On January 4, 2022, the first day of work after the New Year's Day holiday, Weichai Group held a ceremony in the production workshop of the Weifang headquarters to celebrate Weichai Group’s production and sales of 1.05 million engines in 2021. Under the witness of employees and customer representatives, Tan Xuguang delivered the "1.05 millionth engine" to Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck.

On the basis of the production and sales exceeding one million units in 2020, Weichai Group will continue to exert its strength and break through against the trend. It will hand over the brilliant report card for 2021, once again setting a new record in the global diesel engine industry, marking Weichai’s “world’s largest diesel engine industry cluster” The leading position of "" has become more stable, and the development curve of "diversified, balanced and decyclical" has become clearer, setting an example and creating a model for the high-quality development of equipment manufacturing enterprises in Shandong Province, and has become the most beautiful scenery in the global industry.

Sniper market segment

2021 is a very unusual year, the industry is down, competition is intensified, and the fluctuating epidemic has exacerbated the global supply chain crisis. In the face of profound changes in the domestic and international environment and severe market challenges, Weichai decisively attacked and "run" against the trend in its hard work-with an annual production and sales of 1.05 million engines.

The extraordinary performance benefits from the strategic layout of seizing the market segments and the accurate understanding of customer needs. In 2021, Weichai's full range of engines in all fields will blossom and the stars will shine.

Coincidentally, Sinotruk, a "brother company" under the Shandong Heavy Industry Group, also delivered a dazzling report card-220,000 engines were produced and sold in 2021. As a result, Shandong Heavy Industry Group has produced and sold 1.27 million engines in 2021, and Tan Xuguang at the helm has become the well-deserved "king of power in the world."

Aiming at technological innovation

Under the severe epidemic situation, behind the surpassing of the “million units” mark for two consecutive years, Weichai has always aimed at the forefront of scientific and technological innovation, maintained high R&D standards and invested heavily, and accumulated R&D investment of 10.3 billion yuan in the past three years. In 2021, the only national fuel cell technology innovation center in the country led by Weichai Power will settle in Shandong; the national internal combustion engine product quality inspection and testing center led by Weichai successfully passed the review; Weichai Lovol released the country’s first independent CVT heavy-duty intelligent Tractors have filled the domestic technological gap. At the same time, Weichai took the lead in implementing the mechanism of “revealing the list and taking command”, and the innovation and vitality are bursting out. The core technologies such as engine thermal efficiency, fuel cell, commercial vehicle powertrain, CVT powertrain, hydraulic powertrain and other core technologies continue to make breakthroughs, and realize the innovation chain. The industrial chain is accelerating towards the mid-to-high end of the value chain.

Grasping technology with one hand, and constantly building a technological moat; grasping transformation with the other hand, major projects are scattered, and new kinetic energy is quickly released. Looking back to 2021, Weichai has also achieved good results in the conversion of new and old kinetic energy and the promotion of industrial transformation and upgrading.

Shandong Province regards accelerating the conversion of new and old kinetic energy as the "niu nose" to implement new development concepts and promote high-quality development, and persevere in making the "top ten" modern advantageous industrial clusters including high-end equipment. As one of the important successors of Shandong's development of the "top ten" industries and the promotion of the conversion of new and old kinetic energy, Weichai has continuously accelerated the deployment of new business formats and new technologies, cultivated new kinetic energy, and continued to inject new vitality into the high-quality development of Shandong's equipment manufacturing industry.

In terms of major projects for the conversion of new and old kinetic energy, since 2020, Weichai Group has implemented a series of projects focusing on intelligent manufacturing, high-end power, new energy industries and the improvement of scientific research capabilities, with a total investment of 33 billion yuan and the construction of 16 major projects. project. Up to now, 12 have been completed, with a completed investment of 23 billion yuan. Among them, 4 projects under construction, with an investment of 10 billion yuan, will all be completed and put into use before 2023.

In terms of new business formats and new technologies, Weichai's hydrogen energy industry has entered a "blooming and fruiting period" in 2021, and demonstrations of hydrogen energy parks, highways, and ports have been carried out successively, and the "Hydrogen Power Corridor" of Shandong Peninsula has been successfully created. Among them, the newly developed 162kW high-power hydrogen fuel cell was successfully applied to the snow wax car of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, achieving the first in China, the world's advanced, and completely domestically produced. At the same time, Weichai has comprehensively deployed new businesses such as Internet of Vehicles, intelligent driving, and electronic control systems. It has continued to invest heavily in building new business products, parts and core competitiveness in key technologies, and has taken a step toward the goal of leading the development of the global industry.

In 2022, China's economy will take the lead. "Manufacturing is stable, and the basic industrial market can be more stable." Weichai, which shoulders the heavy burden, has sounded the forefront of the high-quality development of Shandong's equipment manufacturing industry, and has issued high-end power, new energy power, and smart agriculture. The mobilization order of "six at the forefront". In the new journey of 2022, Weichai will fulfill its trust and mission!Editor/Ma Xue