■ Observer
In recent years, my country's level of opening up in the automotive field has been further improved.
China's auto exports have soared.
According to data released by the General Administration of Customs, from January to August this year, China's total auto exports reached 1.91 million, a year-on-year increase of 44.5%. This data is second only to Japan and surpassed Germany to become the world's second largest auto exporter.
According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in August this year, China exported 308,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 65%, and exceeded 300,000 vehicles for the first time in the history of exports.
Japan, the United States, and Germany are the three major automobile producing countries, which are also Japanese, American and German in the mouths of Chinese consumers.
Now, in many countries, "Chinese" cars will gradually appear.
In the global auto market, China's market share is gradually increasing.
So, why can China's auto exports rise at such a rapid rate?
What are the underlying factors in this?
short term vs long term
China's auto exports have soared, and the short-term factor is because of the epidemic.
Under the epidemic, the global supply chain has encountered a serious crisis. The shortage of chips has seriously affected car manufacturers in Japan, Europe and the United States. Production has been affected, supply has declined, and prices have risen.
Therefore, under the influence of various objective factors, its market share has declined.
At the same time, although my country has also been affected by the epidemic, China has given full play to the advantages of its industrial chain with a large economy and a complete range of industries; and my country has effectively coordinated epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development, which has well ensured the company's Production.
Under the trade-offs, the competitiveness of China's automobiles has been improved, and the export volume has gradually increased.
In addition to short-term factors, the trending factor is the rise of new energy vehicles.
In recent years, the rapid development of China's new energy vehicles has entered the international market, driving China's automobile exports.
According to the data of the Passenger Vehicle Market Information Joint Association (hereinafter referred to as the "Passenger Association"), China's new energy vehicle exports will be 223,000 and 588,000 in 2020 and 2021, respectively, and 517,000 from January to August this year. vehicle.
At the 4th Global New Energy and Smart Vehicle Supply Chain Innovation Conference, Wang Jinzhao, director of the Industrial Economic Research Department of the Development Research Center of the State Council, said that in 2021, China's new energy vehicle exports will account for one-third of the world's total, making it the world's largest new energy vehicle. A major exporter of energy vehicles.
The development of new energy vehicles has also pushed up the export prices of Chinese cars.
According to the statistics of the China Passenger Transport Association, the average price of China's auto exports has risen from US$12,900 in 2018 to US$16,400 in 2022, and reached US$18,900 in August.
Behind the trend of new energy vehicles, a bigger trend is the continuous development of technology and ecology in China's automobile manufacturing industry.
At present, the domestic automobile industry chain is relatively complete and has differentiated competitive advantages.
This advantage stems from my country's continuous expansion of the level and field of opening up.
Constant opening up forces domestic auto companies to innovate
Previously, many people believed that since the reform and opening up, China's "market-for-technology strategy" in the automotive field has failed, but China's automobile exports have become the second largest in the world, which obviously falsified this statement.
At the same time, the fact that China has become the world's second largest auto exporter also shows that, as a beneficiary of globalization and market economy, China can continue to maintain economic growth only by continuously expanding its opening up, supporting private enterprise innovation, and being a firm defender of globalization. development momentum.
The significance of expanding opening to the outside world is not limited to the present. As far as the auto industry is concerned, the continuous expansion of opening to the outside world is not only conducive to the introduction of advanced technologies, but also to a certain extent, it can also accelerate the construction of a market-oriented, legalized and international business environment in China. , and at the same time, it is easier to fully stimulate the vitality of the market.
In other words, continuing to expand opening to the outside world is conducive to forcing Chinese auto companies to deepen reform and accelerate innovation, thereby promoting the transformation and upgrading of China's auto industry, making it bigger and stronger.
The increase in China's automobile exports is of course inseparable from the improvement of domestic automobile production technology, quality and efficiency.
In reality, many people have a misunderstanding of technology.
Simply put, they believe that technology is to develop and produce things, ignoring cost and efficiency.
In fact, in the modern global market economy, technology must not only be produced, but also produced efficiently and at low cost.
One of the reasons why China's auto industry has grown rapidly is that since the reform and opening up, the technologies, talents and industrial chain we have trained in the production of joint venture vehicles have supported the development of China's auto industry.
At the same time, in the field of new energy vehicles, we have also continued to open up to the outside world and benchmarked against international standards, so as to promote domestic car companies to improve production efficiency.
□Liu Yuanju (Columnist)
"Beijing News" October 14, 2022 Edition A02