On October 23, 2026, Dr. Wen-Qiang Liu from CNERC-Rail (HK Branch) was invited to Wuyi University to attend the Application Exchange Meeting for the 2026 Guangdong-Hong Kong Joint Funding Scheme for Science and Technology Innovation. The meeting was chaired by Prof. Zun-Di Huang, Associate Dean of the School of Rail Transportation at Wuyi University. Attendees included Zhuo-Ju He, Deputy Section Chief of the Science and Technology Talent and Achievement Transformation Section of the Jiangmen Science and Technology Bureau; Hong-Jian Deng, Deputy Secretary of CRRC Guangdong Rail Transit Vehicle Co., Ltd.; Chen-Yang Bing, Director of the Product R&D Department; Hao-Liang Ye, Deputy Director of the Product R&D Department; as well as Bi-Rong Cheng, Assistant Dean and Department Head; Associate Professor Sha Huang; Li-Gang Cheng, Deputy Director of the Laboratory; and Yi-Tao Ma, Deputy Director of the Operations Department, all from the School of Rail Transportation at Wuyi University.
During the meeting, Section Chief Zhuo-Ju He first introduced the project’s background and policy support, encouraging all parties to closely align with national strategic needs. He emphasized taking the practical problems faced by enterprises as a starting point and striving to achieve distinctive and implementable results. Secretary Hong-Jian Deng highly agreed with Section Chief He’s views and expressed full support for the project application. Subsequently, he outlined the three major pain points currently faced by CRRC Guangdong Rail Transit Vehicle Co., Ltd. in its technological R&D: first, intelligent manufacturing—specifically the upgrading of old equipment to enhance production line efficiency through AI empowerment; second, the underutilization of massive onboard data, which urgently requires large models for data mining to provide technical support for equipment design optimization; and third, how to introduce new AI technologies to improve quality inspection efficiency and operational safety on the production line.
Addressing these issues, Dr. Liu introduced CNERC-Rail (HK Branch)’s research strengths in large models and digital twin technologies, while Prof. Huang presented Wuyi University’s accumulated work in vehicle design. Following in-depth communication and discussion among the multiple parties, the application theme for this project was ultimately selected as “Intelligent Manufacturing”. The project will focus on the upgrading and transformation of vehicle bogie and wheelset assembly lines, utilizing technologies such as large models and digital twins to upgrade the production lines, ultimately establishing a demonstration application for equipment upgrading.
