China News Service, October 14 (Li Qiuying and Zhou Zhuoao) "We believe that in the foreseeable future, China's adoption of new technologies and market growth are the fastest in the world." Executive Vice President of General Motors , General Motors China President Bai Li said in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com before the 33rd Shanghai Mayor’s International Entrepreneur Consultation Meeting (hereinafter referred to as the Municipal Consultation Meeting).

　　The City Council started in the late 1980s. For 30 years, a group of international entrepreneurs called "foreign ginseng" have come to Shanghai from all over the world during the golden autumn season, and they have continuously contributed valuable contributions to Shanghai. International experience, this year's city council will be held on October 15th.

　　Baili believes that diversified and young Shanghai has a very positive business environment, and Shanghai's consumer market has natural advantages in the fields of new energy vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles.

　　"Shanghai's overall environment is very good, because the government has provided a lot of support in it, so that we can explore the possibility of further development of various cars." Baili said.

In recent years, Shanghai has also taken a series of measures to promote consumption, such as the annual China International Import Expo and the May 5th Shopping Festival; at the same time, the government also provides free new energy vehicle licenses to encourage people to buy environmentally friendly vehicles...

　　The second factor lies in the consumers in Shanghai. “Consumers in Shanghai are one of the groups most willing to accept new technologies and enter the high-end market. Growing."

　　In the face of the huge Chinese market, how does GM plan to deploy?

　　Baili said, “In China, we mainly adopt a two-step strategy. The first step is to build a global electric vehicle platform. Not long ago, we just launched the Ultium electric vehicle platform. The first electric car to be launched will be Cadillac’s LYRIQ, which will be launched in China and the United States at the same time in 2022.” The second step is the cooperation strategy with SAIC. “We already have one of the best-selling electric vehicles in China. The car, the Wuling Hongguang mini, is now growing at a rate of 1,000 units a day. If we do not encounter the problem of chip shortage, we will sell more products. We are using a global small electric car platform In the future, besides Wuling Hongguang, more products will be launched on this platform."

　　Baili introduced that at the 33rd city capital meeting, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Bora will make suggestions on how to build the "Shanghai Shopping" brand and accelerate the transformation of Shanghai into an international consumption center.

"Recommendations include further promoting the construction of infrastructure for electric vehicles and intelligent networked vehicles, suggesting that the Shanghai Municipal Government should treat the new technologies and products introduced at the CIIE differently, and provide certain policy flexibility under the premise of ensuring safety. It also provides better development space for product localization." (End)