On September 15th, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers issued the "Initiative on Payment Norms for Supplier Accounts of Automobile Whole - Vehicle Enterprises", aiming to promote the implementation of the "Regulations on Ensuring Payment of Accounts to Small and Medium - Sized Enterprises" in the automotive industry. In response to this initiative, relevant officials from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology answered reporters' questions, stating that they fully support the issuance of this initiative. At the same time, they will take multiple measures to promote the construction of a collaborative and win - win development ecosystem of "whole vehicles - components" and promote the healthy and sustainable development of the industry.

The initiative clearly stipulates requirements in multiple aspects such as goods delivery and acceptance, the start of the payment term, account reconciliation and settlement, and payment. For example, it is clearly stated that the goods acceptance time should generally not exceed three working days, and the payment term should generally start from the date when the supplier delivers the goods and they pass the acceptance; it is recommended that all payments to small and medium - sized enterprises be made in cash or bank acceptance bills; it advocates that both the supplier and the purchaser establish a long - term and stable cooperative relationship, and the validity period of each contract signed should be no less than one year. These detailed implementation requirements help guide enterprises in the industry to effectively fulfill their commitments on payment terms, which is of great significance for promoting the standardized development of the automotive industry. A relevant official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology pointed out that the new - energy vehicle industry has a relatively short development time in China. The product structure, market scale, and industrial form are still changing rapidly, and the supply - chain system is not yet mature. Against this background, when vehicle - manufacturing enterprises delay payment for goods, it will increase the operating pressure on suppliers, directly affect their investment, and be extremely unfavorable to industrial technological innovation and the construction of the industrial chain and supply - chain system. Promoting the shortening of the payment term for goods can not only relieve the financial difficulties of suppliers but also help vehicle - manufacturing enterprises improve their own operation and management efficiency, accelerate the establishment of a modern management system, and achieve the goal of becoming larger and stronger. Therefore, vehicle - manufacturing enterprises should take a long - term view, strengthen mutually beneficial and win - win cooperation with suppliers, support each other, jointly build a good development ecosystem, jointly promote the high - quality development of the industry, and share the dividends of industrial development.