On September 20, the highly anticipated 2024 World Manufacturing Conference opened at the Binhu Convention and Exhibition Center in Hefei, Anhui. This conference, themed “Smart Manufacturing for a Better World,” aims to explore new paths, technologies, and challenges in the intelligent and green transformation of the manufacturing industry. Thousands of enterprises from dozens of countries and regions around the world are exhibiting, showcasing the latest manufacturing technologies, equipment, and solutions.
As a representative of new energy vehicle companies in Anhui Province, Jiangqi Group participated in this grand event, showcasing its latest technological and product innovations to the world.
Intelligent Leadership
In the intelligent connected new energy vehicle exhibition area of the 2024 World Manufacturing Conference, Jiangqi Group presented its technological vision concept car—DEFINE—and the new national trend intelligent electric hybrid MPV—Ruifeng RF8, attracting global attention.
Note: Jiangqi Group’s technological vision concept car
DEFINE displayed during the World Manufacturing Conference
The technological vision concept car—DEFINE, as an intelligent pure electric crossover coupe, is a concrete result of Jiangqi Group’s continuous iteration around key technologies such as “intelligent architecture, smart chassis, intelligent cockpit, and intelligent driving” since entering the smart new energy track. It is equipped with a third-generation 460 kW silicon carbide drive motor, achieving 0-100 km/h acceleration into the “3-second club,” with an 800-volt 4C fast charging system as standard across the range. With outstanding design and innovative strength, it successfully won the 2024 German Red Dot Concept Design Award.
If the concept car represents the future, then the Ruifeng RF8 showcased by Jiangqi Group is the objective practice of turning concept cars into tangible, perceptible, and purchasable new products.
Note: Ruifeng RF8 PHEV displayed by Jiangqi Group at the World Manufacturing Conference
Ruifeng RF8 is China’s first new energy MPV equipped with Huawei’s in-car system, featuring a 15.6-inch 2K smart central control screen designed with the native HarmonyOS interface, breaking the boundary between smartphones and in-car systems, and integrating more innovative technologies into the vehicle. It is equipped with a 1.5 TGDI DHE + 3DHT smart hybrid system, achieving 0-100 km/h acceleration in 7.3 seconds, with a pure electric range of 252 km for the extended-range version and a total range of 1250 km, highlighting Jiangqi Group’s increasingly strong capability to realize technology and its growing brand power.
At the 2024 World Manufacturing Conference, the China Enterprise Confederation and the China Entrepreneurs Association released the list of the 500 largest manufacturing enterprises in China for 2024. Jiangqi Group ranked 274th nationwide and 6th in Anhui Province, with a rise of 38 positions compared to 2023! While advancing “intelligence” in manufacturing, from January to July 2024, Jiangqi Group’s total R&D investment increased by 61.9% year-on-year, accounting for 7.4% of sales revenue, with an expected annual R&D investment ratio of around 9%.
It is worth mentioning that the Ruifeng RF8 is the only MPV model designated for use at this World Manufacturing Conference, playing an important role in multi-passenger travel services.
Global Acceleration
In recent years, Anhui has focused on building a new highland of reform and opening up with significant influence, and its advantages in opening up have been increasingly prominent. The 2024 World Manufacturing Conference has a more “international flavor,” with 31 well-known enterprises from 11 countries, including France, South Korea, Germany, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, and Malaysia, coming together to showcase and exchange the latest technologies and achievements in fields such as intelligent manufacturing, automotive components, high-end equipment, and precision devices.
Facing the opportunities and challenges brought by a new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation globally, Jiangqi Group, as a representative of Anhui’s manufacturing industry, is not only accelerating its “going out” process while “bringing in.” Since 1990, Jiangqi Group has expanded its presence to 132 countries and regions across five continents, serving over 10 million users.
Note: During the 2024 Hannover Motor Show in Germany, Jiangqi Group officially released its European strategy.
Recently, Jiangqi Group also announced its European strategy, aiming for “For Greener Cities, NOW.” Through comprehensive localized operations in products, marketing, and services, it links upstream and downstream industrial chain resources such as energy supply, financial services, vehicle assembly, and logistics, aiming to create a new benchmark for green logistics in the last mile and contribute to energy conservation and emission reduction for Europe and society as a whole, jointly building a green and intelligent new ecosystem.
From Kazakhstan’s “People’s Car” to Mexico, where 6 out of every 10 electric passenger vehicles are from JAC; from the vibrant presence of JAC in streets and alleys in Italy and Austria to breakthroughs in the UAE market with thousands of units, Jiangqi Group’s network continues to expand, allowing the world to see JAC and better understand China.
After making progress for 60 years, Jiangqi Group has evolved from “0” to “1,” from small to large, and from weak to strong, continuously breaking through upwards, becoming the backbone of the automotive “Anhui Army.” Today, Jiangqi Group is competing for “new momentum” in the “new track” of smart vehicles, with favorable winds at its back and a promising future ahead.
