Although there is great pressure, there are endless opportunities. What are the hidden development trends in China's automotive industry entering 2023? What hot topics are worth exploring in depth? At the 2023 China Automobile Association Summer Media Salon, guests from all parties had a broad and sincere conversation, with a lot of dry goods and foresight. Even 4 hours was too short.

　　In the early summer of Jiading, green and secluded grass, all things are in full bloom. The China Automobile Association Media Salon has moved to Shanghai for the first time.

　　On the afternoon of May 17th, a small conference room at the Planning Exhibition Hall in Jiading District, Shanghai was filled with high guests. Fu Bingfeng, Executive Vice President and Secretary General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Liu Yan, Chen Shihua, Wei Wenqing, Deputy Secretary General, Wang Yao, Assistant Secretary General, and other representatives from the leadership team, as well as Li Feng, Deputy District Mayor of Jiading District People's Government, and representatives from the District Government Office, District Economic Commission, District Investment Promotion Center, District Automobile Production Office, and Anting Town Relevant principals of Shanghai International Automobile City, reporters from the Shanghai railway station of the central media and its subordinate media, mainstream automotive vertical media and we media giants, and representatives of well-known industry research institutions gathered together to preview the mid year industry event, reveal the innovative action plan of Jiading, and deeply discuss the hot and key topics of the current automotive industry, and jointly look forward to the future industry change trend.

　　The China Automobile Association Media Salon has moved to Shanghai for the first time, and is "traveling in both directions" with local mainstream media

　　In order to strengthen communication with the media, timely exchange and transfer industry information, and respond to industry concerns on key and hot topics, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers has held 2-3 media communication meetings (media salons) annually since 2020. This is the first media salon held by the China Automobile Association in Shanghai.

　　This salon is chaired by Liu Yan, Deputy Secretary General of the China Automobile Association. According to her, Shanghai Jiading District and Shanghai International Automobile City are one of the important strategic partners of the China Automobile Association. The largest annual event of the China Automobile Association, the China Automobile Forum, has been held in Jiading for four consecutive years, with a wide and far-reaching impact in the industry. At present, it is less than 2 months since the 2023 China Automotive Forum was held. Choosing to hold a media salon in Jiading, Shanghai and have face-to-face communication with local mainstream media at this time not only helps the media understand more about the forum information and the development plan of the automotive industry in Jiading District, but also enables in-depth communication on current key hot topics in the industry, fully leveraging media influence, forming ideological achievements, and promoting high-quality development of the automotive industry.

　　Liu Yan, Deputy Secretary General of the China Automobile Association, presided over the salon

　　Liu Yan briefly introduced the basic information of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers to the attending media. The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers was established in May 1987 and is a self-discipline and non-profit social group formed by enterprises, institutions, and groups engaged in the production and operation of automotive vehicles, parts, and related industries in China on an equal and voluntary basis. At present, there are over 3300 member units, 42 branches, and 20 various work platforms. Over the past 30 years since its establishment, the China Automobile Association has been guided by the strategy of building a strong automobile country, fully leveraging the association's role as a bridge and link, leading the healthy and sustainable development of the automobile industry, and promoting the construction of a green and harmonious automobile society.

　　Fu Bingfeng, Executive Vice President and Secretary General of the China Automobile Association

　　In his speech, Fu Bingfeng, Executive Vice President and Secretary General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, reviewed the main evolution paths of the global automotive industry in recent years and deeply analyzed the advantages and challenges of the Chinese automotive industry. He also emphasized that the media is an important force for ideological and theoretical innovation in the automotive industry, an important force for enhancing market confidence, disseminating positive energy in the industry, and an important force for gathering and contributing wisdom. Therefore, it is necessary to fully leverage the positive leading role of mainstream media and provide suggestions for the development of the industry.

　　Innovative Action Plan for Spoilers: How Jiading Runs Vigorously on the New Automobile Track

　　Li Feng, Deputy District Mayor of the People's Government of Jiading District, Shanghai, gave a comprehensive introduction to the action plan for building a world intelligent connected vehicle innovation highland and the situation of the automotive industry in Jiading District at this salon, demonstrating to all parties how Jiading District can establish itself in the core carrying area of a world-class automotive industry center and promote new automotive tracks.

　　Li Feng, Deputy District Mayor of Jiading District People's Government of Shanghai

　　According to Li Feng, in recent years, the scale of the automobile industry in Jiading District has continued to grow. In 2022, the output value of the automobile industry has reached 385.54 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6.0%; The total output of the "new four modernizations" of automobiles was 164.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 41.8%. At present, Jiading District has gathered more than 600 automobile "new automobile" related enterprises, and has successfully applied for a national advanced manufacturing cluster on behalf of Shanghai as the "Shanghai New Energy Vehicle Cluster". At present, Jiading has formed a relatively complete industrial chain in the two new tracks of intelligent networking and hydrogen and fuel cell vehicles.

　　It is worth mentioning that there are currently 160000 automotive professionals in Jiading District, Shanghai, of which 72500 are high-end automotive composite talents, accounting for 48.3% of the city.

　　Li Feng stated that Jiading District will comprehensively empower the construction of the core carrying area of the world-class automotive industry center from various aspects such as industrial agglomeration, innovation capacity, carrier layout, policy empowerment, scenario support, demonstration drive, and ecological construction, striving to build a globally leading intelligent connected vehicle innovation highland. This main goal specifically includes achieving global leadership in industrial scale, international leadership in core technologies, complete industrial ecological elements, global leadership in innovative applications, and precise data empowerment.

　　To implement the main goals, Jiading District will take five specific actions:

　　One is the creation of industrial highlands. Jiading District will create six major highlands, namely industrial manufacturing highland, technology research and development highland, data application highland, industry exchange highland, cultural integration highland, and international talent highland. Among them, Jiading District holds more than 5 national or international high-level meetings such as the China Automotive Forum every year, which is the main content of creating a highland for industry exchange.

　　The second is the action to cultivate industrial entities. All along, Jiading District has actively promoted the transformation of traditional enterprises, nurtured the growth of emerging enterprises, and continuously strengthened the investment of high-quality enterprises, accelerating the implementation of key projects. According to Li Feng, Jiading District is accelerating the implementation of intelligent connected vehicle industry projects, achieving high-quality projects with "three months of land acquisition and three months of construction".

　　The third is the action of building a foundation for industrial carriers, which mainly includes five aspects: building a global intelligent car software innovation center in the intelligent car software park (striving to achieve an industrial scale of 70 billion yuan by 2025), cultivating innovative clusters of automotive chips in the automotive chip valley (striving to achieve an industrial scale of 50 billion yuan by 2025), and accelerating the construction of "automotive research and development" clusters in the innovation port (striving to achieve an industrial scale of 20 billion yuan by 2025) Xinneng Port strives to build a leading area for "intelligent manufacturing of automobiles" (with an industrial scale of 30 billion yuan by 2025), and Hydrogen Port strives to seize the intelligent green new track (with an industrial scale of 5 billion yuan by 2025). Among them, the Innovation Port will accelerate the construction of the "Automotive R&D" cluster area, focusing on the research and development and design of new energy and intelligent connected vehicles in the fields of vehicle, software, and chip research and development. It will fully leverage the industry linkage effect of platforms such as the Intelligent Connected Branch and Software Branch of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, and the China Germany Intelligent Connected Vehicle Promotion and Application Center to build the Innovation Port into a top automotive industry innovation park in China.

　　The fourth is the industrial demonstration and pilot action, including promoting the demonstration of autonomous driving in all areas and scenarios, deepening the construction of vehicle road collaborative environment, and forging the "China model" of dual intelligent collaboration.

　　The fifth is the action to optimize the industrial environment, including promoting the coordinated development of innovative organizations, enhancing the service capabilities of innovation platforms, and accelerating the launch of industrial innovation activities.

　　To promote the achievement of goals and ensure the implementation of actions, Li Feng stated that Jiading District has mainly taken four major measures, namely overall coordination, industry finance cooperation, standard system, and safety barriers.

　　What are the highlights of the 2023 China Automotive Forum, as the mid year event of the automotive industry is coming with a bang

　　At this year's milestone with multiple historical significance, the 2023 China Automotive Forum will be held in Jiading, Shanghai from July 5th to 7th. The forum is known as the "Davos" in the global automotive industry and the "wind vane" for the development of the automotive industry, and is an important platform for outputting wisdom and ideas to the entire industry every year. Once the news was released, it attracted the attention of the global automotive industry.

　　As the Executive Secretary General of the China Automotive Forum, Liu Yan introduced the significant significance and core information of the forum. She stated that this year marks the beginning of the comprehensive implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the beginning of a new journey towards building a socialist modernized country, the key year for connecting the 14th Five Year Plan with the next, and the 70th anniversary of China's automotive industry. In the past three years, the Chinese automotive industry has shown strong resilience in the face of multiple pressures and severe challenges brought about by the epidemic, and has maintained a stable development trend overall. Since the first half of this year, the growth of new energy vehicles, the acceleration of exports, and the increase in market share of Chinese brands have continued to become highlights in the automotive market. The 20th Shanghai International Auto Show, held in late April, has comprehensively presented a reshaping of the pattern of the new era of automobiles.

　　The China Automobile Forum, planned to be held in the middle of 2023, will continue to be organized by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the China Association for Science and Technology, and the China Machinery Industry Federation as guiding units, hosted by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, and hosted by the People's Government of Jiading District, Shanghai, Anting • Shanghai International Automobile City as the host, The subsidiary units of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Automobile Zongheng All Media, and the China Automotive Industry Economic and Technical Information Research Institute, will specifically host the forum. Ideal Automobile, Horizon, and Autohome will serve as official partners to provide support and guarantee for the smooth convening of the forum.

　　According to Liu Yan, the China Automotive Forum has been successfully held for 12 sessions and is an important platform for gathering government leaders, global automotive enterprise leaders, and automotive industry elites every year to export wisdom and ideas to the entire industry. It is also one of the top industry events that receive the most attention in the automotive industry.

　　The 2023 China Automotive Forum includes 1 closed door summit, 1 conference forum, 18 themed forums, and a variety of exhibition and display activities. Among them, 18 themed forums focused on global automotive technology trends, automotive enterprise strategies, brand marketing internationalization, dual carbon, intelligent connected vehicles, software defined cars, chips, market consumption, data ecology, digitalization, global development, high-level openness, sustainable development, industry and finance cooperation, charging pile enterprises going overseas, and other topics, closely following the development trend of the times and actively implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, From macro policies to industry trends, and then to implementation measures, comprehensively and deeply explore key development issues that are widely concerned within and outside the industry.

　　Liu Yan said that at present, the registration channel for the 2023 China Automobile Forum has been opened. Please follow the website of the China Automobile Association, the WeChat official account of the China Automobile Forum, the official website and official WeChat of Auto Zongzong to receive the latest information as soon as possible.

　　Chen Shihua and Wei Wenqing, Deputy Secretary General of the China Automobile Association, and Wang Yao, Assistant Secretary General

　　During the free communication stage of the media salon, representatives of the leadership team of China Automobile Association and Jiading District jointly discussed major macro issues such as industrial transformation and upgrading, policy orientation, car market consumption, and global industrial pattern evolution with the attending media. They also discussed the trend of car price reduction and promotion, changes in power battery prices, NOA and other intelligent driving technology applications, the new era of car enterprise cooperation represented by Geely Chang'an, and the activation of car consumption momentum We conducted in-depth analysis on a series of current hot issues such as the survival prospects of new forces in car manufacturing. The atmosphere on site was warm, with sufficient and effective communication.

　　It is reported that the China Automobile Association Media Salon holds 2-3 events every year, aiming to fully communicate with the industry and relevant mainstream media on key topics of the current period, respond to industry concerns, guide public opinion positively, create a good communication environment for Chinese automobile brands to collectively promote progress, and assist in the modernization construction of the automobile industry.