Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1614 Sino-Swiss Technology Exchange

"This is for an inspection trip to Europe with us, and a cadre appointed by the SY city government. I have also communicated with Mayor Wu before, and they are willing to provide them with some help within their ability." Duan Yun paused, then continued Said: "But you have to be mentally prepared. We may not be able to negotiate this time. The introduction of a production line may cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. This is not a small project. Whether it is for us or foreign manufacturers, they also need to carefully consider it. Yes, so there's no need to get your hopes up."

"I understand this. I have dealt with foreigners before. These guys are arrogant and very shrewd. You can't take any losses. Dealing with them can only be a little bit of a grind..." Zhao Xiyou said.

In fact, as early as the 8000s, Zhao Xiyou visited automobile factories in Japan, Europe and the United States, and wanted to introduce their equipment and production lines. However, the other party’s asking price was very high. An ordinary second-hand production line would dare to ask for a price of 2 Tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of dollars, not to mention their Jinbei Automobile Factory, even the city government of SY could not afford so much money. You must know that the city government’s annual fiscal revenue at that time was only more than 3 million yuan. The foreign exchange income is less than 000 million U.S. dollars, and hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars is almost equivalent to the sum of SY City's fiscal revenue for several years.

In addition, Zhao Xiyou and the SY city government also tried their best to set up a joint venture factory, and negotiated with several multinational automobile companies, but in the end, they were cut off by southern cities such as Shanghai and Guangzhou in China. The conditions are more favorable, the policies are more in place, and there are location advantages such as ports, which cannot be compared with Shenyang.

So for so many years, Zhao Xiyou has often gone abroad for inspections, but he has found nothing. In the end, he can only imitate the technology of BJ130 light trucks to produce small trucks. As for the most profitable trucks in those years
The Sea Lion van project, to put it bluntly, is to use the loopholes in the national policy to engage in smuggled cars. The rapid appreciation of the yen and foreign exchange has also caused the Sea Lion van project to suffer serious losses.

Since a large private enterprise like Duan Yun is willing to invest in automobiles, and Duan Yun has many legendary experiences in the business world, if he can make a move, the matter may be able to be done.

Once the Shenyang Automobile Factory is able to introduce advanced foreign production lines, it will definitely usher in a rebirth for an old state-owned enterprise that is facing difficulties, just like FAW-Volkswagen invested in the production of Santana in Shanghai. The current Santana is in short supply. It can make more than one billion yuan in profits every year.

"You go through the formalities for going abroad first, and then we will meet at BJ. We are scheduled to fly from Guangzhou to Sweden on the 15th of this month." Duan Yun settled down.

"No problem!" Zhao Xiyou replied.

Afterwards, Duan Yun talked with Zhao Xiyou about his views on the automobile industry and the future development strategy of Jinbei Automobile Factory. He didn't leave Zhao Xiyou's office until around noon.

After dealing with the matters in Shenyang, Duan Yun did not stay here too much. He took the train back to BJ early in the morning of the second day, and then transferred to Shenzhen via BJ.

Sweden can be said to be the first western country to establish diplomatic relations with New China. In 1, Sweden established New China. The two sides exchanged ambassadors. The relationship has been very good for many years.

In addition, Sweden and China had more economic, trade and technological exchanges during the period of reform and opening up, which can be regarded as the country with the largest investment in China in Europe.

In 1978, the door of China's reform and opening up was opened, and Ericsson, which gradually expanded its business, became more closely connected with China.Benefiting from its success in the Chinese market, Ericsson opened an office in BJ in 1985, and its communication products such as switches continued to pour into the Chinese market.

In the chaotic era of "seven countries and eight systems" in China's communications industry in the 80s, Sweden's Ericsson was also one of them, and in the 80s China accounted for more than 1% to 2% of the communications industry.

In addition, in terms of scientific and technological exchanges, China and Sweden also interact frequently with each other.

中瑞科技交流始于70年代，瑞皇家科学院和皇家工程院代表团（1975年）与中国中国科学院代表团（1977年）实现互访。1978年中瑞成立了科技合作混委会（司局级），1981年中瑞签订科技合作议定书。1992年，中国为瑞典搭载发射科学实验卫星“弗利亚”号。双方科技合作已扩大到通讯、环保、医药、农林、宇航等20多个领域的80多个项目。

However, until now, the Swedish automobile industry has not entered China in large quantities. There are many reasons for this. Although the performance of Swedish automobiles, especially trucks, is quite advanced, it can be regarded as an international leader. Cars are cheaper and more durable, and the Japanese government at that time gave China a lot of technical assistance and support. In line with the strategy of "technology for market", China began to import Japanese cars in large quantities, while Sweden refused to provide relevant car technology transfers. , and in addition, their main market has always been in Europe, and they have not paid much attention to the Chinese mainland market. Therefore, before the 90s, China did not import many Swedish cars.

Although there are not many Swedish cars imported, it is not impossible. Shanghai imported less than 100 Volvo F 12 trucks at the earliest time, and Guangzhou also imported Volvo 240 cars in batches.

Volvo 240 comes from Sweden's luxury car brand Volvo. In the 80s, Volvo 240 appeared in the streets of Guangzhou. It was used as a taxi, mostly red, and equipped with a diesel engine.

In fact, in Duan Yun's opinion, Volvo's cars are indeed inferior to Nissan cars in terms of technology and cost performance, and in terms of performance, they are also inferior to German cars. They can only be regarded as a very mediocre car brand.

However, Volvo's commercial trucks are absolutely world-leading. In this regard, Volvo has technological advantages unmatched by other international auto companies, and the appearance of the vehicle design is very novel, and the ride comfort is also high.

Before going to Sweden, Duan Yun had already contacted the Swedish embassy and consulate in China in BJ, telling him that he wanted to visit the headquarters of Volvo Cars, and provided relevant materials about his company. All he needed was an invitation letter from the other party. You can go.

For this trip to Sweden, Duan Yun is still full of hope. He hopes that through this visit abroad, he can introduce Volvo heavy trucks to China, so as to help him realize his car dream.

(End of this chapter)