On August 24, FAW and Leapmotor held a signing ceremony in Changchun for an agreement to deepen strategic cooperation. Liu Yigong, President of FAW and Deputy Secretary of its Party Committee, and Zhu Jiangming, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Leapmotor, attended the event and witnessed the signing.

Under the agreement, the two sides will engage in in-depth collaboration in areas including capital cooperation, new energy vehicles, assisted and intelligent driving, powertrains, power batteries, intelligent chassis, body process equipment, lightweight components, embodied intelligent robots and finance, jointly enhancing their technological innovation capabilities and market competitiveness.

Since the strategic cooperation memorandum of understanding was signed in March 2025, FAW and Leapmotor have steadily advanced equity investment, the joint development and market introduction of new energy vehicles, and the building of industrial chains and ecosystem. The first model jointly developed on the basis of their complementary advantages is about to enter mass production, and Qixin Power hybrid engines will serve as supporting components for Leapmotor's global models, marking positive progress in their cooperation.

Looking ahead, FAW and Leapmotor will jointly write a new chapter of comprehensive and in-depth cooperation built on "capital + industry + product + technology + ecosystem". The two sides will efficiently coordinate all available resources, pool their strength for collaborative innovation, and jointly create a new landscape of integrated and symbiotic development, injecting new momentum into the high-quality development of China's new energy vehicle industry.

As a leading player in China's automobile industry, FAW has stayed true to its mission of "strengthening the country through industry and manufacturing" since its founding in 1953, working to advance the nation's automobile industry, shoulder the responsibilities of the times, and consistently deliver automotive products of leading technology and superior quality to users. To date, FAW's cumulative vehicle sales have exceeded 66 million units, making significant contributions to the development of China's automobile industry. In recent years, FAW has adhered to a development strategy that combines independent innovation across the entire industrial chain with open cooperation, accelerating its transformation into a technology-driven enterprise.

As a technology-driven smart NEV manufacturer, Leapmotor has adhered to full-domain independent R&D and deep in-house manufacturing. It masters core technologies accounting for over 65 percent of total vehicle cost, achieves a platform commonality rate of over 88 percent, and has built 18 in-house plants for core components. Through sustained technological innovation, the company has developed better-equipped, high-quality products at competitive prices. Leapmotor has sustained rapid growth in recent years, with sales hitting record highs both at home and abroad. In the first seven months of this year, Leapmotor delivered 457,800 vehicles, up 68.4 percent year-on-year.

FAW is a leading global manufacturer of quality passenger cars, trucks, and buses. Established in 1953, the company is China’s oldest and largest automotive group. Annual sales exceed three million units.

| Editor: Duying
| Initial Review: Chen Duohua
| Second Review: Liu Shumei
| Final Review: Li Xiang

China FAW's Hongqi workshop. [Photo provided to gojilin.gov.cn]

CHANGCHUN, August 24 (JILIN CHINA) -- Qiu Xiandong, chairman of China FAW, outlined Hongqi's technology development strategy at the China FAW Technology Conference on Aug 21 in Changchun, Jilin province, establishing FAW's value anchors and defining Hongqi brand aspirations with five genes: Safety & Security, Intelligence, Green, Health, and Taste.

"Looking ahead, Safety & Security will evolve from individual protection into a comprehensive system covering all scenarios and the entire vehicle life-cycle," said Qiu. "Intelligence will advance from single function to proactive vehicle coordination; Green will expand from individual energy-conservation and emissions-reduction to coordinated low-carbon development across the entire value chain; Health will extend from interior environmental health to physical and mental well-being throughout every journey; and Taste will go beyond aesthetic design to emphasize deep integration of oriental luxury and technical experience."

China FAW's automated automobile production line. [Photo provided to gojilin.gov.cn]

He emphasized that "the five brand genes form the underlying logic of our technological innovation" and that the company "will continue to transform Hongqi brand aspirations into mobility lifestyles that users can perceive and experience".

Three major technology platforms lay a solid foundation for realizing Hongqi brand aspirations. The Tiangong Platform focuses on advanced battery-electric propulsion and intelligent control, aiming to achieve breakthroughs in kilovolt super-fast charging and AI-powered chassis systems. Over the medium to long term, the platform will advance in-wheel direct-drive technology and the integrated control of propulsion, braking, steering, and suspension systems.

The Honghu Platform emphasizes efficient powertrains and intelligent energy management, while developing highly integrated emergency range extenders and carbon-neutral engines.

The Jiuzhang Platform concentrates on scenario-based intelligence, exploring the integrated evolution of cockpits with driving-control systems and the large-scale deployment of autonomous driving and AI-powered cockpits.

Facilitated by the five brand genes and the three major platforms, Hongqi is developing 10 strategic tasks, which span the entire value chain from core energy technologies to the mobility ecosystem. Solid-state battery and vehicle-to-grid technologies focus on achieving breakthroughs in energy density and bidirectional charging and discharging, exploring new applications for energy storage and replenishment, with solid-state batteries regarded as the ultimate solution for automotive power.

One of China FAW's production models. [Photo provided to gojilin.gov.cn]

China FAW has made achievements in key technologies including low-voltage cell design and thermal-buffering structures for battery modules. It has also established a 25 MWh pilot production line for solid-state battery cells, achieved small-batch production of large-capacity cells, and steadily improved the line's overall yield rate.

China's first innovation center dedicated to all-scenario automotive additive manufacturing was also inaugurated during the conference. Equipped with eight major additive-manufacturing processes and 43 sets of industrial print equipment, the center has an annual production capacity of approximately 19,000 components.

Over the past six years, China FAW has achieved breakthroughs in 1,741 key core technologies, and plans to recruit 10,000 professionals in strategically important fields in the next five years.

"We will integrate into China's national strategic science and technology system by utilizing major national research platforms and premium innovation resources, as well as innovation consortia led by State-owned enterprises," said Qiu, adding that the company will "concentrate innovation resources in priority fields and accelerate the transformation of technological achievements into tangible productivity".

| Editor: Duying
| Initial Review: Chen Duohua
| Second Review: Liu Shumei
| Final Review: Li Xiang

The 11th World Robot Conference (WRC) was held from August 19 to 23 at the Beijing Etrong International Exhibition & Convention Center in Yizhuang, Beijing. Representing FAW, FAW Die Technology (Changchun) Co., Ltd. presented a range of innovations at the central enterprise exhibition zone of the Innovation Pavilion, including wheeled-arm robots, a full-size bipedal humanoid robot, a compact bipedal humanoid robot for commercial services, heavy-duty robots and joint modules. Among them, the picking and delivery scenario for automotive final assembly workshops, independently developed by FAW, was selected as one of the ten high-value robot application scenarios of central enterprises released at the conference.

This year's conference consisted of four main segments: the World Robot Conference Forum, the World Robot EXPO, the World Robot Contest and a series of supporting industrial events. At the central enterprise exhibition zone of the World Robot EXPO, the latest embodied intelligent robots developed by central enterprises were showcased. Guided by real-world scenarios of intelligent automotive manufacturing, FAW presented its latest results in bringing embodied intelligent robots from R&D to industrial applications through live operations, scene reenactments, interactive presentations and displays of core components.

Real-world scenarios, data closed loop and batch delivery capability have become key directions for the development of the embodied intelligence industry. Meeting the intelligent transformation needs of the automotive industry, FAW has been refining its product layout around humanoid, creation and bionic platforms, promoting the collaborative validation of complete machines, core components, software systems and application scenarios, and gradually building a robot product portfolio covering industrial manufacturing, commercial service interaction and park inspection.

The wheeled-arm robot on display is an industrial-grade humanoid robot independently developed by FAW, achieving full-stack self-reliance and control over core technologies. It integrates key technologies including a self-developed VLA (Vision-Language-Action) operation large model and whole-body motion control, and is capable of environmental perception, task understanding, path planning and autonomous operation. Tailored to automotive manufacturing scenarios, the robot can perform tasks such as component recognition, soft grasping, material handling, loading, bolt fastening and precise positioning.

The wheeled-arm robot has been validated in multiple real production and testing scenarios. At FAW's assembly workshop, it has completed tasks such as picking and delivering glass water bottles and tightening rear suspension bolts, while at the welding workshop it has handled the loading of welding parts. These practices are moving humanoid robots from booth demonstrations to production workstations, providing scenario-based validation for the industrial-grade application of embodied intelligent robots in automotive manufacturing.

At the exhibition site, FAW recreated the glass water bottle picking and delivery scenario from its assembly workshop, dynamically demonstrating the wheeled-arm robot's capabilities in recognition, grasping, handling and collaborative operation in industrial environments. Videos at the booth also showcased the robot's commercial service interaction capabilities, such as autonomously handing out water, as well as application results of quadruped robots in scenarios including safety patrols in parks.

The full-size bipedal humanoid robot on display stands 1.73 meters tall with 41 degrees of freedom across its body, and is fully self-developed from industrial design, mechanical structure and core hardware to control systems. It adopts a collaborative “brain and cerebellum” architecture, in which the “brain” relies on large language models and agents to handle voice interaction, environment understanding and task planning, while the “cerebellum” continuously improves standing, walking and whole-body coordination through imitation learning, reinforcement learning and whole-body motion control.

The compact bipedal humanoid robot stands about 1.5 meters tall with a human-like structural design, capable of stable walking, omnidirectional movement and turning. Targeting scenarios such as venue guidance, reception, technology showcases, brand services and human-machine interaction, the product is designed to explore the scaled application of robots in commercial service scenarios.

The heavy-duty robot is developed for heavy-duty material handling and precision assembly in industrial plants. Equipped with a four-omni-wheel mobile chassis and integrating SLAM navigation, a multimodal perception system and dual 7-DOF robotic arms, it can achieve autonomous positioning, path planning, dynamic obstacle avoidance and dual-arm collaborative operation. With a rated load of 25 kg per arm and an endurance of 8 hours, it can be applied to material handling, tooling assembly and production assistance in industrial plants. The heavy-duty model has completed design simulation and entered the prototype validation stage.

As the core power unit of humanoid robots, the joint module integrates key components such as motors, reducers, drivers and encoders, combining high power density, high output torque, high-precision control and high reliability. FAW is conducting R&D, trial manufacturing and validation on joint modules across multiple type spectrums, and has completed tests on temperature rise, precision, noise and long-duration load fatigue, providing core component support for the stable, efficient and dexterous movement of robots.

In terms of technology system building, FAW is developing an embodied intelligence development platform and constructing a product architecture of “one brain, diverse bodies”, promoting the modular consolidation of capabilities in perception, decision-making, planning, control and execution. Meanwhile, it is fully leveraging the automotive industry's technological accumulation in perception and spatial intelligence, computing, communication and electrical/electronic (E/E) architecture, energy and thermal management, materials and product engineering, and validation, manufacturing and quality systems, to form a common technology foundation for the coordinated development of vehicles and robots, supporting industrial-grade reliability, automotive-grade quality and large-scale delivery of robot products.

Looking ahead, FAW will stay scenario-driven and data-driven, following a path from breakthroughs in single scenarios and collaboration across production line processes to replication and promotion across production lines. It will continue advancing the application validation of embodied intelligent robots in automotive manufacturing, production logistics, park inspection and commercial service interaction, accelerate the development of replicable and scalable industry solutions, and provide practical support for the intelligent upgrading of the automotive industry and the high-quality development of the robotics industry.

| Editor: Duying
| Initial Review Chen Duohua
| Second Review: Liu Shumei
| Final Review: Li Xiang