The 23rd China-ASEAN Expo opened in Nanning, Guangxi. SAIC-GM-Wuling made a powerful appearance with the theme "Global Wuling, Shining in ASEAN", officially launched the Global 5 global strategy, and reached a deep strategic cooperation with Malaysia's Cheong Chai Group, simultaneously releasing the think tank report "New Paradigm of Synergistic Going Global of Green Manufacturing and Automotive Industry", showcasing the new quality achievements of Chinese automotive from product going global to full-chain ecosystem going global to the world.
▍From "Borrowing Ships to Go Global" to "Ecosystem Going Global", Delivering an Impressive Report Card
Facing the challenges of global new energy transformation with "significant accessibility gaps and high localization barriers", SAIC-GM-Wuling delivered a solid response: cumulative global production and sales exceeded 32 million units; new energy vehicle sales exceeded 4 million units; overseas exports grew for 10 consecutive years, with cumulative exports exceeding 1.6 million units/sets.
SAIC-GM-Wuling Vice President Zhao Xiaobin stated in his speech that the Chinese automotive industry is moving from a "Major Automotive Power" to a "Leading Automotive Power". Wuling, relying on the New International Land-Sea Trade Corridor and intelligent manufacturing advantages, has grown into a global automaker leading in both scale and growth rate.
SAIC-GM-Wuling "New Energy and Intelligent Connected Vehicles" Exhibition Area
▍"Two Wings Flying Together" Layout, Defining New Global Development Standards
The Global 5 global strategy, from five dimensions of strength, model, market, guarantee, and goal, built a pattern of "Wuling Development Wing" and "Wuling Partner Wing" flying together:
· Five Cooperation Models: Launching five open models including trade, distribution, production-sales, full industry chain, and technology licensing, partners can flexibly adapt according to their own needs.
· Five Market Layouts: Using ASEAN as a bridgehead, deepening Asia, Africa, Americas, Europe, and Oceania five major markets.
· Five Development Goals: Deepen layout in 150 countries over 3 years, expand 500 strategic partners, 50% average annual sales growth per year, become a world's new energy leadership brand.
At the same time, relying on 68 years of automotive manufacturing heritage and the globally first-of-its-kind IPMS Intelligent Island Manufacturing System, Wuling has built a five-dimensional service guarantee system covering the full lifecycle.
SAIC-GM-Wuling Vice President Zhao Xiaobin Speech
▍First Result Implemented, Malaysia CKD Project Signed
The strategy was implemented immediately upon release. As the first result after the Global 5 release, SAIC-GM-Wuling and Malaysia's Cheong Chai Group signed a deep strategic cooperation agreement on-site, officially launching Malaysia's local industrial layout (battery localization CKD project). Relying on the going global of the core component supply chain, Wuling will build a Malaysia local autonomous supply chain system, continuously improving the ASEAN regional industrial map, and promoting synchronized development of international production capacity.
SAIC-GM-Wuling Overseas Business Division Vice President Shi Jigong Speech
▍Think Tank Report Released, Creating a New Paradigm for Chinese Automotive Going Global
At the press conference, SAIC-GM-Wuling collaborated with People's Forum to invite experts to release the think tank report "New Paradigm of Synergistic Going Global of Green Manufacturing and Automotive Industry", systematically interpreting the three paths of "New Quality Ecology, New Quality Brand, New Quality Product".
Attendees pointed out that Wuling, through "manufacturing chain, supply chain, sales chain, talent chain, financial chain" five-chain synergy, systematically transforms domestic technical advantages into global competitiveness; and took the lead in connecting the country's first automotive parts "bamboo instead of plastic" full industry chain, setting a benchmark for green manufacturing.
SAIC-GM-Wuling Global 5 Global Strategy
▍Outlook on "15th Five-Year Plan", Injecting Chinese Automotive Power
From strategic foresight to systematic summary, SAIC-GM-Wuling fully presented a replicable sample of Chinese automotive upgrading from product going global to full-chain ecosystem going global.
Facing the "15th Five-Year Plan" new journey, SAIC-GM-Wuling will take the Global 5 global strategy as guidance, working hand in hand with global partners for stable and far-reaching progress, writing "China Smart Manufacturing" on a broader world stage, and injecting Chinese automotive power into high-quality co-construction of the "Belt and Road Initiative".
SAIC-GM-Wuling and Malaysia Cheong Chai Group Battery Localization CKD Project Strategic Cooperation Signing Ceremony