forum explored changes in marketing channels and models in the era of user-first to realize efficient, intelligent and all-channel marketing upgrading in all aspects.

Picturesof the Auto Finance Sub-forum (venue, expert and Lanyou leader speeches)

With the theme of “new business and trends in auto finance”, the Auto Finance Sub-forum explored auto finance scenarios in the digital and intelligent age, and how to improve the quality and efficiency of the auto finance business.

Photosof the Smart Procurement Sub-forum (venue, expert and Lanyou leader speeches)

With the theme of “building the new ecology of digital and intelligent procurement in the automotive industry chain”, the Smart Procurement Sub-forum discussed how enterprises could realize cost reduction, efficiency improvement, revenue increase, and efficient and scientific operations through the digital transformation of procurement.

Photos ofthe scene

In the full scenario experience area of automotive digital intellectualization, solutions and products from Lanyou Technology and its partners, including intelligent automotive parts, intelligent manufacturing, digital marketing, intelligent online platforms and operations, auto finance, cloud services, smart procurement, digital consulting, and Lanyou’s full value chain of automotive digital intellectualization, were showcased, attracting numerous guests and media friends for in-depth exchanges.

The 2023 China Auto Digital Intellectualization Conference with the theme of “creating awin-win situation through intelligent innovation and transformation” was held grandly, which gathered diverse forces of the automotive industry to create an opportunity to summarize and think about the development of automotive digital intellectualization, provide more value references for accelerating the digital transformation of the industry, and inject new drivers into the future development of the industry!