Share the QR code < / P > < p > with wechat scanning code to friends and circles of friends < / P > < p > < / P > < p > 42 years ago, Liu Xiangshang, founder of Lijin technology group, began to manufacture machines that can help factories produce cheap toys and watches, and then manufacture production equipment for motorcycle companies. Now, he is also helping electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla in the same way. In the words of Elon Musk, "make real cars in the same way as making toy cars" < p > in a sense, Liu Xiangshang, 69, may have returned to the original point, but he may play a key role in the automotive field in the future. Lijin Technology Group is one of the emerging manufacturers in China. It actively competes with traditional enterprises in the United States, Japan and Europe in the emerging electric vehicle industry. Electric vehicles may shake the automotive industry, which in turn will shake employment, technology and geopolitical influence. Take general motors and Volkswagen for example, such auto giants have given the United States and Germany great economic influence and international reputation < p > China is about to become a major player in the field of electric vehicles, and Tesla and a number of new Chinese electric vehicle tycoons are helping Chinese enterprises become more competitive. Tesla's large factories in Shanghai work with local suppliers to produce increasingly complex parts and help them confront western and Japanese auto suppliers. Liu Xiangshang said: "Tesla's way of producing cars has brought great pressure to traditional carmakers. The latter has realized how severe the situation is and is transitioning to new energy vehicles." < / P > < p > electric vehicles are the core of the U.S. government's promotion of clean energy and revitalization of the U.S. manufacturing industry. But as apple has done in electronics, Tesla is building closer ties with China to bring its manufacturing supply chain closer to the huge auto buyer market < p > Cheng Peng, chief executive of NavInfo, Beijing map and automatic driving technology company, said: "China is surpassing its competitors by changing the track in the auto race. This race used to be about fuel vehicles, but now it is about electric vehicles." in the Chinese auto industry, people often hear the word "overtaking on corners". Many tiktok executives and engineers believe that the transformation to new energy vehicles has brought about similar opportunities to mobile Internet in the past ten years, when China established a strong platform, such as WeChat mobile and instant video applications. p> < p > this is the biggest reason why the Chinese government welcomes Tesla with open arms and provides cheap land, loans, tax incentives and subsidies to Musk's companies. China is seeking what the business community calls the "catfish effect", that is, throwing a fierce predator into a pool so that other fish will struggle harder to survive < p > this approach is good for Tesla and Chinese suppliers. Musk said at the company's shareholders' meeting in October that Tesla's Shanghai plant was completed within one year in 2019, and its output has exceeded that of the plant in Fremont, California. He said that the Shanghai factory is "the factory with the best quality, the lowest cost and the least trouble". This is also a big business for Chinese suppliers. Tesla said that in the fourth quarter of 2020, its Shanghai factory purchased 86% of outsourced model 3 and model y parts in China. In contrast, the proportion of Tesla cars produced by its California plant is 73% < p > with the growth of production capacity, Tesla's share price has more than doubled in the past year, and the company's valuation has exceeded $1 trillion. Analysts tracking Beijing machinery stocks said Tesla's China strategy played a role. They said: "if Tesla had not built a factory in China, would its share price rise so much? Would its earnings improve so much? Not necessarily." < / P > < p > the stock performance of Chinese suppliers of Tesla and other electric vehicle manufacturers is also very eye-catching. So far this year, the share price of the listed subsidiary of Liu Xiangshang's Lijin Technology Group has risen about nine times. Tesla commissioned Lijin group to manufacture "the world's largest casting machine" in 2019. Musk said that this machine is about the size of a small house and can cast the rear body of the car at one time, thus reducing the number of parts and reducing the cost < p > Liu Xiangshang said that Lijin technology group worked side by side with Tesla for more than a year before manufacturing this machine. He said: "every once in a while, Tesla will ask us whether it is possible to do this or that. Every time they make a design change, we also need to improve our machines." < / P > < p > Liu Xiangshang has been fascinated with cars since childhood. Born in a Chinese family in Indonesia, he first helped disassemble a used car and then reassembled it with parts in his father's car store. He went to China to study in 1966 and moved to Hong Kong in 1972. Seven years later, he founded a machinery company to provide manufacturing equipment for toy manufacturers and watch manufacturers < p > since then, Liu Xiangshang has always been at the forefront of China's manufacturing chain. He began to make machines for motorcycle factories, and then provided equipment for smart phones and automobile factories. At the height of the global financial crisis in 2008, Liu Xiangshang took two strategic measures against two companies on the verge of Bankruptcy: becoming an equipment supplier to GM and spending about US $5 million to acquire Idra, an Italian foundry equipment manufacturer < p > Liu Xiangshang said that as more and more automobile manufacturers use Tesla to manufacture cars, Lijin Technology Group will provide similar giant casting machines to six Chinese companies by early 2022. He said that Tesla's goal of producing 20 million cars a year was indeed ambitious, but it was "not impossible" because it simplified the manufacturing process. GM sold 6.8 million vehicles in 2020, while Tesla delivered only 500000 vehicles. (editor's note: according to Tesla's data, 70 parts were needed to build a structure when producing the rear body of model y. with the integrated die-casting technology, a giant structural part can replace it, and the production of the giant structural part takes only a few minutes, which is much faster than the previous production of 70 scattered parts before integration More.) < / P > < p > by changing the manufacturing mode of cars, Tesla can bring Apple's impact on China's smartphone industry to Chinese electric vehicle manufacturers. Many Chinese suppliers of the iPhone have started working with local brands to help them produce better phones. Now Huawei, Xiaomi and vivo mobile phones are very popular in Europe, India, Southeast Asia and Africa ?
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