Shanghai Automotive Independent Research And Development

The Chinese automobile industry is expending exponentially since China became the member of WTO. It is not only a challenge and also an opportunity to the independent development of Chinese automobile industry. It is the last chance to develop independent Chinese automobile industry in such an opened market. On the other hand, the expending of Chinese automobile market offers great chance for the growth of the independent brands and the independent development capacity. Based on the features of the automobile product developing system in developed countries, the status of the product developing system of SAIC Motor is analyzed. Based on the study of some key aspects of the product developing system of SAIC Motor, suggestions are presents to improve the system.The introduction part of the paper summarized the history and the technical development path of the automobile industry in the world. Then the product developing system, the new method of product developing and the new technology used for product developing in developed automobile industry is analyzed. The story of Hafei, Jili, and Chery tells how the Chinese companies are setting up their independent development capacity.The foundation, the develop phases and the product developing system of the independent development of SAIC Motor is brought out in the forth part of the paper. The Platform Approach and the Simultaneous Engineering, which is very popular in automobile product development, has been introduced to SAIC Motor. Considering some concerns of the practice of Platform Approach and Simultaneous Engineering, suggestions are presented. Human resource is the bottleneck of all Chinese automobile companies. Suggestions are given to use the engineering human resource of SAIC Motor more efficiently...