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On November 29th, the 27th Science and Technology Month and the 23rd Quality Month Awards Conference with the theme of "Cohesion, Collaboration, and Dare to Create the Future" were held in Foshan Midea Global Innovation Center in Beijiao, Shunde, and the month-long science and technology month and quality month activities came to a successful conclusion.
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With the continuous optimization of the five major business segments and the four-level R&D system of Midea Group, the awards of this year's Midea Science and Technology Month have also "evolved", with the award setting being innovative compared with previous years, the coverage has been expanded, and the number of winners has also increased, with a total of 33 science and technology stars, 3 outstanding technical contribution talents, and 5 quality stars.
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As of this year, the maximum reward amount for projects in Midea Technology Month has reached 5 million yuan, the maximum reward amount for individuals has exceeded 1 million yuan, and the cumulative reward has exceeded 450 million yuan.
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Emphasizing synergies, the research of common technologies continues to make breakthroughs
As in previous years, Midea commended the scientific researchers who have made continuous breakthroughs and innovations and made outstanding contributions to "leading science and technology". This year's Technology Month & Quality Month event featured team and individual awards in the R&D, manufacturing and information technology (IT) categories.
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In terms of science and technology team awards, a series of innovative technologies of Midea this year have attracted the attention of the industry and the industry. In the field of ToC, including the Rotary Series of Household Air Conditioners, the supersonic air-conditioning power spraying technology for household appliances, and the design of the high-end AI technology home appliance brand COLMO AirNEXT, the air host have all won awards. In the field of ToB, breakthroughs in industries such as MDV8 unbounded multi-connection for buildings and electric compressors for supercharging vehicles won awards.
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In recent years, Midea has greatly strengthened its emphasis on basic research, especially the effect of the strategic axis of "leading in science and technology" has gradually emerged. In the selection of the "Research and Innovation Award" of this year's Science and Technology Month, the "Core Technology of Ultra-high Energy Efficient Home Appliances" and other award-winning projects with major breakthrough value completed by the Midea Central Research Institute, Midea Industrial Technology Business Group, and Smart Home Business Group Household Air Conditioner, Refrigerator, Washing Machine, Micro Cleaning, Kitchen Heating and other business divisions are excellent cases with major breakthrough value, which are excellent cases of Midea's multi-R&D units to strengthen basic common technology research, and at the same time can be applied to multiple fields and scenarios, and also well echo the "cohesion and synergy" of this year's Science and Technology Month and Quality Month Dare to create the future".
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In addition to the digital twin of smart home and digital black light workshop, innovative projects such as the iBUILDING digital platform of building technology and the full-link digital intelligence of user service of AI innovation center also won awards.
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After years of digital precipitation in the field of quality, especially after Midea Group won the China Quality Award last year with the "5 full 5 intelligent quality management model", Midea attaches more importance to the innovation of the quality management model of the whole process, constantly innovates and improves, and continues to lead the development of the industry in the field of quality.
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In terms of the most high-profile individual awards, a total of 33 science and technology stars were selected this year, including 18 R&D talents, 7 manufacturing talents, 8 IT talents, 3 outstanding technical contribution talents representing the highest honor of Midea's R&D system, and 5 quality stars, the number of which has increased compared with previous years. Among them, there are building R&D experts who have been working hard for MDV8 multi-online for a long time, kitchen water purification, refrigerator freshness preservation and rice cooker R&D experts who have been devoting themselves to exploring the health technology of home appliances for a long time, R&D experts who are committed to promoting the trend of miniaturization of smart homes, and R&D experts who are committed to the localization and application of KUKA robots. There are more than ten years of user-centric, ingenuity quality management experts, as well as Midea R&D center from 0 to 1, the main promoter of the U-shaped window machine market share in North America, dedicated to the study of energy-saving and carbon-reduction technology, and promote Meizhi compressor to become the world's largest compressor expert in production and sales, and a large number of pragmatic and enterprising high-end professionals who dare to create the future.
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Pay attention to high-end cutting-edge talents, and adhere to the core strategy of "leading science and technology".
"Leading technology is the core strategy of Midea Group," Fang Hongbo, chairman and president of Midea Group, emphasized at the award ceremony, "It is precisely because of a good mechanism and long-term attention, investment and inheritance of science and technology that Midea can get to where it is today." Fang Hongbo believes that in order to achieve "leading technology", first of all, "number one" is the key, and the clarity and firmness of the executives' strategic thinking is the basis for the formation of a consensus of the whole group; secondly, we must further increase investment in scientific research and seize the opportunities of the times; Third, to implement the improvement of the research system, the institute maintains its original intention, increases basic and applied research, and tackles basic common and differentiated technologies; Fourth, to further increase the introduction of overseas high-end research talents, we must have a long-term vision, and establish an open and inclusive evaluation system; Fifth, promote the localization of overseas R&D, integrate into local culture, and study local needs; Finally, we should further increase the rewards for scientific and technological innovation, continue to reform the incentive mechanism, and give heavy rewards to original and leading research results.
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Midea Technology Month has been held for 27 consecutive years. As of this year, the maximum reward amount for projects in Midea Technology Month has reached 5 million yuan, the maximum reward amount for individuals has exceeded 1 million yuan, and the cumulative reward has exceeded 450 million yuan. In addition to enjoying the reputation of "Oscar of Science and Technology" within Midea Group, Midea Technology Month has also attracted wide attention and praise from the industry and society.
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Midea has always maintained a high investment in scientific and technological research and development and scientific and technological talents, invested more than 50 billion yuan in research and development in the past five years, and has 35 R&D centers and 35 major production bases in more than 10 countries around the world. Through the "2+4+N" global R&D network, we have established a global R&D scale advantage, with more than 18,000 R&D personnel, more than 6,000 top talents in the industry such as doctors and masters, including more than 500 foreign senior experts; We have built a scientist system, established 8 academician workstations (rooms), introduced 20 academicians for strategic cooperation, and docked more than 100 cooperation projects, involving green, energy-saving, health, intelligent, robotics and automation and other technical fields.
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More importantly, Midea attaches great importance to the inheritance of the scientist culture of "respecting science and technology and talents". Over the past 54 years, Midea has always believed that talent is the most important asset of an enterprise, and it is the core force that promotes Midea to become a respected global technology group. Midea has a systematic and complete innovation incentive mechanism, covering innovation sources, innovation processes, innovation achievements and other dimensions, and the incentive forms are flexible and diverse. In addition to academic education, there are also creative competitions, project awards, priority promotions, salary subsidies, welfare tilts, etc., so as to promote enterprises to continue to make technological breakthroughs, maintain technological leadership, achieve high-quality development, and continue to move towards the global highland of science and technology.