Technological Level and Technical Characteristics of the Fenghai Automotive Parts Industry
Release Date:
2022-07-08
1. Technological Level of the Fenghai Automotive Parts Industry
Due to the relatively late start of research in China’s traditional automotive components industry, for a considerable period of time the sector has underinvested in IT-driven innovation and R&D. Most domestic SMEs lack the capabilities to undertake foundational resource development, concurrent development, systems-level development, and forward-looking R&D, resulting in overall weak network technology capabilities and a noticeable gap compared with internationally renowned leading component manufacturers. Over the course of collaborative R&D and long-term partnerships with major automakers, these companies have gradually accumulated extensive process-analysis expertise and rich development-and-implementation experience, enabling them to steadily increase R&D investment. As a result, they have now achieved levels comparable to their foreign counterparts in areas such as product quality, process-engineering techniques, and environmental sustainability.

2. Technical Characteristics of the Fenghai Automotive Components Industry
1) Fenghai Automotive Parts Adheres to Strict Manufacturing Processes
The manufacturing processes for major automotive components encompass a broader range of operations; therefore, advanced and well-established processes are critical for ensuring product quality and consistency, as well as for enhancing production efficiency, minimizing waste, and achieving effective cost control. Such scientific and mature manufacturing processes are the result of years of accumulated process expertise and experience, refined through practical production application.
2) Fenghai Auto Parts Pursues Concurrent Development of High Innovation Capability
As downstream automotive market demand becomes increasingly diversified, product and model life cycles are shortening, and industrial policies are constantly evolving, there is a growing need for greater system integration and faster response capabilities—requirements that call for Fenhai’s component suppliers to enhance their concurrent development and innovation capabilities.
3. Characteristics and Development Trends of the Fenghai Automotive Components Industry
1) The Fenghai automotive parts industry has a large market scale driven by the market economy.
Since the turn of the 21st century, China’s industrial and manufacturing sectors have continued to expand at a rapid pace, driving continuous improvements in the manufacturing capabilities for automotive components. Moreover, leveraging its cost-competitive manufacturing base, vast domestic market demand, and favorable business environment, China has attracted numerous renowned global automakers and component suppliers to invest in and establish production facilities within the country, thereby significantly accelerating the rapid development of China’s automotive components manufacturing industry.
2) The intake system is one of the key components for energy conservation, emission reduction, and enhanced vehicle comfort.
The intake system of an internal combustion engine is a critical component. Its performance directly determines the overall performance of the engine and, by extension, the entire vehicle, playing an increasingly important role in enhancing fuel economy and controlling intake noise.
3) The structure and functionality of internal combustion engine intake systems are becoming increasingly complex, significantly raising the demands on a company’s overall technical capabilities.
At the outset of development research, the engineering of internal-combustion-engine intake systems and their associated functional components—primarily air filters—evolved in tandem with the emergence and growth of internal-combustion engines as the primary power source for automobiles. As domestic internal-combustion-engine loads continued to rise, engine performance gradually improved, and operating and environmental conditions changed, the design and performance characteristics of corresponding air filters and intake systems underwent substantial transformation.