Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation released the first batch of National Quality Standard Laboratory Cultivation and Construction Lists. SAIC-GM-Wuling successfully selected, becoming the only automobile enterprise in this country approved to undertake this platform. This approval marks that SAIC-GM-Wuling's New Energy Vehicle Quality Technology System Construction has officially entered a new national development stage.

National Quality Standard Laboratory is a national-level core innovation platform established relying on the "Outline for Building a Strong Nation in Quality". It focuses on core work such as industrial quality standard basic research, high-end technology application, industry standard development and promotion, and professional talent cultivation and gathering. It is an important carrier for implementing the Quality Strong Nation strategy, empowering manufacturing quality improvement and upgrade, providing key support for domestic New Energy Vehicle industry to consolidate technical foundation and enhance industry discourse.

SAIC-GM-Wuling Laboratory possesses strong scientific research strength and complete innovation system. Team scale exceeds 4000 people, gathering large batches of Master's/Doctoral talents and foreign technical experts. Relying on Postdoctoral Workstations, National Enterprise Technology Centers, National Industrial Design Centers and other multiple national-level innovation carriers, it has constructed a multi-level, all-around scientific research pattern. Laboratory layouts 14 international first-class test sites, fully covering core fields such as Three-Electric Systems, Whole Vehicle Collision, NVH, EMC, Thermal Management, Intelligent Connectivity, Lightweight Materials, etc., capable of achieving full-chain, full-dimension test verification for New Energy Vehicle whole vehicles and components. Currently, Laboratory has won 275 CNAS recognized qualifications, containing 81 ECE international recognized items, testing verification results possess authoritative international credibility.

Relying on massive scenario data of 32 million users and million-level New Energy Vehicle big data center, Laboratory can precisely replicate user full-scenario real driving conditions. By connecting the full process of R&D testing, mass production landing, terminal use, realizing quality product pre-judgment and dynamic iterative upgrade, building test verification foundation for New Energy Vehicle electrification, intelligence core technology landing.

Long-term deep-diving into technical breakthroughs and quality polishing, Laboratory has produced multiple global first, internationally leading landmark achievements. Global first intelligent island manufacturing system landed and applied, helping enterprise selected in National First Batch "Leading-Level Intelligent Factory" Cultivation List; Model Huajing S successfully completed industry's first 80km/h high-speed side collision, 15-meter high slope drop limit safety test; Independently developed Shenlian Battery created 76.6 billion kilometers driving zero spontaneous combustion high-quality market record. In international standard output field, enterprise achieved breakthrough leap, Wuling Air EV safety design included in ASEAN official technical norms, self-developed DC charging standard passed Indonesia SNI certification, filled blank of Chinese auto enterprises in ASEAN industry standard formulation field, effectively breaking global automotive standard barriers long dominated by Europe, America, and Japan.

This national-level laboratory successful approval is the inevitable result of SAIC-GM-Wuling long-term adhering to Original R&D and deep-diving into quality infrastructure construction. This upgrade lets enterprise quality technology system fully benchmark national-level highest standards, complete critical transformation from "Precision Crafting Good Cars" to "Defining Industry Standards", achieving technology, standard, quality, safety full-spectrum autonomous control. In the future, Laboratory will integrate four core capabilities of technical breakthrough, standard guidance, test verification, industry empowerment, innovate quality management and service model, promote Chinese Auto Standards following industry chain going overseas, assisting "Belt and Road" quality standard interconnection. For consumers, this national-level platform will become top verification position for product quality, full series models from Three-Electric Safety, Body Structure to Intelligent Connectivity, Whole Vehicle Durability, all passed national-level rigorous standards layer by layer polishing, product safety and quality guarantee fully upgraded.

Standing on a brand new development stage, SAIC-GM-Wuling will take national-level laboratory construction as core strategic pivot, continuously deep-diving New Energy Vehicle quality innovation and technical breakthrough. Enterprise will fully promote Chinese New Energy Vehicle industry from scale leadership to standard leadership, with autonomous core technology and rigorous quality standards, providing safer, higher quality, more intelligent mobility solutions for global users.

May 28, SAIC Motor Group delivered its 100 millionth vehicle, becoming the first domestic automotive group to have cumulative production and sales volume exceeding 100 million. Among these, SAIC-GM-Wuling contributed more than 32 million units. On the same day, SAIC-GM-Wuling's global model EKSION was delivered to its first batch of users in Jakarta, Indonesia.

"Whatever the people need, Wuling will build it." This saying is not empty talk. Wuling always grasps users' real needs and launches hit models. For example, Wuling Hongguang, which can carry cargo and passengers, is durable and tough, becoming a reliable helper for countless entrepreneurs and families. Later, as living standards improved, Baojun 730 broke the monopoly of joint venture brands in the MPV market with its flexible space and affordable price. In 2020, catching the window of opportunity for new energy transition, Hongguang Mini EV went viral and became one of the pioneers among domestic small electric commuter cars. This May, Wuling partnered with Huawei Qukun to launch the first technological flagship large six-seater SUV — Huajing S, breaking down the price threshold for high-end intelligent driving.

Wuling is not only accelerating its layout in new energy and intelligence, but its overseas market is also going deeper. Currently, Wuling's cumulative overseas sales have exceeded 1.5 million units, covering business in over 110 countries and regions worldwide.

The reason Wuling has come this far lies in three "skills": First, the globally first intelligent island manufacturing system, simply put, is "vehicles find workstations, materials find vehicles", using flexible production methods to improve efficiency and reduce costs; Second, launching different models for different countries, such as EKSION (Starlight 560), DARION (Starlight 730), BINGO (Wuling Bingo), BINGO S (Bingo S), etc., covering SUVs, MPVs, and sedans to meet the diverse needs of users in various places; Third, the unique "moving supply chain overseas" model, deeply binding the five chains of manufacturing, supply, sales, finance, and talent, no longer simply selling cars, but pushing the entire system and standards of Chinese smart manufacturing to the globe.

This global car EKSION delivered in Indonesia this time is the latest achievement of Wuling's globalization strategy. Taking Indonesia as the core, Wuling continues to deeply cultivate the "Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand" integrated regional strategy, gradually covering new energy products and localized supply chains to Malaysia and Thailand, and will radiate to ASEAN countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines in the future, forming a globalization pattern of regional linkage and common development.

On May 28, SAIC Group achieved global cumulative delivery of its 100 millionth vehicle, becoming China's first auto group to accumulate production and sales exceeding 100 million vehicles. Among them, SAIC-GM-Wuling contributed a cumulative total of over 32 million vehicles. On that day, the SAIC-GM-Wuling global vehicle EKSION was delivered to the first batch of users in Jakarta, Indonesia.

[SAIC Group's 100,000,003rd Vehicle Delivered in Jakarta, Indonesia]

"Whatever people need, Wuling makes." SAIC-GM-Wuling accurately understands the market and responds to user needs with blockbuster products. Wuling Hongguang, with its versatile characteristics of "suitable for business and home, durable and robust", became the preferred model for many entrepreneurs and families. As residents' consumption gradually upgrades towards quality life, Baojun 730 broke the monopoly of joint-venture brands in the Home Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) market with its flexible space and high cost-performance ratio. In 2020, during the window period of new energy transformation of China's automotive industry, the launched Hongguang MINIEV became one of the pioneers in the domestic new energy transportation sector. This May, the first high-tech flagship large six-seat SUV co-created by SAIC-GM-Wuling and Huawei Qiankun - HuaJing S officially launched, breaking the technical premium barriers of high-end intelligent driving through cross-boundary collaborative innovation practices.

[Equipped with Huawei Qiankun Tech Flagship Large Six-Seat HuaJing S]

SAIC-GM-Wuling is accelerating its new energy and intelligence layout. While promoting the electrification and intelligence upgrade of products, its layout in the global market is also deepening and solidifying. Currently, the cumulative overseas sales of SAIC-GM-Wuling have exceeded 1.5 million vehicles, with business covering more than 110 countries and regions globally.

The company has built a full-dimensional core competitiveness covering the smart manufacturing system, product matrix, and industrial ecosystem. First, the world's first Smart Island Manufacturing System adopts the flexible smart manufacturing model of "vehicle finds workstation, material finds vehicle", achieving full-dimensional breakthroughs in efficiency, quality, and cost; Second, a diversified product matrix adapted to the global market, EKSION (Starlight 560), DARION (Starlight 730), BINGO (Wuling Bingo), BINGO S (Bingo S) and other models have landed overseas successively, covering mainstream categories such as SUV, MPV, and sedans, meeting the differentiated mobility needs of different countries and different consumer groups; Third, the unique "Relocating Chains Overseas" global model, through the deep synergy of the Five Chains: ManufacturingChain, Supply Chain, Sales Chain, Finance Chain, and Talent Chain, broke the single export path of traditional product trade, promoting China's smart manufacturing system and standards to go global.

[World's First Smart Island Manufacturing System (I²MS)]

The EKSION global vehicle delivered in Indonesia this time is the latest footnote of Wuling's in-depth globalization strategy. Relying on Indonesia as a core fulcrum, SAIC-GM-Wuling continues to deepen the "Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Integration" regional strategy, fully covering Malaysia and Thailand with new energy products and localized supply chain systems, and gradually radiating to Vietnam, Philippines and other ASEAN countries, forming a global pattern of regional collaboration and linked development.

On May 28, SAIC Group welcomed a historic moment—the 100 millionth vehicle globally was officially delivered, becoming the first automotive group in China to accumulate production and sales exceeding 100 million units.

Behind these 100 million units, SAIC-GM-Wuling contributed over 32 million units. This number speaks volumes about Wuling's status in the Chinese automotive market in recent years. It is worth noting that on the same day, SAIC-GM-Wuling's global vehicle EKSION was officially delivered to users in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Mentioning Wuling immediately brings to mind the classic slogan: "Whatever the people need, Wuling builds." In fact, this reputation is well-deserved. Looking back at Wuling's history of development, it has always hit every key milestone of the Chinese automotive market.

In the early days, Wuling Hongguang, thanks to its "ability to carry goods, ability to carry passengers, and cheapness plus durability," became the first car for countless individual entrepreneurs on their path to starting a business; later, with consumption upgrades, Baojun 730 entered the family MPV market, meeting families' needs for large space and multi-functionality with a lower threshold.

In the new energy era, Hongguang MINI EV almost opened the Chinese micro EV market in a way of "redefining commuter vehicles." It can be said that SAIC-GM-Wuling always accurately grasps users' real needs and understands what users actually need.

Nowadays, SAIC-GM-Wuling is also attempting to move towards a more high-end and intelligent direction. For example, the Huajing S launched in cooperation with Huawei Qiankun. Wuling hopes that through the cooperation between both parties, to break the technical premium barrier of high-end intelligent driving, allowing more users to experience advanced intelligent driving.

Aside from the domestic market, SAIC-GM-Wuling has also been actively laying out the overseas market in recent years. Data shows that currently, its cumulative overseas sales have exceeded 1.5 million units, covering more than 110 countries and regions worldwide.

The reason SAIC-GM-Wuling could achieve today's results lies in its solid hard-core capabilities. For instance, in manufacturing, SAIC-GM-Wuling created the world's first "Smart Island" manufacturing system. Through a flexible production model of "vehicles find workstations, materials find vehicles," it further improves production efficiency and cost control capabilities, enabling it to adapt to changes in different market demands faster.

For the Chinese automotive industry, 100 million units is not just a breakthrough in scale, but also means Chinese automakers have begun to truly participate in global market competition. Meanwhile, SAIC-GM-Wuling is also advancing from a "national brand" to a "global brand."

On May 28, SAIC Group welcomed the delivery of the first 100 millionth vehicle globally, becoming the first automotive group in China to cumulatively exceed 100 million units in production and sales. Among them, SAIC-GM-Wuling contributed more than 32 million units cumulatively. On that day, SAIC-GM-Wuling delivered its global car EKSION to the first batch of users in Jakarta, Indonesia.

[SAIC Group's 100,000,003rd vehicle delivered in Jakarta, Indonesia]

"What people need, Wuling builds." SAIC-GM-Wuling precisely grasped market trends, responding to user needs with hit products. Wuling Hongguang, with its versatile characteristics of "suitable for business and home, tough and durable", has become the preferred model for many entrepreneurs and families. As resident consumption gradually upgraded to quality life, Baojun 730 broke the monopoly of joint-venture brands in the household multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) market with its flexible space and high cost-performance ratio. In 2020, during the window period of new energy transformation in China's automotive industry, the launched Hongguang MINIEV became one of the pioneers in the domestic new energy commuting vehicle field. In May this year, the first technology flagship large six-seater SUV jointly created by SAIC-GM-Wuling and Huawei Qiankun, Huajing S, officially launched, breaking the technical premium barrier of high-end intelligent driving with innovative practices of cross-border synergy.

[Equipped with Huawei Qiankun Technology Flagship Large Six-Seat Huajing S]

SAIC-GM-Wuling accelerated its layout for new energy and intelligence, and while promoting the electrification and intelligence upgrade of its products, deepened and solidified its global market layout. Currently, SAIC-GM-Wuling's cumulative overseas sales have exceeded 1.5 million units, with business covering more than 110 countries and regions globally.

The company has built a full-dimensional core competitiveness covering the intelligent manufacturing system, product matrix, and industrial ecosystem. First, the globally first intelligent island manufacturing system, using the flexible intelligent manufacturing mode of "cars finding workstations, materials finding cars", achieving full-dimensional breakthroughs in efficiency, quality, and cost; Second, a diversified product matrix adapted to the global market. Multiple models such as EKSION (Starlight 560), DARION (Starlight 730), BINGO (Wuling Bingo), BINGO S (Bingo S) have landed overseas successively, covering mainstream categories such as SUV, MPV, and sedans, meeting the differentiated travel needs of different countries and different consumer groups; Third, a unique "Moving Chains Overseas" globalization model, which, through the deep collaboration of the five chains: manufacturingchain, supply chain, sales chain, financial chain, and talent chain, broke the single path of traditional product trade going overseas and promoted the Chinese intelligent manufacturing system and standards to go global.

[Globally First Intelligent Island Manufacturing System (I²MS)]

The global car EKSION delivered in Indonesia this time is the latest footnote of the in-depth promotion of Wuling's globalization strategy. Relying on Indonesia as a core fulcrum, SAIC-GM-Wuling continues to deepen the "Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Integration" regional strategy, comprehensively covering Malaysia and Thailand with new energy products and localized supply chain systems, and gradually radiating to ASEAN countries such as Vietnam and the Philippines, forming a globalization pattern of regional synergy and linked development.

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation officially announced the list of the first batch of National Quality Standard Laboratory cultivation construction projects. The "National New Energy Vehicle Quality Standard Laboratory" declared by SAIC-GM-Wuling Motor Co., Ltd. successfully entered the list, becoming the only state-quality standard laboratory approved for construction declared by an automaker. This marks that the enterprise has entered a new national stage in the construction of the new energy vehicle quality technology system.

The National Quality Standard Laboratory is a national-level technical innovation platform established according to the "Outline for Building a Quality Powerhouse". It mainly undertakes tasks such as basic research and application of major industry quality standards, development and promotion of high-level quality standards, and cultivation and gathering of quality standard talents. It has important strategic significance for promoting the construction of a Quality Powerhouse.

[SAIC-GM-Wuling "National New Energy Vehicle Quality Standard Laboratory" Successfully Selected]

The "National New Energy Vehicle Quality Standard Laboratory" approved for SAIC-GM-Wuling gathers over 4,000 R&D personnel, including PhDs, Master's holders, and foreign experts. It features multiple national-level innovation platforms such as a Postdoctoral Research Station, National Enterprise Technology Center, and National Industrial Design Center. It possesses 14 laboratories of international first-class standards, covering full-chain verification capabilities in Three-Electric Systems, Crash, NVH, EMC, Thermal Management, Intelligent Connected Networks, and Lightweight Materials. It has received 275 CNAS accreditations (including 81 international ECE accreditations) and possesses full-link testing capabilities from whole vehicles to components.

Relying on scenario data from 32 million base users and a big data center for million-vehicle level new energy vehicles, the laboratory can replicate users' real usage conditions, achieving full-chain quality prediction and closed-loop iteration from R&D testing to user usage. It fully supports the experimental verification of new energy vehicle electrification and intelligence technologies.

[Vehicle Test Site]

[Crash Laboratory]

[Three-Electric System Laboratory]

Currently, the laboratory has formed a batch of world-first, internationally leading, and industry-advanced landmark achievements. These include the world-first Intelligent Island Manufacturing System, which was selected for the country's first batch of "Pioneer-level Smart Factory" cultivation list; the Hongjing S passed the industry's first 80km/h side collision 15m high slope drop challenge; the Shenlian battery achieved a 76.6 billion km zero spontaneous combustion record. In addition, Wuling Air EV safety design was incorporated into ASEAN official technical specifications, and the DC charging standard obtained Indonesian SNI certification, achieving a "zero breakthrough" for Chinese vehicle enterprises in the ASEAN standard-setting field, successfully breaking the barriers of US, European, and Japanese standards.

[Hongjing S Passes Industry's First 80km/h Side Collision 15m High Slope Drop Challenge]

This selection in the first batch of National Quality Standard Laboratories is the result of SAIC-GM-Wuling's long-term persistence in positive R&D and deep cultivation of quality infrastructure construction. It means that the enterprise's new energy vehicle quality technology standards will align with the highest national benchmarks, achieving a key leap from "making good cars" to "defining good car standards", truly realizing technological autonomy, standard autonomy, quality autonomy, and controllable safety. At the same time, the laboratory will achieve technical breakthroughs, standard leadership, experimental verification, and industry empowerment through innovative quality management and service models, allowing "Chinese Standards" to go global along the industrial chain, contributing Wuling's strength to the "Belt and Road" standard connectivity. For users, the National Quality Standard Laboratory will become the "highest verification field" for SAIC-GM-Wuling product quality - from Three-Electric safety to body structure, from intelligent connectivity to whole vehicle durability, every model will undergo rigorous refinement under a high-standard, high-starting-point quality system.

Looking to the future, SAIC-GM-Wuling will use the construction of the National Quality Standard Laboratory as strategic support, promoting Chinese new energy vehicles from scale leadership to standard leadership, bringing higher quality mobility experiences to global consumers.

On May 28, in Jakarta, Indonesia, at the delivery site of SAIC-GM-Wuling's global car EKSION, there was not too much noisy ritual, yet it carried a highly symbolic milestone—on this day, SAIC Group welcomed the global delivery of the 100 millionth whole vehicle. 100 million vehicles, this is a number never seen in the history of China's automobile industry. And in this long accumulation chain, SAIC-GM-Wuling alone contributed over 32 million units.

If "100 million vehicles" is the size footnote of SAIC Group as a leading enterprise of China's automobile industry, then the delivery of EKSION in Indonesia looks more like a declaration towards the future: China's automotive globalization is no longer a simple product output, but a "Five Chains Going Global" road covering manufacturing, supply chain, sales, finance, and talent.

From "Hit Product" to "Ecosystem"

Looking back at the development trajectory of SAIC-GM-Wuling, a clear evolutionary path can be seen. The early Wuling Hongguang entered the market with "suitable for business and home, durable and robust", becoming the first car for countless Chinese entrepreneurs; Baojun 730 accurately captured the demand for family consumption upgrades, breaking the monopoly of joint venture brands on the MPV market; in 2020, the Hongguang MINIEV emerged like a thunderclap, activating the blue ocean market for new energy commuting vehicles with extreme cost-effectiveness.

But what is truly worth attention is not the success of single models, but the product methodology gradually formed by this enterprise: Centered on real user scenarios, with extreme cost control as a means, achieving maximum functional satisfaction within a limited price range.

This May, the launch of the Hua Jing S co-created with Huawei Qukun marks that Wuling is breaking through the traditional cognition of "Low Price = Low Configuration", bringing high-level intelligent driving technology into a more mainstream consumer market. From tool-type vehicles to family vehicles, from commuting small cars to intelligent flagship SUVs, Wuling's product matrix has completed a qualitative change.

Indonesia, More Than Just a Market

The delivery of EKSION in Jakarta is worth being amplified and interpreted because behind it is the construction of a set of "localization" capabilities.

Unlike the light mode of early Chinese car enterprises of "full vehicle export, overseas distribution", SAIC-GM-Wuling's investment in Indonesia is heavy asset, systematic. From manufacturing bases to supply chain systems, from sales networks to financial plans, to the training of local talent, Wuling has built a complete automotive industry ecosystem in Indonesia.

This also explains why Wuling can propose the "Indonesia-Malaysia-Thailand Integration" regional strategy. Indonesia, as the largest automotive market in ASEAN, is both a fulcrum and a model. Once the closed loop from manufacturing to sales to service is completed in Indonesia, this system can be quickly replicated in Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and other surrounding countries.

Data shows that SAIC-GM-Wuling's cumulative overseas sales have broken 1.5 million units, business coverage exceeding 110 countries and regions. But more important than sales volume is the fact that it is outputting a set of "Chinese Standards"—from the flexible production method of the Smart Island Manufacturing System (I²MS) to the global management capability of supply chain collaboration.

Industrial Upgrade Behind "Moving Chains Out"

The so-called "Moving Chains Out" is essentially a dimensional upgrade of the traditional international trade model. In the past, China's automobile exports were more about "moving cars out", the product was sold out, the chain was cut. But Wuling's model is "Moving Chains Out"—moving manufacturing capability, supply chain relations, sales systems, financial services, talent standards all "out" together.

Among these, the most representative is the globally first Smart Island Manufacturing System. Traditional automobile production lines are "people finding cars, cars finding workstations", while the Smart Island model achieves "cars finding workstations, materials finding cars" flexible manufacturing, greatly improving production efficiency and multi-model mixed production capability. This manufacturing system is not only the source of Wuling's domestic competitiveness, but also becomes its technical foundation for quickly responding to local demand and achieving localized production in overseas markets.

Global Car, Chinese Heart

Back to EKSION itself. The delivery of this car in Indonesia is not only the latest step of Wuling's global strategy, it also has a deeper symbolic meaning: when Chinese automobile brands start to tailor products for overseas markets, rather than simply "exporting" domestic models, it means that China's automobile industry has completed the leap from "Going Out" to "Going In".

"Whatever people need, Wuling will build." This slogan, well-known in China, is now being given new connotations. What kind of cars do Indonesian people need? What kind of new energy products does the Southeast Asian market need? The answers to these questions are being written one by one by Wuling's R&D and manufacturing network in Jakarta, in Liuzhou, and around the world.

SAIC Group's 100 million vehicles is a period and also a comma. For Wuling, the real story, perhaps, has just begun.