On October 22, China News Service Ministry of Electric Industry and Information Technology spokesperson Huang Libin, director of the Operation Monitoring Coordination Bureau, said on the 22nd that the agency predicts that the annual car production and sales will drop by about 3% this year, and the total sales will be close to 25 million vehicles.
Data map: People visit the auto show.
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On the morning of the 22nd, the State Council Information Office held a press conference on the development of the industrial communications industry in the first three quarters of 2020.
When answering a reporter’s question, Huang Libin said that in the first three quarters, my country’s automobile production and sales were 16.96 million and 17.12 million, down 6.7% and 6.9% year-on-year, of which passenger car production and sales were 13.22 million and 13.38 million. The production and sales of commercial vehicles were 3.74 million and 3.75 million, respectively, representing a year-on-year increase of 21.5% and 19.8%.
Judging from the cumulative situation of the first three quarters, the production and sales of automobiles are still showing a downward trend year-on-year, and the growth of commercial vehicles is relatively good.
In September, the automobile production and sales volume reached 2.52 million and 2.57 million respectively, an increase of 14.1% and 12.8% year-on-year.
Judging from the situation in recent months, the recovery situation of the auto industry is still in a state of continuous improvement.
Huang Libin said that with the continuous consolidation of the effectiveness of normalized epidemic prevention and control, the "six stability" and "six guarantees" measures have come into play, and the vitality of economic development has been further strengthened, which is conducive to the income growth and consumption confidence of the general public, thereby promoting automobile consumption. growth of.
According to the forecast of industry organizations, in the fourth quarter, my country's commercial vehicles will continue to maintain a rapid growth trend driven by investment, and passenger vehicles will also maintain a certain growth driven by relevant consumer promotion policies.
The agency predicts that this year's auto production and sales will fall by about 3%, and the total sales will be close to 25 million.
It is expected that next year, my country's automobiles are expected to maintain a recovering positive growth.
The current focus of automobile development is still new energy vehicles.
On October 9th, the State Council executive meeting passed the "New Energy Automobile Industry Development Plan (2021-2035)", which will provide important guidance for the development of the new energy automobile industry in the future.