China’s Wang Shunxing says China’s vehicular lighting industry needs to cultivate a large talent pool. Born in 1947 in Jiangsu, Changzhou, Mr. Wang graduated in mechanical engineering from the Shanghai University of Science and Technology in 1988. When he retired in 2007, he was Section Chief of the product engineering department of a joint venture between Shanghai Automotive and Volkswagen.
Mr. Wang remained active after his retirement and is currently the Chief Engineer of Chery’s Electric Appliance Research Institute, mainly responsible for product design verification and building up the engineers’ basic capabilities.
He also holds expert advisory and director positions with companies including Jianghuai Automotive, Jiangsu Changcheng Lighting, Zhejiang Tianchong Automotive Lighting and China Automotive Parts. Mr. Wang is also the Vice-Chairman of the National Standardisation Subcommittee on Automotive Electric Appliances; board member of the Committee on Automotive Light Standardisation, and Deputy Director of the Electronic and Electric Appliance Development Centre of China Automotive Parts.
Mr. Wang has also won several awards for scientific and technological achievement from the Shanghai Municipality throughout his career.
For this, our first interview with an automotive Chinese player, DVN Editor in Chief Hector Fratty asked Wang five questions:
DVN: I was impressed with your lighting knowledge when we met in 2006. You were Section Chief of the product engineering department of Shanghai VW. What do you retain of your work experience in this great company?
Mr Wang: The feeling was mutual. Shanghai Volkswagen started working with Valeo Hubei for the development of the Santana 2000. At that time, Section Chief Mr. Sun made regular mention of you. You were the first high-level technology leader to conduct workshops at S-VW. You have left a deep impression on our team of lighting engineers during your electrical lighting workshop!
China’s automobile industry is in constant development; so is S-Volkswagen. I have experienced changes in administrative and technical management methods before (Shanghai Automotive) and after (S-VW) the joint venture.