The Business Administration (Digital Economy and Management Experiment) class of 2024 Carried out Freshman Professional Education and Visited the Factory of Xiaomi Automobile

On the morning of September 6, 2024, all the undergraduate freshmen of the 2024 class of Business Administration (Digital Economy and Management Experiment) of our School visited the factory of Xiaomi Automobile. The visit was led by Professor Zhou Jianghua of the Department of Digital Economy and Management, Instructor Li Rong and Xu Kaige, and Student Affairs Assistant Fan Ruicong, and it was part of the professional education for the Class of 2024 Business Administration (Digital Economy and Management Experiment) freshmen.

Visiting experience

The staff first led the teachers and students to visit and experience the Xiaomi car exhibition hall, and introduced the development process of Xiaomi in detail. From each fine component, such as the configuration of battery safety, the composition of super motors, the use of body materials and model design, the development of self-developed chips, etc., to the overall macro pattern of the car. With the speaker's presentation, the team have a more in-depth understanding of the design of “Xiaomi car”. Subsequently, the teachers and students took the Xiaomi factory ferry to visit the Xiaomi automobile production workshop, and observed how the intelligent factory used intelligent equipment (such as handling robots and robotic arms) to greatly improve production efficiency, and achieved the goal of zero defects through strict CNC quality management system, so as to have a more intuitive understanding of the intelligent manufacturing production scene.

Discussion

After the visit, Niu Jiani, responsible person of Millet company, had an exchange discussion with teachers and students. First of all, the students took the initiative to share the feelings of the visit to the Xiaomi factory. The grand strategic pattern of Xiaomi company and the scientific and technological charm of the automobile intelligent manufacturing factory deeply shocked the students, and inspired everyone's strong interest in the field of digital economy and the desire to explore.

Then, Teacher Niu started from the origin of the name “Xiaomi” and the story of the research and development of the first product MIUI, introduced the entrepreneurial story of Millet company in detail to the students, and shared the digital knowledge of millet enterprise's “Internet seven-word decision” and “ecological chain” mechanism, so that the students had a more profound understanding of the management mode of digital enterprises.

Finally, Professor Zhou Jianghua made a summary of this activity. Teacher Zhou inspired the students to fully understand the subject of digital economy and management with lively language, and understand the division of labor of economic and management talents in society and the important significance for economic development. In the dialectical thinking of “usefulness and uselessness” said by Teacher Zhou, the students of industrial management have a further understanding of the professional knowledge to be learned, and are full of expectations for the upcoming courses.

Student's sharing

From watching Lei Jun's 24th annual speech yesterday to truly stepping into Xiaomi's auto factory today, I learned a lot about the entrepreneurship and operating mechanism inside Xiaomi enterprises in just a few dozen hours, and perhaps, to some extent, let me subtly discharm the “World's top 500 enterprises”and changed my attention from focusing on sales to quality and product as well as the team operation and management mechanism behind the product.

In fact, behind all the goods that go to the open market, there is so-called “useless” knowledge that works silently in the dark. We always rely on the established results to judge whether “usefulness” or not, but in the process to play a role in the promotion is a “uselessness” superposition. In some situations, the knowledge of utilitarian evaluation is a “sinkhole” and“uselessness”that is not understood by the world and criticized by people, but I will always believe that knowledge itself is a kind of value, and a kind of power. It is the courage behind the “Dream Car”, and is a solid ladder built step by step for the dream.

Nie Yifei, undergraduate of Business Administration (Digital Economy and Management Experiment) class of 2024

Today, I have the honor to come to the Xiaomi Automobile factory with my classmates to visit and study. My heart was already excited before I saw the logo. The night before,after watching Chairman Lei Jun's exciting 2024 annual speech, reading his Elon Musk is a cool student written during his investigation in Silicon Valley in the early years, and opening the official website of Xiaomi Automobile to learn about its specific technological advantages, I deeply felt the glory and greatness of Xiaomi as a national enterprise in just over a decade. Also I have produced incomparable admiration to Lei Jun, the outstanding entrepreneur. Today, when I personally saw Xiaomi's high-automation workshop, world-leading core technology, and strong marketing capabilities, I had the chance to see the impact and energy that a leading enterprise can bring to a country's economy and a nation's confidence. As Lei Jun said in his speech, “Insisting on doing difficult and correct things is the way to go further”, we, as freshmen, should also do our own life planning, live up to our youth, and realize the great era of dreams.

-- Li Qinyun, undergraduate of Business Administration (Digital Economy and Management Experiment) class of 2024

This time, I have the honor to visit and study with my classmates in the Xiaomi Automobile factory. Xiaomi Automobile has advanced and meticulous design concepts. The artificial intelligence handling and robotic arm production lines in the factory let me realize the strong strength of Xiaomi manufacturing. Xiaomi's spirit of constantly transcending itself and innovating has touched me, and I sincerely admire it. Through the discussion and communication, I have a new understanding of the future development of digital economy and management, and also look forward to the future learning.

-- Long Jiaxin, undergraduate of Business Administration (Digital Economy and Management Experiment) class of 2024

Conclusion

This visit to the factory of Xiaomi Automobile provided an opportunity for the new students of the digital economy and management experimental class to face the digital production scene and communicate with digital enterprises face to face. The students gradually understood the Xiaomi Group from the outside to the inside, and were deeply impressed by the Xiaomi car and its operations from the simple to the deep. Moreover, they gained courage and strength in the vigorous practice of “Xiaomi”, which greatly enhanced the students' learning interest and research enthusiasm for the major of digital economy and management. May you “always have indomitable courage and endless future on the journey to the distance”!

Contributed by Party Committee Office

Edited by Xu Kaige

Reviewed by Han Lili