2008 is a critical year for Dongfeng Motor Corporation to implement the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan" development strategy.
The company conscientiously implements the economic work arrangements of the Central Committee and the State Council, fully implements the Scientific Outlook on Development, continuously optimizes the business structure, and strives to enhance independent innovation capabilities. Taking the sixteen-character guiding principle of scientific and technological development of "independent innovation, key leaps, market orientation, and utilization of resources" as the main line, in accordance with the overall deployment of the company's development, focusing on business strategic goals, insisting on technological innovation, rapidly improving the core competitiveness of the enterprise, and using scientific and technological innovation Promoting the continuous introduction of new products to the market has made outstanding contributions to the company's production and sales in 2008, reaching a new level and operating work to reach the best level in history, and injecting new vitality into the company's rapid and harmonious development. ——Completed the development of new automobile products and obtained national product announcements for 2,071 complete vehicles and chassis, and corrected and expanded product announcements for 831 products; newly applied for 3,315 models in the product environmental catalog; applied for 245 units of new product 3C compulsory certification certificates, Changed 410 units; played an important supporting role in the company's product development and substantial increase in production and sales. Among them, the contribution rate of new products is over 60%.
——The company has 9,941 people engaged in scientific and technological activities, accounting for 7.86% of the total number of employees, including 5,291 research and experimental development personnel, accounting for 53.22% of all the company’s scientific and technological personnel; 6,326 have intermediate and senior technical titles There are 33 senior experts subsidized by governments at all levels, 4 postdoctoral fellows, 14 PhDs, and 522 masters.
——Completed 2,178 new product development projects that year, and carried out 982 research and experimental development projects; 130 company-level scientific and technological achievements were selected, including 11 first prizes; "Dongfeng 1.5-ton high mobility The "Off-road Vehicle Development" project won the first prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award: it won 19 China Automotive Industry Science and Technology Progress Awards, including 1 first prize, 5 second prizes, and 13 third prizes. The quality and quantity of awards continued to be maintained. Industry leading.
——Applying for 348 patents that year, including 34 invention patents; receiving 358 authorized patents, including 4 invention patents; and obtaining 5 software copyrights. The number of patents held ranks among the top in the industry.
——In 2008, 162 new domestic trademark applications were completed, and 23 international trademark rights were obtained through each country, the Madrid International Organization, and the African Intellectual Property Organization; it has 2 national well-known trademarks; Dongfeng The brand was selected into the top 500 world-famous brands, and the "Dongfeng" brand was recognized by the country as "China's Famous Brand Product".
——Complete the formulation of 14 national standards, 2 industry standards, and 120 enterprise standards throughout the year, absorbed and transformed 554 foreign standards, and established and maintained a standards information network, this standard information platform There are 29,309 standards in total, which strongly supports the company's various technological innovations and new product development work.