Line Ten: Industry and innovation tour

 Introduction of the spots

What's so special about the line This route is most suited for an outdoor learning experience; allowing teachers to bring students out of their classrooms. The Industrial tour gives visitors the chance to see the first three automobiles made 1886, and since then the advancement of motor vehicles which has since then taken place. Over more than 100 years, under the diligent designs of many designers, who incorporate many high-tech designs and modern amenities, the automobile industry has since become a symbol of modern civilization. This tour allows both teachers and students to enter the car base, thus creating their own possibilities for their future. The wind in spring blows the banks green of south China. If you want to see the flowing of the tide, just see Jianghuai Automotive Company. The reform and open-up policy has allowed Anhui to develop faster and better. Industrialization is a way for Anhui to increase its economic power, the root to optimizing the economic structures and is the base for improving people’s livelihood, and thus this gives power to further the development of all social undertakings. Industrialization is the way to go for enriching the people of our province; it is a strategic mission related to the general picture and it paves the way for future growth and development in Anhui.

★ Chery Automobile Company ★

Located in the economic development zone of Wuhu city, it has become the first Chinese car maker to export whole vehicles, KD parts, manufacturing technology and vehicle equipments abroad. The export volume of Chery exceeded 50,000 units record of Chinese independent-branded passenger cars. Under the company there are four subsidiaries - Chery, Kerry, Rely and Riich, ranging from family cars, mini cars, commercial cars and premium brands to satisfy different user needs. Chery’s existing products include dozens of models under ten cars series (QQ3, QQ6, A1, Riich2, Cowin, Karry3, A5, Tiggo3, Eastar and Cross Eastar). Under the brand Kerry, there are Youya, Youyi and other ten reserve styles which will be out on the market soon. In 2008, Chery achieved a total sales volume of 356,000 units，retaining its position on the top five passenger car sales list and is a Chinese independent-brand champion in sales for eight consecutive years. In 2008, the company achieved an income of RMB 18.41 billion, ranked 298th in the top 500 Chinese enterprises and came 14th in the ranks of automobile enterprises.

★ Anhui Conch Cement Company ★

Located in the economic development zone of Wuhu city, it is one of the 120 pilot enterprises operating Conch Cement and Couch Structure participating in Chaodong Cement and having four kinds of stocks. Now there are several major industries in the cement, chemical building materials, energy-saving environmental protection, logistics and trade sections, boosting a state-level technology center industry, more than 110 affiliated subsidiaries located in 18 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions, more than forty thousand employees and total assets totaling at RMB 47 billion.

Currently, the volume of cement production and sales has exceeded 100 million tons, ranking first in Asia and third in the world; PVC profile production and sales amounted to 580,000 tons, ranking first in the world, ranked No. 144 in the 500 Chinese enterprises, and was ranked 9th out of 500 other business enterprises as the most competitive group in China.

★ Magang (Group) Holding Company ★

Magang (Group) Holding Company is the largest iron and steel enterprise in China and is the largest industrial enterprise in Anhui province. Located in the Yangtze River Delta of China's most vibrant economic zone, it boasts a convenient traffic near the river and sea, with rich reserves of iron ore and other mineral resources in the surrounding area. Magang has a production rate of 18 million tons of steel and a total asset of more than RMB 80 billion.

The company has advanced cold-heat rolled sheet, color coated steel, galvanized sheet, H model steel, high-speed wire rod, bars and wheels and tires and other high-speed production line, formed a product structure in which cold rolled sheet, H model steel, high-speed line (bar) wood, wheels and tires as the leading products of "plate, wire, wheel". The main production line has passed through the ISO9002 quality management system certification; the products are exported to more than 50 countries and regions. Now there are nearly 6 million staffs; 49 subsidiaries, among which 23 are wholly-owned subsidiaries; 18 joint ventures, 3 off-shore companies.

★ Anhui Jianghuai Automotive Company (JAC) ★

Being the Key High-tech enterprise of National Torch Plan, it is located in Hefei Economic and Technological Development Zone. The company mainly engages in R & D, manufacturing and sales of automobiles parts. Its main products are light-weight passenger vehicles chassis, light trucks, commercial vehicles and automotive transmission refinery products, with an annual production capacity of 120,000 vehicles. The company has nearly 2,000 equipments of various types, including large-scale presses (such as the 3,000 tons and 4000 tons), CNC machining centers, welding robots and other large precision thin devices, with more than 40 assembly and other production lines of machining, stamping, welding, and painting. Mass production for commercial vehicles started in 2001. In 2002, a refinery project involving high-precision welding robots and other equipments, fully automated assembly line production process, with a single class annual output of 40,000 started. The project is second to none not only for its investment scale, but also the technology and technical level among its domestic commercial vehicle production plants.

★ Gujing Wine Culture Expo ★

The Gujing Wine Culture Expo in Gujing Town of Bozhou consists of the southern and northern parts. The northern part is the exhibition area of the Old Well Park with modern brewing technology.

Visitors can see both the mechanics and labor involved in brewing Gujinggong Wine. The major tourist attractions are the Old Well Park, the automatic bottling workshop and the brewing workshop. The southern part includes the Museum of the Chinese Old Well Wine Culture and the brewing technologies of ancient times. Taking the culture of the Old Well Wine as a prime example, the entire area demonstrates the profoundness of the Chinese wine culture.

Known as No. 1 Wine Museum in China the Old Well Wine Culture Museum is a key part of the Expo. It houses numerous old rare drinking vessels and an old wine cellar pond of the Ming Dynasty (1368—1644); with the longest continuous time in China. The museum has a well-conceived layout.

Some cases in point are the grand Han-style gate and the Qing-style corridors crowded with steles and reliefs. The exhibition hall on the first floor shows the organic combination of the Chinese wine culture and the Gujing wine culture. The exhibition hall on the second floor exhibits the Development History of Gujinggong Wine, Collection of Famous Wines, and Gujing Wine Art Gallery.

Editor: Li Jing