Chinese Bridge contestants tour NEV museum in Tianjin

Walking through exhibits tracing the automotive power evolution from steam engines to electric motors, the multinational group paused before a displayed letter from the late scientist Qian Xuesen. They read Qian's words, transcribed on the wall, aloud. It was a quote from his decades‑old vision that China's auto industry should skip the gasoline and diesel phases in favor of moving directly toward NEVs.