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　　China's new energy vehicle market continues to be bullish

　　Our reporter Liu Yuanyuan

　　The 2020 World New Energy Vehicle Conference is being held in Haikou City, Hainan Province.

The conference focused on the sustainable and healthy development of new energy vehicles, electrification, intelligence, shared integration development, and cross-industry collaboration.

　　At this conference, the future trend of China's new energy vehicle market received great attention.

Staged decline after rapid growth

　　Xin Guobin, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced at the conference that in recent years, China's new energy automobile industry has made positive progress and has become an important force in the electrification transformation of the global automobile industry.

The production and sales volume has ranked first in the world for 5 consecutive years, with a cumulative sales volume of over 4.5 million vehicles, accounting for more than 50% of the world.

　　However, due to the greater downward pressure on the macro economy and the decline in subsidies, China's new energy vehicle sales in 2019 only reached 1.206 million units, a year-on-year decrease of 4%.

Especially from January to July this year, the total sales of new energy vehicles in Europe reached 500,000, which was 14,000 more than in my country, which aroused widespread public concern.

　　"I think this issue should be treated rationally." Xin Guobin said.

　　According to his analysis, in 2018, China's auto market saw its first negative growth since 1990, and it has shown a downward trend in the past three years.

Affected by the epidemic this year, there may be a certain degree of decline.

　　"However, new energy vehicles have only experienced a staged decline after experiencing rapid growth. Consumers generally welcome new energy vehicles." In Xin Guobin's view, with the advancement of power battery technology and the construction of charging and replacement infrastructure The development of new energy vehicles will become more obvious.

The impact of subsidy decline on the market is temporary

　　"The impact of the decline of new energy vehicle subsidies on the market is temporary." Xin Guobin said.

　　He explained that in order to actively respond to the impact of the epidemic and ease the pressure on business operations, the Chinese government has clearly extended the new energy vehicle subsidies and purchase tax preferential policies for two years.

In order to help companies develop markets, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, in conjunction with relevant departments, organized a campaign for new energy vehicles to go to the countryside.

He believes that these measures will further promote the stable development of the industry.

　　"Since July this year, the monthly sales of new energy vehicles have achieved positive year-on-year growth, and have returned to the monthly consumption level of 100,000 vehicles." Xin Guobin said.

　　From the perspective of scientific research and development, Xin Guobin said that major Chinese auto companies have basically established a positive research and development system for new energy vehicles.

　　"A group of new car-making forces have injected new vitality into the development of the industry. Some multinational companies in the world have also increased the research and development of new energy vehicles. Products developed based on the newly designed pure electric drive platform are increasingly recognized by consumers. "Xin Guobin said.

Consumers are more open to accepting new models

　　The attractiveness of China's new energy automobile market to foreign automobile brands also reflects its development potential.

　　"One thing we found in China is very good. People welcome new energy vehicles very much. Although the history of China's automobile development is relatively short, unlike the German automobile industry, which has a very long history, people are very open in accepting new models." BMW Group Gao Le, President and CEO of Greater China, said that Chinese consumers are younger, and in general young people are more receptive to innovation.

He believes that this is an advantage of the Chinese market-it is easier to accept innovation than the German market.

　　According to Gao Le, BMW already has a huge investment in Shenyang, and at the same time it opened the second phase of the high-power battery plant two weeks ago.

In addition, BMW has three R&D centers in Shanghai, Beijing, and Shenyang in China. The total number of dealers is 550, and more than 470 are selling new energy vehicles.

　　Shi Kun, chief financial officer of Daimler Greater China, introduced that Daimler launched a hydrogen fuel cell truck with a cruising range of more than 1,000 kilometers in September.

"We believe that this technology will be very suitable for heavy trucks with medium and long cruising range and fits China's development strategy very well." Shi Kun said.