China News Service, Chongqing, June 12 (Reporter Yan Xiaohong) As a large-scale and influential automotive professional exhibition in the central and western regions, the 2021 (23rd) Chongqing International Automobile Exhibition opened on the 12th.

  Wang Xia, Chairman of the Automotive Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said at the China Automotive Chongqing Forum 2021 that the technological change that has not been seen in a century with electric intelligence as the main feature has transformed Chinese cars from a global market center to a global technological frontier. Position, China's auto industry ushered in a new era of electric intelligence.

Electric smart technology is a new productivity, and new production relationships are needed to match it.

  According to industry experts, China's automobile industry is currently in a critical period from rapid development to high-quality development. With the rise of new forces, new technological changes, accelerated industrial restructuring, and frequent industry restructuring, a new era has come.

At the same time, the main groups of urban consumption have also undergone tremendous changes. The new era and new outlets call for innovation and change and open up new situations.

  The data shows that although the sales of passenger cars in China dropped slightly last year, the number of connected passenger cars rose sharply.

At this year's auto show, BAIC Ruixiang, a new car brand jointly created by Chongqing Municipal Government, Hechuan District Government and BAIC Group, was officially released, and its first new intelligent SUV, BAIC Ruixiang X5, made its debut.

In the future, we will also vigorously implement the strategy of "simultaneous development of passenger cars and commercial vehicles, parallel traditional energy and new energy, and equal emphasis on domestic and foreign markets". Relying on the three major architectures of modular infrastructure, electronic and electrical appliances, and intelligent networking, we are committed to technology, Product and market innovation.

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