After FAW Jiefang Automobile Co., Ltd. released the exclusive brand of power with rich brand connotation and clear extension – Jiefang Power, it quickly attracted the attention and hot comments of many experts inside and outside the industry. As the senior director of product development of Jiefang Engine Division, the deputy director of the second development department, and a senior employee of the enterprise, Wang Yijiang is full of affection and excitement, witnessing an important historical moment. In the interview, he said many times: "I am a generation that has witnessed the changes of the times, witnessed the rise of China’s reform and opening up, witnessed the vigorous development of the Internet era, and witnessed the grand launch of the new brand of Jiefang Power. I have used my youth to accompany the growth and expansion of Jiefang Power step by step."
Senior Director of Product Development of Jiefang Engine Division, Deputy Director of Development Department II, Senior Employee of the Enterprise – Wang Yijiang
When it comes to modern China’s industrial development, Wang Yijiang has mixed feelings, but his heart is extremely firm, shouldering the mission of turning Jiefang Power into "China’s first and world-class" green, efficient and intelligent commercial vehicle power provider, adhering to a "China core" and striving forward.
The ignorant teenager has a "strong national core"
Back in the 1990s, when China’s engine industry was in an independent exploration stage of transformation and upgrading relying on independent innovation, Xichai seized the potential market opportunities, actively carried out a new round of entrepreneurial transformation, and significantly improved its competitiveness. It ushered in a period of rapid development in the history of the company. In 1990, Wang Yijiang, who majored in internal combustion engines, was a fledgling and firmly believed that "young people make China strong". He was determined to develop China’s power industry and resolutely chose to join Wuxi Diesel Engine Factory. Recalling the scene of entering the factory many years ago, Wang Yijiang was full of emotion: "At that time, they were all young men in their 20s. Everyone was full of energy and heart. They all went in the same direction, thinking of changing the status quo of China’s power industry. Unexpectedly, we really made some achievements."
In 1992, he joined FAW.XichaiThe production of the CA6110 diesel engine has since become the standard of domestic trucks. At that time, everyone liked to talk about how powerful the CA6110 diesel engine in the factory was. This is the "special" memory of Wang Yijiang’s generation, and it is also the embryonic form of the "Qiangguoxin" of this generation of liberation power people.
Eleven years later, what really pushed Xichai to the altar was the birth of Aowei CA6DL, which was once hailed as a "divine machine" by the domestic power market and became popular all over the country. Wang Yijiang recalled: "At that time, the domestic power market was investing in medium-sized engines, and there was very little research on heavy-duty engines, let alone the 300-horsepower engine developed by our factory."
Steady and steady commitment to "China Core"
Entering the 21st century, the pace of development has gradually accelerated, and engine products represented by Aowei have been launched one after another. The situation of research and development and production of Liberation Power has expanded rapidly.
Wang Yijiang said, "Since the launch of Aowei series products, more and more talents have joined Jiefang Power. Our R & D team is stronger than ever, and our production space equipment and environment are more advanced." At present, Jiefang Power has basically realized digital, collaborative and intelligent production management, and the management platform can see the data of the entire production process, which will further promote the modernization of the enterprise.
"I am not only a person who witnesses the changes of the times, but also a leader who keeps up with the development of the times." In order to learn more about engines and keep up with the rapid development of enterprises, Wang Yijiang often participates in some international academic forums related to commercial vehicles and engines to learn advanced technologies, understand the changes in the global power market, cultivate international talents, and synchronize with the international standards to recharge his professional knowledge.
Since 2015, Wang Yijiang has presided over the completion of the group company "Euro VI or US2010 Emission Development". Based on independent development, the project has overcome many difficulties and obtained the European Union certification for Euro VI emissions. In addition, he also presided over the development of 6DL3, 6DM2, 6DM3 laser welded steel pistons with the goal of achieving 100,000 kilometers of oil change, and solved the problem of long oil change for low compression and high steel pistons. It is also because of these technical contributions that in 2019, at the "10th Science and Technology Innovation Conference", Wang Yijiang won the honorable title of "Science and Technology Hero".
Liberation power engine
Although the honor is added, Wang Yijiang is not satisfied. He said bluntly: "Although some technologies and products in the domestic power industry can match or even exceed the international level, there is still a gap, so the training of young technical talents is very important!" Usually, Wang Yijiang actively participates in the internal activities of the company and is very happy to share experience and the latest industry information with young talents. He believes: "I am a person trained by Liberation Power, and our’core ‘is the same, so the technology I have learned should be shared with the people in the factory without reservation."
Firmly build a "world core" that goes abroad
Since the reform and opening up, in the tide of water conservancy projects, real estate construction and infrastructure construction in our country, commercial vehicles equipped with liberation power products have been going to the front line, with excellent, reliable and fuel-saving quality, they have won the praise of countless card friends, and become a well-known power brand in the Chinese market.
The vision of Jiefang Power is not limited to the domestic market. Since the establishment of six overseas offices in Russia, Indonesia, Iran, South Africa, Vietnam and the Philippines in 2013, Jiefang Power’s generator sets and heavy, medium and light engine products have gone abroad and exported overseas, making great strides towards the goal of "China’s first world-class".
Unleash power
At the same time, Wang Yijiang also pointed out that a long time ago, Liberation Power was the international market for benchmarking, not only in terms of horsepower, fuel economy, product reliability, and product testing, but also in terms of international standards. At present, Aowei Six series products have been at the forefront of the international market in terms of oil efficiency and product reliability.
In addition, in response to the high-horsepower products demanded by the international market, Jiefang Power is conducting relevant Product Research & Development, and relevant testing work is also underway as scheduled. We have reason to believe that these products will rewrite the international market for high-horsepower engines.
From entering the factory to the present, Wang Yijiang’s nearly 30 years have been inseparable from the liberation power, which is the label he can’t give up, and it is also the symbol he is most proud of. In the past 76 years, what has changed is the era, the liberation power products, equipment, and technology. What remains unchanged is the firm "core" of people like Wang Yijiang’s liberation power for 76 years.