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2019 Automobile Lightweight and High Performance Materials Technical Forum opens

On April 21, 2019, the 2019 Automobile Lightweight and High Performance Materials Technical Forum was held at Huxi Campus, Chongqing University. Ming Ju, vice president of Chongqing University, Wang Xindong, deputy general manager of HBIS Group, Pan Fusheng, president of CQU Southwest Research Institute of HBIS Group, and Fu Lichuan, director of the Automobile Office of Chongqing Economy and Informationization Commission, attended the opening ceremony.


Opening ceremony

 

Vice President Ming Ju extended his welcome to the attendants on behalf of Chongqing University and wished the Forum a great success. Ming pointed out that due to the need of environment protection and energy conservation, lightweight automobile has become a trend of automobile development worldwide. Many countries and regions in the world have set energy conservation and emission reduction goals. At this Forum, attendants would discuss and communicate ideas about hot topics including lightweight structure design of automobiles, R&D and manufacturing, formation and connection of lightweight materials such as high-strength automobile steel, aluminum alloy, magnesium alloy, composite material, and service of components and parts. This Forum is not only of significance for fuel conservation, emission reduction, performance improvement and sound development of automobile industry, it is also in accordance with the need of national major strategy for scientific and technological innovation and development of modern automobile technology. Furthermore, it would help with promotion of enterprise-university-institute cooperation by Chongqing University, and contribute to the regional economic-social development of China.


Ming Ju is delivering a speech.

 

After that, Academician Pan Fusheng, Director Fu Lichuan and Deputy General Manager Wang Xindong respectively delivered a speech. It was agreed that this Forum would serve as a platform where the complete vehicle manufacturers, part manufacturers, enterprises, universities and scientific research institutions may communicate and exchange ideas, and would serve to boost efficient and rapid development of the industry, so as to achieve a win-win result. Collaborative innovation in areas such as application of high-performance material and lightweight automobiles would be facilitated, leading to real cooperation and remarkable achievements, and effectively expediting the transformation and upgrading of Chongqing’s automobile industry. Moreover, it would provide a better understanding of the lightweight automobile technology and its development directions across the industry, expedite R&D of high-performance lightweight materials and application of lightweight automobile technology, and encourage exchange and cooperation among material suppliers, part manufacturers, scientific research institutions and automobile manufacturers.


Pan Fusheng is delivering a speech.

Wang Xindong is delivering a speech.

 

After the opening ceremony, Academician Pan Fusheng, Wan Xinming, general manager of China Automobile Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., Qi Jianjun, vice president of General Steel Research Institute of HBIS Group, and Feng Gang, deputy general manager of General Engineering Research Institute of Chongqing Changan Automobile, respectively delivered a keynote speech. On the afternoon of April 21, three sessions were held surrounding topics including “automobile lightweight structure technology, lightweight materials and application of lightweight technology”. Attendants had heated discussion and active communication at the sessions. More than 20 experts from complete automobile and part manufacturers, scientific research institutes and colleges and universities including Shanghai Jiaotong University, Hunan University, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, Ford Automobile Engineering Research Institute (Nanjing) Co., Ltd., Chongqing Changan Automobile, China Automobile Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. and Chongqing University, also delivered special reports. On April 22, some attendants visited Chongqing University Electron Microscope Center, Lightweight Research Lab of China Automobile Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. and the Automobile Safety Lab and Wind Tunnel Center.

 

This Forum was co-sponsored by Chongqing University and HBIS Group, and co-organized by Chongqing Automobile Collaborative Innovation Center and CQU Southwest Research Institute of HBIS Group, with assistance from Chongqing Changan Automobile and China Automobile Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. About more than 250 scholars and experts from more than 40 complete automobile and part manufactures, scientific research institutes, colleges and universities and automobile enterprises including Changan Automobile, DFSK and Kingcome have attended the Forum.