[Explanation] The China New Energy Vehicle Development High-level Forum opened on September 23 in the "China Car Valley" Wuhan Economic Development Zone.
Leaders from many well-known Chinese and foreign auto companies, experts and scholars, and representatives from the investment community discussed the development trend of China's new energy vehicle industry and the paths and strategies for building a strong new energy vehicle country around topics such as a strong auto industry chain.
[Explanation] With the theme of "Building a New Pattern and Creating a New Ecology", this forum was co-sponsored by the Wuhan Municipal People's Government, the China Electric Vehicle Hundred People's Association, and the Hubei Research Institute of China Engineering Science and Technology Development Strategy.
[Explanation] At the forum, Chen Qingtai, chairman of the China Electric Vehicle Association of 100, introduced that in the past 10 years, China's new energy vehicle technology has continued to improve, and production and sales have maintained ultra-high growth.
In 2021, China's new energy vehicle sales will be 3.521 million, accounting for 54.2% of the global total, with a market penetration rate of 13.4%.
From January to August this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles increased by more than 100% year-on-year, and the market penetration rate increased to 22.9%.
[Concurrent] Chen Qingtai, Chairman of China Electric Vehicle 100 Association
We have to put the car of the future in a larger category.
Evaluate its development prospects from a broader perspective.
To deploy its future, in order to stabilize the direction.
[Explanation] In Chen Qingtai's view, "Electrification is only the prelude to the automotive revolution."
He said that with the accelerated integration of new-generation information technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data, and 5G with the automobile industry, the current "attributes," "definition," and "core" of automobiles have all changed, gradually transforming from simple mechanical products to mechanical products. On the basis of the data determines the experience, the mobile intelligent terminal of the software-defined product.
The synergy and integration of automobiles and mobile communications, energy, transportation, smart cities and other fields is the key to the competition of new energy vehicles.
[Concurrent] Chen Qingtai, Chairman of China Electric Vehicle 100 Association
Compared with a traditional car, its attributes have changed, its definition has changed, its core has changed, and its boundaries have also changed.
It is being transformed from a typical mechanical product to a power electronic product, Internet product, and digital product of high-tech electronic information based on mechanical product.
It is a moving machine from A to B.
It is a mobile smart terminal where data determines experience and software-defined products.
Understanding and grasping this is crucial, and it will even affect the future of the entire industry.
[Explanation] Zhu Yanfeng, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. believes that in order to promote the stable and long-term development of the new energy vehicle industry under the current situation, enterprises should balance the relationship between technology, product innovation and market demand, so as to promote new energy vehicles. achieve healthier development.
[Concurrent] Zhu Yanfeng, Chairman and Secretary of the Party Committee of Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd.
New energy automobile enterprises should continue to promote technological progress and technological innovation, and strive to reduce costs and increase benefits.
The upstream enterprise chain must adhere to long-termism, prevent short-term behavior from zero-sum competition, and keep supply prices within a rational range.
[Explanation] Hubei, where the forum was held, is an important city in China's auto industry.
At present, Hubei has 1,578 regulated automobile enterprises, and its automobile output ranks fourth in the country.
Among them, Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone's automobile production accounts for about "half of the country" in the province.
At present, Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Zone is accelerating the transformation and upgrading from traditional cars to smart cars, and has initially built a complete ecosystem of "next-generation cars".
[Concurrent] Chen Qingtai, Chairman of China Electric Vehicle 100 Association
The cars of the future already have the attributes of high-tech products.
What can meet the market demand is the continuous iterative progress of technology and continuous imaginative innovation.
With sufficient investment in R&D, it is an inevitable choice for products and enterprises to maintain strong technical support capabilities.
Reporter Zheng Ziyan reports from Wuhan, Hubei
Responsible editor: [Li Ji]