Chapter 81 The grand plan to produce 150,000 heavy trucks per year
FAW is the "eldest son" of China's automobile industry, and Dongfeng Second Automobile Works is the "second son". So which one is Sanwa?
To be honest, Jiang Hui really had no impression.
In later generations, some people ridiculed BAIC, Nanjing Automobile or Changan as Sanqi, but that was purely based on status and was not really a Sanqi.
The "Three Automobile Works Preparatory Group" mentioned by Zheng Zhengqing is obviously not the Three Automobile Works Group that Jiang Hui understands.
“In 1975, FAW built a production base for 2.5-ton off-road vehicles and officially put it into production.”
“This year, FAW’s second basic model, a 5-ton truck, was put into production.”
"At this point, the construction of the Second Automobile Group has begun to take shape, mass production has begun, and the initial arduous entrepreneurial stage has been completed."
"In order to solve the problem of 'lack of weight and lack of lightness' at that time, last year, we The Machinery Department began to plan and build the third automobile factory.”
Seeing the confusion on Jiang Hui’s face, Zheng Zhengqing explained patiently.
Except for the members of the preparatory team, not many other people knew much about Sanqi.
There are almost no reports in various media.
It is normal that Jiang Hui, a person who just graduated from college this year, has not heard of it.
Even Zhu Jiansheng is very unfamiliar with the "Sanqi" thing and only hears the word occasionally on certain occasions.
“We must regard the automobile manufacturing industry as an important pillar industry and strive for greater development.”
“This is a prerequisite for our country to vigorously accelerate the development of the automobile manufacturing industry.”
“It can be said that at this stage, the focus of our country’s automobile industry is heavy-duty trucks and cars.”
“But our country There are basically no heavy-duty trucks, and heavy-duty trucks can quickly improve work efficiency, which is a direction for the development of the automobile industry.”
“In this context, Sanqi’s primary purpose is to establish an automobile factory to produce heavy-duty trucks. "
"The First Machinery Department organized relevant personnel to go abroad for inspection this time. The key manufacturers visited were General Motors, IWC, Ford, Chrysler, Mercedes-Benz, MAN, Volkswagen, Volvo, Perrier, and Steyr. Waiting for the company.”
"The focus of the discussion is also on heavy-duty truck products."
Although what Zheng Zhengqing said is confidential to a certain extent, it is not considered confidential and should be told to people in the system such as Jiang Hui and Zhu Jiansheng. Upon hearing it, it doesn't really matter.
"Chief Engineer Zheng, have the specific construction policies, feasibility reports, and project plans of Sanchi been clear?"
This is the first time I heard something related to "Sanchi" , Jiang Hui felt it was necessary to understand the situation clearly.
There will definitely be no "Sanqi" in future generations, but there is no need for Zheng Zhengqing to lie to Jiang Hui.
That shows that the "Three Automobile Preparatory Group" is really working, but the project eventually failed.
“These are still under discussion, but we hope to build a modern factory with an annual output of 150,000 heavy-duty vehicles. This purpose has initially formed a consensus within the preparatory group.”
When Zheng Zhengqing said this, Jiang Hui couldn't help but curl his lips.
A modern factory with an annual output of 150,000 heavy-duty vehicles?
Can China handle this at this stage?
That’s a heavy truck!
In 1978, the combined output of all China's automobile products was less than 150,000 vehicles.
Now SAIC actually wants to build a modern factory with an annual output of 150,000 heavy trucks in one go. That is too exaggerated. "General Manager Zheng, the production of heavy-duty vehicles is much more difficult than that of cars. I once read an article somewhere that the annual output of heavy-duty vehicles of Deutsche Benz is only 80,000 units."
“Is the scale of our factory with an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles too big?”
Zheng Zheng's liquidation was a favor to him. Jiang Hui couldn't help but remind him of this obviously unreasonable plan.
If we insist on this plan, Sanqi Iron & Steel Co., Ltd. will definitely have no future.
“From 1953 to 1978, Chinese car people tried their best, and the production of automobiles finally reached hundreds of thousands. However, the annual output of heavy trucks has been hovering at a few hundred vehicles, and the technology is backward and the quality is unstable. The heavy-duty off-road vehicles urgently needed for national defense construction have not been developed for a long time. "
"Faced with the embarrassing situation of 'having guns but no vehicles' and 'having bullets but no vehicles', for the sake of national security, relevant departments have to be ruthless. We will search our dry pockets and spend a lot of money to buy other people’s products.”
“The key is that we want to buy some products but others still don’t sell them, and we have to spend money to re-export them through third countries.”
"Even so, the country is still gritting its teeth and importing heavy-duty trucks that are urgently needed by the military and construction sectors. In the past two years alone, the country's annual cost of importing heavy-duty trucks has been as high as US$200 million."
"With the future economy The pace of construction is accelerating, and the number of heavy trucks needed will increase. "
"If we don't increase our production capacity, we will not be able to meet the demand by then."
As for Jiang Hui's doubts, Zheng Zhengqing was not angry, but explained seriously.
In his view, in addition to meeting domestic military and civilian needs, Sanqi's heavy-duty vehicles also have an important task, which is to strive to earn foreign exchange through exports.
Otherwise, the small amount of domestic foreign exchange reserves will not be enough.
“What you say makes sense, but for a 150,000-ton heavy truck production line, it is estimated that it will be difficult to find cooperative international giants willing to build it together.”
“In their view, China’s market Although the potential is great, it will not be able to absorb 150,000 heavy trucks in a short period of time. ”
“And we want to adopt the plan of introducing technology, and it is estimated that many companies will also have concerns. ”
“Especially this time we intend to cooperate with Western companies. They believe that technology is the foundation of the company and will not transfer it easily.”
Jiang Hui naturally knows that the heavy truck product is very important.
In the transportation market, the transportation efficiency of heavy trucks is definitely not comparable to that of ordinary light trucks like CA10.
The key is that in the military, various missile launch vehicles actually require the use of heavy trucks.
However, China has not yet been able to sell related products.
For the First Machinery Department, introducing advanced overseas technology is almost the only option.
"I will take your point of view back and report it to the leaders, but in the end it must be determined based on the leaders' overseas inspections."
Zheng Zhengqing feels that what Jiang Hui said is not entirely reasonable. No.
This year's national automobile production is less than 150,000 vehicles. As a result, SAIC will build a heavy truck production line with an annual production capacity of 150,000 vehicles.
Thinking about it, it seems a bit "slapping on the head".
“However, you should seriously consider the matter of coming from the Capital Automobile Manufacturing Factory to the Automobile Bureau of the First Ministry of Machinery and joining the three automobile preparatory group.”
Feeling that he was almost led astray by Jiang Hui, Zheng Zhengqing emphasized his invitation again.
Of course, he did not ask Jiang Hui to give an answer immediately, but gave the other party time to think about it.
(End of this chapter)