Cradle of China's auto industry embraces intelligent manufacturing

STORY: Cradle of China's auto industry embraces intelligent manufacturing DATELINE: July 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: CHANGCHUN, China CATEGORY:ECONOMY/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of China FAW Group 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DOU SHUXIANG, FAW retired worker 3. various of China FAW Group 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Chinese): YAN WENLONG, Chief engineer of digital manufacturing, FAW Jiefang technology development department STORYLINE: Founded in 1953 in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, China's leading automaker China FAW Group Co., Ltd. is known as the cradle of China's auto industry. China's first Jiefang truck, first Dongfeng sedan and first high-end passenger car Hongqi were all produced by FAW in the 1950s. A car involves tens of thousands of parts, however, 70 years ago, FAW workers started from scratch by knocking out the car body with a hammer. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): DOU SHUXIANG, FAW retired worker "The early generation of Hongqi cars were all handmade. When building the prototype, we j