On November 2, Zhongsheng Group Holdings Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhongsheng Group") signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Autohome. The two parties will combine their respective advantageous resources to explore providing users with car viewing, car buying, car use, and replacement. A new model of one-stop service for cars.
Long Quan, Chairman and CEO of Autohome, Zhang Zhicheng, Executive Director, Chief Operating Officer and Vice President of Zhongsheng Holdings, Yang Song, Senior Vice President of Autohome, Li Yuanhua, Vice President of Zhongsheng Group and other guests attended the ceremony.
Signing ceremony site
Autohome, founded in 2005, is a one-stop car life service provider integrating "content ecology + tool service + trading platform". Its 500 million user data and a large active user group can accurately reach the The target customers for vehicle replacement needs have become the preferred platform for buying and selling used cars.
In 2020, after controlling the largest second-hand car online trading platform in China, Tiantian Paiche, together with the resources of Ping An Group, it will become the only Internet company in the market with a complete layout of the second-hand car C2B2B2C ecosystem, providing users and customers with a full range of services.
As a leading national auto dealer group, Zhongsheng Group focuses on the operation of luxury and mid-to-high-end brand portfolios, and has created the UCC (Used Car Center) model of "asset-light, high-return" to realize resources such as people, goods, and markets. The high-efficiency integration of the company has formed a nationwide second-hand car chain trading platform, realizing the layout of "one body and two wings" integrating new and used cars and second-hand car sales and sales, providing car owners with full value chain and full-cycle butler-style services.
This time, Autohome and Zhongsheng Group have reached a strategic cooperation, which provides a good opportunity for in-depth cooperation between the two parties in their respective business fields. Autohome will provide online access and user operation services, and Zhongsheng Group will provide offline experience and professional services. To achieve resource sharing, complementary advantages, mutual benefit and win-win, and jointly explore new business models for used cars.
After the cooperation between the two parties, Autohome will use its huge user base and professional and authoritative content system, combined with products such as car source reporting and butler one-stop service, to bring online user access and invitations to stores and other services to provide Zhongsheng Group's high-quality car sources create new retail channels; Zhongsheng Group will provide car owners with a better consumption experience by combining the professional service system of nationwide outlets, integration of old and new, and 4S stores.
Based on this model, urban pilot projects will be launched, and it is expected that the verification of the one-stop service transaction model will be completed by the end of this year.
Group photo of the guests
At the signing ceremony, Zhang Zhicheng, executive director, chief operating officer and vice president of Zhongsheng Group, and Yang Song, senior vice president of Autohome, completed the strategic signing as representatives of both parties.
Li Yuanhua, Vice President of Zhongsheng Group, Long Quan, Chairman and CEO of Autohome, and the head of the used car-related business of Autohome witnessed this important moment and participated in the sharing and exchange activities.
Long Quan, chairman and CEO of Autohome, expressed full expectations for the new model jointly created by the two parties.
He pointed out that as a one-stop car service provider, Zhongsheng Group has obvious advantages in used car service and model expansion.
The two parties will use this signing as a starting point to jointly explore the whole chain of used car circulation, providing consumers with a new replacement experience and more standard, professional and meticulous butler-style services.
Zhang Zhicheng also fully affirmed the importance of the cooperation between the two parties, pointing out that Autohome is the leading car internet platform in the country, and has made outstanding contributions and achievements in promoting the development of the used car industry and model innovation.
In the future, Zhongsheng Group will work with Autohome to explore more cooperation possibilities in butler service and offline inspection and delivery services.