Chenglong Forum on the Development of the Commercial Vehicle Industry – Forging a New Path of Integrated Development through Green and Digital-Intelligent Transformation

On March 26, the 2026 Commercial Vehicle Industry Development Conference, hosted by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), grandly kicked off in Shiyan City, Hubei Province. With the theme of "Green Transformation, Digital-Intelligent Empowerment, Integrated Development – Seizing the Trend, Planning for the Long Term and Co-building a New Ecosystem", the conference brought together industry elites to jointly explore a new path for the high-quality development of the commercial vehicle industry.

Mr.Li Shigu, General Manager Assistant of Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor (DFLZM) and General Manager of DFLZM Commercial Vehicle Sales Company, and Mr.Zhou Zhibin, Chief Expert of Commercial Vehicles at DFLZM R&D Institute, were invited to attend the sub-forum themed Development Trends of the Commercial Vehicle Market and Policies. They conducted in-depth exchanges with industry peers and shared the practical achievements and strategic insights of Chenglong under DFLZM in the fields of green transformation, digital-intelligent upgrading and ecological integration.

Li Shigu | General Manager Assistant, DFLZM | General Manager, DFLZM Commercial Vehicle Sales Company

Zhou Zhibin | Chief Expert of Commercial Vehicles, DFLZM R&D Institute 

As a pivotal industry event in the inaugural year of the 15th Five-Year Plan, this conference focused on the core proposition of the commercial vehicle industry's transformation from scale expansion to high-quality development, and conducted in-depth discussions on key topics including new energy technologies, intelligent connectivity and global development. Faced with the wave of industrial transformation, Chenglong under DFLZM is accelerating its all-round new energy transformation under the guidance of the "Dragon Journey Project" strategy. Relying on the trinity framework of "Technology Platform + Scenario Matrix + Ecological System", it has developed the Chenglong Yiwei 5 new energy product series, which precisely meets the operational needs of different scenarios and helps users reduce costs and improve efficiency.

In terms of digital-intelligent empowerment, Chenglong under DFLZM has been continuously advancing the implementation of intelligent manufacturing and intelligent connectivity technologies. Through full-link digital upgrading, it has achieved highly efficient collaboration across entire processes of R&D, production, sales and service. Meanwhile, the iterative upgrading of intelligent driving technology empowers the improvement of transportation safety and efficiency, forging a new digital-intelligent operational ecosystem.

In the dimension of integrated development, Chenglong under DFLZM upholds the philosophy of openness and win-win cooperation, joins hands with upstream and downstream partners in the industrial chain, and deepens supply chain collaboration, channel cooperation and the joint construction of a service ecosystem. Meanwhile, by virtue of the "Riding the Wind: Dual-Engine Plan" overseas strategy, it advances the global layout of products, technologies and brands, empowering the Chinese commercial vehicle industry to step onto the global stage.

The participation in this conference not only demonstrated the firm resolve of Chenglong under DFLZM to keep pace with industry trends and proactively embrace transformation, but also highlighted the brand’s responsibility and central enterprise mission to co-build a new ecosystem for the commercial vehicle industry with the industry, by taking technological innovation as the core and ecological integration as the starting point. Looking ahead, Chenglong under DFLZM will continue to take "new energy transition, intelligent upgrading and internationalization" as its core development line, anchor the development goals of the 15th Five-Year Plan, drive product upgrading through technological innovation, and achieve integrated development via ecological synergy. It will join hands with industry peers to seize the trend and plan for the long term, co-build a new ecosystem for the high-quality development of the commercial vehicle industry, and continuously empower the logistics industry to reduce costs and improve efficiency, as well as boost the quality and upgrading of the real economy.