Delivering safe, reliable commercial vehicles to China and across the world
20-21 January 2011 – WUHAN, CHINA – China is currently expanding its commercial vehicle presence not only domestically, but across the world. Noticing the growing market, international companies are racing to enter and start up joint ventures with established Chinese manufacturers. These established Chinese companies are looking to expand abroad and the new joint ventures are currently seeking international partners to help construct safe and reliable vehicles for both the Chinese and the international market.
The China Commercial Vehicle Summit was hosted by the People’s Government of Wuhan Municipality
and organized by the Wuhan Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, the Management Committee of Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone and Noppen. Held from 20-21 January 2011 in Wuhan, China, the event was attended by more than 150 senior officials, presidents, directors, and technical directors from government bodies, industry associations, automobile investors, manufacturers and solution providers.
The Vice Mayor of Wuhan, Shao Weimin, gave the welcoming address and the Vice Director of the Wuhan Economic & Information Commission, Dang Zhen, gave an overview of developments in Wuhan’s automobile industry. Wang Ming, Deputy Director, Institute of Comprehensive Transportation of China’s National Development and Reform Commission discussed logistics and cargo transport
trends during the 12th Five-year Plan period, and the requirements of transport and logistics development for commercial vehicle development. The Institute of Comprehensive Transportation provides the government with research, information and solutions which may influence decision makers.
Prominent speakers at the event included Miguel Angel Ferrer, Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Volvo Construction Equipment China Co Ltd.; Tommy Xu, Director, Strategy and Business Development, Scania China Strategic Center; Guo Konghui, an academician, at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and deputy chairman of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China. From Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle Company, one of the leading and largest CV companies in China, Liu Guoyuan, Senior General Manager, Product Planning Division, gave an overview of the development environment of Chinese M&HDT and DFCV strategies. He also described trends in the road transportation industry.
There were many technology updates presented at the conference, including from Georg Fischer Automotive, Voith Turbo Power Transmission (Shanghai) Co. Ltd., Cummins East Asia Research & Development Co. Ltd., and Henkel.
