Dongfeng Race Team kicks off its sailing endeavor in Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18
ALICANTE, Spain-Tuesday, October 24th 2017 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE) --Dongfeng Motor Corporation recently set up its race team and named a sailboat under its Dongfeng brand to participate in the Volvo Ocean Race 2017-18. On October 21, 2017, Dongfeng Motor Corporation held a press conference themed "Belt and Road With You" and called on its global partners to achieve opening up and cooperation, aiming to build mutually beneficial relationships with countries and regions along the Belt and Road, as well as promote long-distance sailing and cultural exchanges.
At the press conference, Dongfeng Motor Corporation signed cooperation agreements with China COSCO Shipping Group and Belgium SMT company respectively. Meanwhile, all crew members of Dongfeng Race Team were also unveiled, with 9 of them to take the first leg.
Wind rises from the east, sailors set out again
Volvo Ocean Race is a world-class professional sports event that takes the longest time. Named as "the Mount Everest in the sailing domain", it's the world's top offshore sailing competition. In the 2014-15 edition, Dongfeng Race Team won the third place on the podium for its debut show, attracting attention and support of global fans and the public at large. Such an accomplishment changed the world's perception on Dongfeng's prowess.
In the 2017-18 edition, Dongfeng Race Team will continue to be led by the skipper CHARLES CAUDRELIER. It consists of 12 crew members from France, New Zealand, the Netherlands, Australia, UK and China. Among them, two are females and three are Chinese.
The skipper CHARLES CAUDRELIER said that he was honored to once again serve as the captain of the Dongfeng Race Team and hoped to achieve an excellent performance this time, and even break records. Crew representative Chen Jinhao (Horace) said that the team is in good shape and he hoped to achieve more and help the team get better results.
Dongfeng Motor Corporation established a sound partnership with the Volvo Group in 2013. By participating in the Volvo Ocean Race for the second time, Dongfeng Motor Corporation aims to greatly boost the development of sailing and realize the harmonious synergy between human and nature.
Mutual benefits and win-win relationships to build a prosperous economic zone
Volvo Ocean Race is a premium sailing event, while the Belt and Road is a blueprint encompassing over 100 countries and organizations. The two great courses are brought together by China Dongfeng. In addition, the stopovers along the Volvo Ocean Race coincide with countries along the Belt and Road. The Dongfeng elements and Chinese elements of the race will help people of those countries better understand China and Chinese enterprises.
Dongfeng Motor Corporation has always been an active supporter of the Belt and Road initiative and committed to transforming the Dongfeng brand into an internationally renowned auto brand by constantly exploring new growth paths. Dongfeng's launch of the "Belt and Road With You" initiative is the first concrete effort of a Chinese auto company to accelerate the Belt and Road initiative, which will attract even more companies to get involved.
He Wei, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Dongfeng Motor Corporation Group Co., Ltd., said, "Dongfeng Motor Corporation is a Chinese brand, and also a global brand. This ocean race is very important for us. Dongfeng hopes to share resources and achieve mutual benefits and win-win relationships with global partners and jointly promote long-distance sailing through the platform of the Volvo Ocean Race."
"The Volvo Ocean Race is more than a sports and commercial event. It is a very good platform for cultural exchanges between the east and the west," said Liu Wenqiu, Cultural Counselor of the Chinese Embassy to Spain. "Dongfeng Motor Corporation will build up an open communications platform to strengthen people-to-people and cultural exchanges with the help of the Dongfeng Race Team."
Lin Ji, President of COSCO Europe, said, "COSCO and Dongfeng are partners, both shouldering the responsibility of Chinese enterprises. We will continue to deepen our cooperation and strengthen coordination of our worldwide resources by utilizing opportunities brought by the Belt and Road initiative which we will strive to make into reality."
The Chinese Dongfeng is also the global Dongfeng. Dongfeng Motor Corporation is committed to becoming an internationally competitive auto company. Instead of just going out, it also makes significant efforts in localization and the upgrade of its products. Going out is to seize the opportunity to export; localization is to gradually integrate into the local mainstream market and contribute to the local economic and social development so that we can gain recognition of customers and achieve efficient allocation of local resources; upgrade is to improve the brand image and increase the brand value to create a world-renowned auto brand.
From January to September this year, Dongfeng Motor Corporation exported 47,000 vehicles, an increase of 75% from the same period of last year. In the next five years, Dongfeng Motor Corporation will roll out more diverse and high-quality products to enhance the competitiveness of its brand. Dongfeng Motor Corporation's overseas dealerships will increase to 912, while its overseas after service network will cover 971 outlets. Dongfeng Motor Corporation is dedicated to providing customers all over the world with premium products and more efficient services.
Contacts
Dongfeng Motor Corporation
Yilin Wang, 86-027-84305448
wangyilin@dfcv.com.cn
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