On November 11, 2021, a delegation from Shenzhen Technology University organized by Assistant Professor Ding Zhuoqi of the Business School visited the GAC AION Factory in Panyu District, Guangzhou. The members of the visiting delegation included: Dean of the Business School Holger Haldenwang, Dean of the Sino-German College of Intelligent Manufacturing Zhang Wenwei, Dean of the College of New Materials and New Energies, Han Peigang, Assistant Professor Ding Zhuoqi and Secretary of Business School Minyi Liang.

The first stop of the tour was the full range of products of GAC Aion New Energy, including AION S, AION Y and AION V and so on. Afterwards, the next stop was the assembly workshop and the welding workshop with a high degree of automation. GAC AION Factory has the world's first aluminum riveting and spot welding switching technology and a "steel-aluminum hybrid" production line to provide users with high-quality, safe and lightweight car bodies. The delegation also tried popular cars from GAC Aion, watched the demonstration of automatic parking, and felt the excellent performance of intelligent driving.

The welding workshop

The assembly workshop

Finally, the Shenzhen Technology University and the representatives of GAC AION introduced each other, expressed their wishes for further cooperation in the future and exchanged souvenirs.

In the afternoon, the delegation went to GAC Research Institute and discussed with the R&D engineers about the employment needs of GAC Research Institute. The three Deans introduced the training characteristics of their colleges and explored potential university-enterprise cooperation directions after in-depth discussions.

Text and Photos: Liang Minyi