This morning, the signing ceremony of the strategic cooperation between Qingdao and Sinotruck Group and the commencement of the Weichai (Qingdao) Smart Heavy Industry Smart Manufacturing Center project were held in the West Coast New Area. Lu Zhiyuan, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Ji Binchang, Chairman of the CPPCC, Tan Xuguang, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Sinotruk Group, Chairman of Weichai Group, and Jiang Kui, General Manager of Sinotruk Group participated in the event.

Sinotruk Group is a leading and internationally renowned automobile and equipment manufacturing group in China. Its business segments cover power systems, commercial vehicles, construction machinery and other fields. It owns many listed companies such as Weichai Power, Sinotruk and Weichai Heavy Machinery. At the event site, the municipal government signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shandong Heavy Industry Group, the West Coast New Area and Weichai Group signed the Weichai (Qingdao) Smart Heavy Industry Intelligent Manufacturing Center project cooperation agreement, and the Qingdao Free Trade Zone and Weichai Group signed the cooperation agreement with the Weichai High-end New Energy Vehicle Innovation Incubation Center project.

According to the agreement, the Weichai (Qingdao) Smart Heavy Industry Smart Manufacturing Center project will benchmark the world-class "lighthouse factory" to build a world-leading smart manufacturing base for smart construction equipment; the Weichai High-end New Energy Vehicle Innovation Incubation Center project will mainly build a pilot test base and experience center to create a new energy vehicle industry development highland integrating technology incubation, market promotion and brand display.

Sinotruk Group has laid out Weichai Power Global Future Technology R&D Center, Weichai (Qingdao) Marine Equipment Manufacturing Center and other projects in Qingdao in the early stage, giving full play to its own resource advantages and industrial allocation capabilities, and building Shandong with Qingdao as the center. Peninsula coastal high-end equipment manufacturing industry cluster.

Sun Yonghong presided over the signing ceremony and commencement activities. Tan Xuguang and Geng Tao delivered speeches. Sun Haisheng, Zhao Shiyu, relevant municipal departments and relevant parties of the West Coast New Area attended the meeting.