A complete list of appointments and dismissals of SAIC Group officials exposed on the Internet has once again focused the outside world's attention on this leading domestic automobile industry company.
The "Notice on the Appointment and Removal of Large Passenger Vehicle Cadres" of the large passenger vehicle division of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Limited shows that this high-level adjustment is a large-scale personnel reorganization of the large passenger vehicle division of SAIC, mainly involving the Roewe Feifan brand and the MG brand, and the number of middle and senior-level cadres involved in the adjustment is as high as 63.
The personnel appointment officially took effect on February 12. The person who issued the notice was Jia Jianxu, who took office as the president of SAIC Group in July last year.
On July 10, 2024, SAIC Group officially announced the decision to adjust its main leadership: the former chairman Chen Hong retired due to age and resigned as chairman and other positions. Wang Xiaoqiu served as chairman of SAIC Group and Jia Jianxu served as president of SAIC Group.
Afterwards, the new president Jia Jianxu's internal speech on "being a man on his knees" at SAIC Group's 2024 mid-year cadre meeting attracted attention from the industry. He emphasized that "slowness" was SAIC's shortcoming in past competition. In the rapidly changing market environment, companies need more flexible mechanisms and weekly adjustment models to seize market opportunities.
In recent years, the development pace of SAIC's passenger car sector, represented by Roewe and MG, has indeed failed to keep up with the rapid competitive trend. The "large passenger car sector" was born in this context. By integrating the resources and adjusting the strategies of major sectors such as the passenger car sector, international business, R&D headquarters, and Zero-beam Technology, a more rapid response mechanism was used to achieve breakthroughs and improve overall operational efficiency.
In addition, SAIC has also begun to borrow external forces. Many media reported that the cooperation between Huawei and SAIC has determined to use the smart car selection model, and the brand name is initially set as "Shangjie", with a price of about 170,000 to 250,000 yuan, which will be the cheapest model in the Hongmeng Intelligent Driving System.
For SAIC, the large scale and high efficiency of its personnel adjustments reflect that SAIC's transformation is no longer just a slogan, and reflect the strategic courage of the new leadership and its determination to regain its position as the industry leader.
