CityUHK (Dongguan) ITME Students Visit to ATL

Prof. YC Chau and I had taught the program named “Bachelor of Engineering in Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering (BEng ITME) 工學士 (智能製造工程學)” in CityUHK Donggang (DG) in 2025. Our lecture named “SYE 2066: Professional Engineering Practice” and included one industrial visit. Prof. Chau arranged the visit to Amperex Technology Limited (ATL) on 11^th Oct 2025.

In the travel bus, Prof. YC Chau briefed the company background and rules of visit to students.

I took a photo inside the bus with students.

ATL is near to CityU and only 30 min travel time.

We arrived and meet Dr. Luk Chi Fai and Dr. CK Cheung as well as management of ATL.

(Left: Dr. Rock Tao (陶峰), Dr. CK Cheung, Prof. YC Chau, Dr. Luk Chi Fai, Ms. Shelly Yu (余细莲) and I)

YC and I took a photo in front of the welcome electronic banner.

In the beginning, Prof. YC Chau gave welcoming speech to students.

Then Ms. Yu introduced the ATL products and service.

ATL is the world’s leading producer and innovator of lithium-ion batteries.

Dr. Mike Chang was the spirit leader in ATL and his history was posted for memory.

We were in the hall.

Ms. Shelly Yu briefed the arrangement to us.

Then Dr. Rock Tao used some stories to introduce the growth of ATL. First, he remembered Dr. Mike Chang story for starting ATL (永不言 “氣”). Then he told us how to receive the Apple’s business ( “i” 由芯生), and then he explained how to get the opportunities and avoid disaster like Note 7 (“芯” 火燎原). After that he said the path to be the number one in this field (為 “鋰” 把關). Finally, Dr. Rock Tao explained how hard to achieve the requirement of automotive requirement from BMW (“馬” 到功成). 

Lastly, he summarized their experience of Innovation through six thinkings (Think holistic、in-depth、out-of-box、discipline、just fit and people) and seven persistence principles.

Then another engineering representative of ATL introduced their digital transformation and different systems.

Finally, Prof. YC Chau concluded some learning points to students.

We took a group photo together.

Then we started to visit the production lines and we needed to wear shoe covers. (No photo taken inside)

After the visit, we had lunch in the staff canteen.

We took a photo during the lunch.

Then we walked back to the main building.

We passed by the Central Laboratory, which reminded me of a visit I had long ago to TDK's laboratory, where the facilities were as advance as Science Park.

Finally, Prof. YC Chau presented the CityUHKDG appreciated certificate to Dr. Rock Tao for appreciating this factor visit arrangement.

Afterwards, all CityUHKDG employees took a group photo with Dr. Rock Tao.

Lastly, a group photo in front of the ATL main enter was taken for memory.

The old SAE colleagues and friends took a group photo at the end.

Dr. Luk Chi Fai and I were back to Hong Kong and saw Qianhai Snow World in the way. We had very nice visit today and learnt much from ATL.

Reference:

ATL - https://www.atlbattery.com/en/index.html

CityUHKDG - https://www.cityu-dg.edu.cn/home

BEng in Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering - https://uga.cityu-dg.edu.cn/en/Intelligent-manufacturing-engineering

SYE of CityUHK - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sye/  

BEng in Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering (BEng ITME) - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sye/bengitme.htm

Master of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/sye/msem.htm

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