A prediction on each segmented commercial vehicle market in 2007

Heavy truck The market trend has recovered since May 2006 and it reported a year on year growth of 30.55 percent by the end of Dec. The result was partly due to the heavy fall in the second half of 2005.     

An Interview with Dr. Bleyer, CEO of ZF Group

Q: ZF has made great progress in her China op-eration. Would you please give a brief review and comment on the prospects of your business in China? A: ZF has indeed made great progress in its China business in the past 5 years. Now it has 3 manufac-turing plants and 4 sales and service organizations.     

We Need to Make the “Conventional” Auto Industry Stronger and Bigger First

For decades, experts on the auto industry have been debating what direction it should take for the future and the Japanese, Korean and Latin American examples have been used for some time. Recently, a new way of thinking has emerged: as China’s auto industry can hardly catch up with the advanced countries in the current fields, why should it not start down another path and adopt new technical approaches. Thus, we could follow the lead of auto industries in western countries and our auto ind…     

Research Progress and Prospect on Dynamic Response of SFT Structures(悬浮隧道结构动力响应研究进展与展望)

Construction of submerged floating tunnel （SFT） is one of the major solutions for fjord crossing projects and deep sea crossing projects in the future. Aimed to solve the key problems in SFT construction, the authors present an overview on the progress of the researches made in China and other countries in recent years on cross section of SFT, dynamic response of SFT segment structure, vortex induced vibration of anchor cable, testing technique and applicability of SFT, summarize the critical problems in the dynamic response research of SFT structures and make prospect on the trend of further SFT research. Conclusions are drawn as follow: (1) In the aspect of cross section design, SFT with ear shaped or elliptical cross section has good stability in the complex environment of flowing water, with factors comprehensively considered, such as cross section of SFT segment structures, buoyancy weight ratio and layout. (2) In the aspect of dynamic response of structures and anchor cables, the current research methods are mainly based on theoretical derivation and numerical simulation, and poorly rely on model based testing technique; therefore, it is necessary to perform model tests under combined loads from the environment, traffic and SFT, for mutual check between the theoretical analysis and numerical model. (3) In the aspect of applicability, it is necessary to build small SFT in feasible water conditions to make research on the physical SFT in the static waters, to identify problems and to lay a foundation technically for building large SFTs in the complex sea conditions.     

New Phase For Auto Industry

Automotive manufacturing at the present time is still a growing industry and it is crucial to the economy of the nation. Since the 1950s, particularly in the year 1979 when rapid growth began because of the adoption of economic restructuring and the opening policy, China has worked economic magic and has made great achievement in the automotive industry.     

NEWS

Briefing SU Weiming and XU Jian were designated as vice presidents of VW (China) on March 1,2005.Theyalsobecamemembersoftheenlargedexecutiveandmanagement committeeof the group. l On March 16, Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. announced it has spent US$ 42.4 million onpurchasing51percentofthesharesofZhengzhouNissan.The US$30.1 million registeredcompany was established in 1993 and Nissan owns 30 percent of the shares. Thecompany specializes in producing small trucks, EQ1060 light trucks and th…     

The Investment and Competitive Strategies of Auto Industrial Powers in China

1 The Investment Situation of Auto Industrial Powers in China Chinese auto industry has made rapid progress after development of 50 years. However it is still at the infant stage. The government has to protect it by means of long-term, rigorous tariff and non-tariff devices. But the U.S., Japan and other European countries have made investment into Chinese auto industry, because it's incontrovertible that China is the most potential market in the world.     

Forge ahead or fall behind

Despite the impact of SARS, the accumulated production of cars China wide in the first half of 2003 reached nearly 900,000 units, an increase of 103% year on year. As a result, passion of the transnational companies in China is just like the hot summer. Apart from the latest cooperation between Toyota and Guangzhou Automotive Industry Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai GM announced a plan of RMB 200 million on establishing its Jinqiao plant. VW declared it will invest 6 billion Euro in China in the forthcoming 5 years. Various signs indicate that competition among the transnational companies has entered a new phase.     

Historical Events in the Development of China Auto Industry (1949～1999)(Part Ⅱ)

On the occasion of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we'd like to give our readers a rough picture reviewing how China auto industry has grown up, and what China auto industry has done during the 50 years. We hope you enjoy it.     

Historical Events in the Development of China Auto Industry (1949～1999)

On the occasion of the founding of the People's Republic of China, we'd like to give our readers a rough picture reviewing how China auto industry has grown up, and what China auto industry has done during the 50 years. We hope you enjoy it.