Over 20 Top Academics to Headline Event: 2025 Chery Kaiyang Forum Aims to Set Global Benchmark for Automotive Tech​​

​​Chery Global Innovation Conference 2025 Opens Grandly in Wuhu, Focusing on "Innovation: Leading the World with Intelligence"​​

​​Wuhu, China, October 18, 2025​​ – Under the theme "Innovation: Leading the World with Intelligence," the Chery Global Innovation Conference 2025 was grandly held in Wuhu, Anhui Province. As the core strategic segment of this conference, the 2025 Kaiyang Forum brought together over 20 renowned academicians, industry leaders, university experts, Chery executives, and more than 1,500 participants from China and abroad. Centered on three core tracks – electrification, intelligence, and AI+ innovation – the forum explored forward-looking technology ecosystems, analyzed the pulse of automotive development, and worked to establish a long-term mechanism supporting Chery's transformation into a technology-driven ecological enterprise. This high-profile event not only showcased Chery's technological strength but also established a premier platform for global automotive technology exchange.

Following assertive stances in "New Energy" and "Intelligentization," Mr. Yin Tongyue, Chairman of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., announced at the conference: "Chery's global innovation system is also going to be unequivocally assertive!" This declaration fully demonstrates Chery's confidence in its global innovation framework. With 28 years of technical accumulation, Chery has initially built a future-oriented global innovation ecosystem encompassing three core systems: technological innovation, cultural innovation, and management innovation. These three systems advance synergistically towards the ultimate goal of making Chery a global high-tech ecological group beloved and trusted by users.

​​Pooling Wisdom for Innovation, Empowering the Future of Automotive Technology​​

As the core strategic segment, the Kaiyang Forum aimed to make "Chery the Bellwether for Industry Forums," focusing on key transformation areas in the automotive industry. Its goal was to chart the course for high-quality industrial development through the collision of global wisdom. The forum featured three sub-forums focusing on Electrification, Intelligence, and AI+ Innovation, precisely addressing industry pain points and future trends. Attendees, including academicians, experts, industry leaders, and Chery executives, held in-depth discussions on solid-state batteries, battery safety, intelligent chassis, intelligent driving, AI cockpits, and future transportation, providing direction for the high-quality development of China's automotive industry.

At the Electrification Forum, participants included Academician Sun Xueliang (Foreign Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Academician of the Royal Society of Canada), Academician Sun Jinhua (Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Chair Professor at USTC), Academician Chen Zhongwei (Academician of the Canadian Academy of Engineering, Academician of the Royal Society of Canada), Professor Yang Yong (Distinguished Professor, Xiamen University), and Professor Xiao Chengwei (Hebei University of Technology). They engaged in deep discussions on next-generation battery materials, battery breakthroughs, and constructing safety protection systems for new energy vehicles.

In his report titled "Empowering Global Mobility, Leading the Energy Transition," Mr. Gu Chunshan, Vice President of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., stated that lithium-ion batteries have become the core carrier for transportation electrification and energy transition under global carbon neutrality goals. Leveraging 28 years of vehicle R&D experience, Chery is closely following industry trends in electrification and intelligence, building a fully self-developed battery technology system with independent intellectual property to support its new energy strategy. Based on deep understanding of customer scenarios and in-house R&D and manufacturing capabilities for cells and systems, Chery analyzed its battery business from multiple dimensions including materials, systems, green manufacturing, and overseas layout. He emphasized building a core, self-controlled battery supply chain aimed at establishing comprehensive energy advantages and leading the future of green mobility.

The Intelligence Forum featured experts including Academician Guo Konghui (Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Professor at Jilin University), Professor Liu Sheng (Dean of the School of Integrated Circuits, Executive Dean of the Industrial Science Research Institute, Wuhan University), Mr. Yu Kai (Founder & CEO, Horizon Robotics), Dr. Wang Xiaogang (Co-Founder, Chief Scientist, Chairman of SenseTime's Smart Automotive Business Unit), and Mr. Yu Qian (Co-Founder & CEO, QCraft). They focused on intelligent chassis for NEVs, digital twin technology applications, and mass production of intelligent driving, discussing solutions to industry challenges like complex road condition adaptation and intelligent driving safety upgrades through technological innovation.

Dr. Zhang Qiang, Deputy Director of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., presented the report "Chery's Intelligentization Exploration and Practice," systematically elaborating the intelligent strategy centered on "Full-domain AI." By building the two technical brands "Lingxi Smart Cockpit" and "Falcon Intelligent Driving," Chery aims to achieve a new generation closed-loop experience for cockpit services with "Strong Terminal Real-time Response + Smart Cloud Long-term Evolution," and full-scenario intelligent driving coverage from L2 to L4. Through a four-dimensional system of "Compliant Development, Adaptive Development, Product Capability Development, and Differentiated Development," Chery is promoting the adaptation of intelligent technologies to over 100 countries and regions, highlighting its pragmatic accumulation in intelligent R&D and implementation.

The AI+ Innovation Forum included participants such as Academician Qu Xiaobo (Academician of the European Academy of Sciences, Professor at Tsinghua University), Mr. Wu Xiaoru (Co-Founder and President, iFLYTEK Co., Ltd.), Mr. Han Hongyuan (Vice President & Chief Architect of Public Cloud Business Unit, Alibaba Cloud Intelligence Group), and Ms. Zhuang Li (CEO, MegaTech (Beijing) Co., Ltd.). They exchanged practical experiences on deep integration of AI and cockpit scenarios, building cloud+AI ecosystems, and empowering industrial upgrades.

Mr. Dai Chuang, Vice President of Chery Automobile Co., Ltd., delivered a keynote report titled "Dual-Driven by Globalization and Intelligentization: Chery's AI Practice and Future Layout," showcasing the company's global vision in progressing from "Made in China" to "Trusted by the World." Dai pointed out that Chery is building a three-layer intelligent evolution architecture for its Chery AI Hub, which includes the CheryGPT enterprise-level smart brain. This promotes the evolution of AI technology from interactive intelligence to responsible intelligence. Relying on the NEXTAI strategy for the next decade, Chery will always adhere to the concept of "technology inclusivity," making intelligentization the core engine driving its globalization process.

​​Persisting in Open Collaboration, Consolidating the Foundation for Innovation​​

The Kaiyang Laboratory, established at last year's 2024 conference, has now achieved an efficient closed loop from research topic identification to production line empowerment through a "two-way" (two-way collaboration) mechanism integrating industry, academia, and research. At this year's conference, Chery further empowered the "Kaiyang Laboratory" by holding a signing ceremony for the Collaborative Innovation Center and launching the Kaiyang Laboratory Strategic Alliance. This further breaks down barriers between university research and factory production, helping to translate technological breakthroughs into real market competitiveness more efficiently. Looking forward, Chery welcomes more talents with innovative resources and technologies to start businesses with Chery, join the Kaiyang Laboratory and the Collaborative Innovation Alliance, and engage in joint open innovation for win-win cooperation. As Mr. Wang Shuguo, President of Fujian Fuyao University of Science and Technology, stated on site, "We look forward to a future where friends from around the world who want to understand China come to Anhui, come to Wuhu, come to Chery to understand innovation. Chery will illuminate the future path of Chinese innovation."

Centered on Chery's industrial innovation needs, the Kaiyang Laboratory integrates global innovation resources with the intellectual resources of universities and research institutions. It facilitates a "two-way" between "research findings seeking enterprise industrialization" and "enterprise technical needs seeking R&D teams," building an "Oasis" for the "Science-Technology-Industry" ecosystem where technological innovation truly takes root. Simultaneously, the Chery Group leverages the Yaoguang Laboratory Cluster to connect resources from research institutions, high-tech companies, incubation funds, and global universities. Furthermore, through the Kaiyang Innovation Center, envisioned as an "Academic Without Walls," Chery collaborates with over 100 top universities on more than 4,000 "Spark" research topics. This creates an "Innovation Factory" continuously producing new technologies and patents. These dual approaches pool industry-academia-research innovation potential, establishing a replicable innovation model for China's automotive industry's transition from "technology follower" to "global leader."

​​Leading the Future with Intelligence, Steering Global Automotive Transformation through Open Innovation​​

Innovation is the cornerstone of enterprise development. The Kaiyang Forum was highly praised by the attending academicians and experts. With its pragmatic orientation and forward-looking vision, the forum established a high-level, efficient platform for global technological dialogue. It not only provided guidance for the high-quality development of China's automotive industry but also offered a "Chinese model" for global scientific and technological collaboration.

The year 2025 marks a critical final stage for the "Yaoguang 2025" strategy. With the achievement of the dual "500" goals, this Innovation Conference fully demonstrated the global competitiveness and future vision forged by Chery through global co-creation, global sharing, and global symbiosis. Using the Kaiyang Forum as a nexus, Chery is demonstrating its ambition to drive the global landscape through technological innovation. Amidst the profound transformations brought by new energy and intelligent technologies in the automotive industry, "Technology Chery" will consistently embrace change with an open attitude, achieve breakthroughs with, propel the Chinese automotive industry towards the top of the international value chain, and inject robust Chinese momentum into the global automotive technology revolution.

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