The 2000th new energy vehicle in China rolled off the production line. China's new energy vehicle production and sales have ranked first globally for eight consecutive years.
China surpassed Germany to become the world's second largest car exporter.
The subsidies for the purchase of new energy vehicles in mainland China ended. However, new energy vehicles purchased during the period from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023 are still exempt from vehicle purchase tax.
China's Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Public Security, and General Administration of Customs jointly issued the "Notice of the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Public Security, and General Administration of Customs on Further Expanding the Regional Scope of Used Car Export Business", adding 14 new regions to carry out used car export business area.
The General Office of the State Council of China issued "Opinions on Promoting the Stability and Quality Improvement of Foreign Trade", which clearly stated: support more export business of used cars, expand the scale of used car exports, and improve the quality of used car exports.
China issued the industry standards for the quality of used car exports, "Quality Requirements for Export of Used Passenger Cars" WM/T8-2022, and "Quality Requirements for Export of Used Commercial Vehicles and Trailers" WM/T9-2022.
Guangdong Province produced a total of 3.3846 million vehicles, accounting for 12.76% of the country's total vehicle production. The proportions were 10.68%, 9.14%, and 7.91%.
China's export of used cars for the whole year of 2021 exceeded 15,000, and the export value exceeded 220 million US dollars.
China's cumulative exports of used cars exceeded 10,000.
The General Office of the Ministry of Commerce of China issued the "Notice on Issuing the First Batch of Industry Standard Projects in the Commercial Field in 2021" to encourage the formulation of the "Export Quality Standards for Used Passenger Vehicles" and "Export Quality Standards for Used Commercial Vehicles and Trailers" "As the first batch of industry standard project plans in the commercial field in 2021.
China's Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued the "Notice on Expanding the Regional Scope of Used Car Export Business", adding 20 regions including Tangshan, Hebei, and Taiyuan, Shanxi, to carry out second-hand car export business. The region where could carry out used car export business in China reached 30, covering 25 provinces (autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government).
On July 30, 2020, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology revised the "Regulations on the Administration of New Energy Vehicle Manufacturers and Products Access", which further relaxed the entry threshold for the new energy vehicle industry.
China revised the group standards for the export of used cars and released the "Export Inspection Specifications for Used Passenger Cars" (T/CAS 357-2020) and "Export Inspection Specifications for Used Trucks and Trailers" (T/CAS 358-2020 ).
The Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Public Security, and the General Administration of Customs of China issued the "Notice on Matters Concerning Accelerating the Export of Used Cars." Exported used cars were allowed to be signed as "transferred for export".The export license of used cars was changed from "one license per car" to "one license per batch"; the export of used cars was applicable to the integration of national approval.
The General Office of the Ministry of Commerce of China and the General Administration of Customs jointly issued the "Notice on Matters Concerning Paperless Application for Export Licenses for Used Cars", implementing paperless export license application and customs clearance operations for the export of used cars.
China realized the first batch of second-hand car exports -the first batch of second-hand car exported in Guangdong Province, a total of 300 vehicles, with an amount of 2.5 million US dollars, which were sold to Cambodia, Nigeria, Myanmar, Russia and other countries.
China issued the first group standards for the export of used vehicles in the country - "Export Inspection Specifications for Used Passenger Cars" (T/CAS 357-2019) and "Export Inspection Specifications for Used Trucks and Trailers" (T/CAS 358-2019).
China established its first used car export industry organization - the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce Automobile Dealers Association Used Car Export Professional Committee.
China's Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Public Security, and General Administration of Customs jointly issued the "Notice on Supporting the Export of Used Cars in Areas with Mature Conditions" to support the export of used cars in 10 regions including Beijing and Tianjin.
China abolished restrictions on shareholding ratios in automotive joint ventures. Beijing also pledged to phase out rules requiring foreign automakers to share factory ownership and profits with Chinese companies by 2022.
The production and sales of automobiles in China were 27.809 million and 28.081 million respectively.
Geely Holding Group announced that it would invest US$9 billion to acquire a 9.69% stake in Daimler Group, the parent company of Mercedes-Benz.
Xiaopeng Motors announced that it had received a total of 2.2 billion RMB in Series B financing. Alibaba Group, Foxconn and IDG Capital jointly led the investment, and Yunfeng Fund, Apoletto and CICC followed up. Xiaopeng Motors had a total financing amount of 5 billion yuan.
The cumulative sales volume of Great Wall Motors for the whole year was 1,070,161 units, of which the cumulative sales volume of SUVs was 938,282 units. Great Wall Motors had been the sales champion in the Chinese SUV market for 15 consecutive years. In terms of profit performance, Great Wall Motors had always been regarded as the most profitable independent brand in China, with "the world's largest profit margin".
Geely Automobile adjusted its sales target twice, and finally succeeded in surpassing the set target of 1.1 million units with a total sales volume of 1.2 million units, a year-on-year increase of 56%. This sales performance not only won the championship among Chinese brands, but also performed very dazzlingly in the ranking of global auto brands. The top five Chinese auto brands by sales in 2017 were Geely, Baojun, Haval, Changan, and Trumpchi. Among them, Geely became the only company whose sales exceeded one million with a total sales volume of 1.2 million, and its ranking also rose from the third place in 2016 to the top of the list. In the overall ranking of China's auto market, Geely Automobile also defeated many joint venture brands and ranked third, second only to Volkswagen (3.1352 million vehicles) and Honda (1.4233 million vehicles).
Weilai Automobile, WM Motor, and Xiaopeng Automobile were favored by BAT and received huge investment. Among them, Tencent, JD.com, and Baidu invested in NIO, Baidu invested in WM Motor, and Ali invested in Xpeng Motors.
WM Motor reached a new round of financing, led by Baidu Capital, followed by Internet strategic investors such as Baidu Group, SIG Haina Asia, Amoeba and Internet financial investors. WM Motor officially confirmed that the accumulated financing of WM Motor had exceeded RMB 12 billion.
SAIC and Alibaba jointly released the Roewe RX5 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang. This was a model aimed at the mid-level SUV segment. Compared with other products launched by the brand before, it had an appearance design that was easily accepted by more Chinese people-the essence of this design concept was summarized as "magnificence" . At the same time, it also had a new and resounding title - "the world's first Internet SUV". In the 20 months since its launch, the highest monthly sales volume of the Roewe RX5 exceeded 20,000 units, and the average monthly sales volume was 16,000 units.
China became the world's largest new energy vehicle market.
SAIC Motor and Alibaba signed a strategic cooperation agreement on "Internet Car" in Shanghai.
Internet companies in China began to enter the automobile industry.
China bet on the field of pure electric vehicles with an almost "gamble" move. Governments across China had intensively introduced a series of policies to support electric vehicles. In a few years, 90% of China's new energy vehicles had been localized, and it had also given birth to magnates in the electric vehicle industry such as BYD and CATL.
In China, new forces were established one after another, and traditional car companies entered the field of new energy.
BAIC acquired a 70% stake in Changhe Automobile, formally incorporated it.
Great Wall Motor achieved a profit margin of 16.4%, surpassing luxury car brands such as Ferrari and Porsche, and becoming the car company with the highest profit margin in the world.
The China Automobile Association announced the production and sales of automobiles in China in 2011. The data showed that although the total volume still increased slightly, the growth rate was the lowest level in the previous 13 years. In 2011, the national automobile production was 18.4189 million, a year-on-year increase of 0.84%; the national automobile sales were 18.5051 million, a year-on-year increase of 2.45%. Passenger cars were better than the industry average, but the growth rate of production and sales was only 4% to 5%.
CATL was established.
China's automobile consumer market ushered in a production and sales volume of more than 18 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 32%.
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. ("GAC Group") and Zhejiang Gonow Holding Group Co., Ltd. ("Gio Holding") jointly established GAC Gonow Automobile Co., Ltd. ("GAC Gonow")) was officially listed. The registered capital of GAC Gonow is 1.26 billion yuan, and GAC Group holds a 51% stake in cash.
Geely officially completed the acquisition of the entire stake in Volvo Cars at a price of US$1.8 billion. Through this acquisition, Geely mastered the ownership and use rights of Volvo Cars' key technologies and intellectual property rights, and had the right to use all Ford Motor-related intellectual property rights, which laid a solid foundation for Geely's international development and technological innovation of Chinese auto brands.
China's automobile production exceeded 10 million, reaching 13.79 million, surpassing Japan to become the world's largest automobile producer. Guangzhou had become one of China's important automobile (especially sedan) production bases in the past few years. Guangzhou was also the city that produces the most Japanese automobiles in China.
Although the growth rate of China's auto consumption market narrowed significantly, the production and sales approached the 10 million mark.
SAIC Motor and Nanjing Automobile successfully signed a merger agreement with the support of the National Development and Reform Commission.
The cumulative production and sales of automobiles nationwide were 5,707,700 and 5,758,200 respectively, especially the sales volume, which ranked second in the world.
PricewaterhouseCoopers announced that among the three bidders for Rover, including SAIC, they finally chose Nanjing Automotive Industry Group. Nanjing Auto finally purchased the century-old British brand that had declared bankruptcy at a price of about 50.78 million pounds.
The 100,000-unit production base of Great Wall Motors was completed, and the Hover series SUVs were put into production and continued to sell well. Afterwards, the high-end SUV product WEI with a monthly sales volume of 20,000 units was launched.
SAIC Group purchased Rover's core high-quality assets for 67 million pounds: the intellectual property rights of two of Rover's best models, the 25 and 75 series sedans and a full range of engines.
China's automobile consumption market continued to maintain a super-high growth rate of around 35%.
BYD surpassed Japan's Sanyo to become the world's largest battery supplier (at that time, it was mainly mobile phone battery supply). In the same year, it announced its entry into the field of electric vehicles.
Nanjing Automobile Group Co., Ltd. successively launched Palio sedan, Siena sedan and Fiat Weekend Touring sedan, which were in line with the world. Among them, Palio was the first compact hatchback with an international standard launched in the domestic market after China's accession to the WTO; Siena was a classic yet modern sedan; Fiat Weekend Style wass The latest generation of the wagon.
The production and sales of China's auto consumer market were around 3.25 million units, an astonishing 38% year-on-year growth, which was later called the "first year of blowout" in China's auto consumer market.
Great Wall Motors ushered in its own unique SUV era. In this year, the Great Wall Safe SUV was launched, which was the first economical SUV in China, and entered the top three in the national SUV market that year.
The Shanghai International Automobile Exhibition opened, and 8 foreign manufacturers and 117 domestic manufacturers participated in the exhibition. The one-week auto show attracted more than 350,000 visitors from all over the world.
China joined the WTO. In the next five years, China would reduce the tariffs on imported automobiles, gradually release the quota of imported automobile licenses, and open the automobile service trade market to foreign businessmen. On the same day, the State Administration of Taxation adjusted the minimum taxable price of vehicle purchase tax. At the beginning of China's accession to the WTO, China's auto production was only 2.34 million units. Just six years later, China's auto output nearly quadrupled to 7.27 million units.
Qinchuan "Flair" sedan rolled off the assembly line at Xi'an Qinchuan Automobile Co., Ltd. and was officially put on the market.
Dongfeng Citroen-Picasso sedan rolled off the assembly line at Shenlong Automobile Co., Ltd..
The "Bora" sedan produced by FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd. rolled off the production line.
Shanghai Volkswagen Co., Ltd. held a ceremony to roll off the 60,000th Passat.
The Hainan Mazda Puli carriage rolled off the production line.
The brand-new "Fengshen Bluebird" (EQ7200-Ⅱ) rolled off the production line at Dongfeng Xiangfan base.
Bentley China became the general agent of Rolls-Royce and Bentley in mainland China, which indicated that Rolls-Royce and Bentley officially entered the Chinese market.
The new Accord 3.0LV6 sedan of Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. rolled off the assembly line.
Huali Happiness Messenger rolled off the assembly line.
Guangzhou Isuzu Bus Co., Ltd. rolled off the first two Isuzu GALA buses.
Volkswagen (China) Investment Co., Ltd. announced that the German Volkswagen Group's total investment in China in the next five years will reach 12 billion RMB.
The car purchase tax was levied to replace the original car purchase fee in China.
A new generation of Hongqi sedan - "Hongqi Century Star" was put into mass production in FAW .
The production and sales of China's automobile consumer market exceeded 2 million vehicles, a year-on-year increase of more than 13%;
Approved by the State Council, starting from January 1, 2001,China once again voluntarily lowered the overall tariff level from 16.4% to 15.3%, with an average drop of 6.6%. The tariff on transportation vehicles will be cut by 24%, and the price of imported cars will be cut by 5% to 10%. The reduction in tariffs is one of the reasons for the stronger auto market.
Changhe "Big Dipper" small multi-purpose vehicle, which has attracted much attention, officially rolled off the production line at Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
The 120,000th Songhuajiang car produced by Harbin Hafei Automobile Manufacturing Co., Ltd. in 2000 rolled off the production line.
In Shenyang, Chevrolet Pioneer SUV leisure vehicle produced by Jinbei General Motors Co., Ltd. rolled off the production line.
The Xiali 2000 sedan produced by Tianjin Automobile Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. introduced advanced technology from Toyota Motor Corporation of Japan.
The Sail compact car rolled off the assembly line at Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd..
The first "Antelope Century Star" sedan launched by Changan Suzuki Automobile Co., Ltd., worth about 100,000 RMB, rolled off the production line.
Quasi-car seized the national market and divided the market share. The sales volume from January to September reached 40,000. Car websites were established one after another, and online car shopping appeared in China. Automobile recall policy began to be noticed.
The Buick G-type 2.49L car produced by Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd. was launched; on the 18th, the first batch of 200 "Green Storm" EFI minivans of Changhe Aircraft Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. rolled off the production line , of which the emission has reached the Euro II standard.
The new "Motor Vehicle Insurance Clause" was implemented.
The millionth car sold by Yuejin Automobile Group Co., Ltd. was released, and the EFI model of Inger passenger car was launched in batches at the same time; on March 22, the first Accord 2.0EXi environmental protection model produced by Guangzhou Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. On the 27th, the millionth TS6-52 six-speed synchronizer transmission was rolled off the production line at the China FAW Transmission Factory; on the 28th, a 2L Fengshen EQ7200 sedan was unveiled in Shenzhen.
China's first brand-new concept multi-functional RV vehicle - Southeast Fulika rolled off the assembly line at Southeast (Fujian) Automobile Industry Co., Ltd.
Under the leadership of the Li brothers, Geely Group, a private enterprise that started from the production and sales of decoration materials, became the first private enterprise in China to enter the ranks of the automobile industry. In just one year, Geely has become a household name from obscurity. Immediately afterwards, Brilliance Group followed suit and launched the Zhonghua Sedan. Their intervention broke the myth of high investment and high cost in the automotive industry. The biggest impact on mainstream car manufacturers was Nanya Yinger, Jiangsu Yueda, Zhejiang Geely and other quasi-cars. It sounded a wake-up call for mainstream car manufacturers: they must produce cars that ordinary people can afford.
The year 2000 was not only a year of rapid development of the domestic auto industry, but also a year of fierce competition in the market. At the same time, it was also a year when major international auto manufacturers paid the most attention to the Chinese auto market. In addition to cooperating in the production of Costa CMB in Chengdu, Sichuan Province and Toyota sedan in Tianjin, Toyota Motor Corporation also actively looked for partners in order to gain more market share. Basic industries such as auto parts were also important targets. In addition to project negotiations with Chongqing Changan, Ford also officially launched the first Internet network of authorized dealers in China. In addition to increasing investment in China, Daimler and Chrysler were also exploring the possibility of producing other models. Naturally, Renault, Fiat, Mitsubishi, Hyundai, and Daewoo are also making active efforts to obtain cooperation licenses in China. However, Volkswagen, Citroen, Honda, and GM, which have already established a firm foothold in China, were considering how to expand their advantages, firmly occupy the market and expand their brand influence.
Tianjin Xiali was the first to break the deadlock, launching promotional activities in Beijing that offered discounts of 3,000-4,000 RMB to consumers in five industries, making the self-discipline alliance useless. Under such circumstances, several other enterprises had to lower prices to win the market in order to guarantee their market share, and thus opened the prelude to a fierce "price war".
The Shanghai Volkswagen Passat rolled off the production line, setting the standard for mid-size cars in China.
The Audi A6 limousine introduced and developed by FAW-Volkswagen began production.
Nanjing Automobile Group Co., Ltd. and Italy's Fiat Automobile Company jointly established a joint venture with a total asset of nearly 3 billion yuan, and each party holds 50% of the shares. The main tooling and equipment are imported from abroad.
One of the world's best-selling B-segment cars, the sixth-generation Accord was introduced to China. This was the mid-to-high-end car with the latest model and the most advanced technology in the domestic market at that time.
China's automobile growth was flat, with an annual growth rate of only 1.5% to 7.3%. At the same time, the disadvantages of scattered, chaotic and small-scale automobile industry are becoming more and more obvious. By 1998, the total output of automobiles in China had reached 1.628 million, thus becoming the tenth largest automobile manufacturing country in the world. In this year, the second round of joint ventures for Chinese cars began. Shanghai GM and Guangzhou Honda broke ground, and then Buick and Accord came out. During this period, FAW-Volkswagen and DPCA also gained a firm foothold and began to challenge Shanghai Volkswagen, which has been the top domestic auto company for many years. The mid-term peak entered the trough.
Peugeot and GAC formally signed a contract to transfer equity for "1 franc", and Peugeot, which has cooperated for 13 years, finally exited decently.
China FAW Group Corp., Ltd. was established.
Yutong Bus, the first domestic bus company, went public.
The contract and articles of association of Sino-US joint venture Shanghai General Motors Co., Ltd. and Pan Asia Automotive Technology Center Co., Ltd. were signed. Shanghai GM became the largest automobile joint venture at that time.
The Audi 200 series cars rolled off the production line in batches at FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd. and put them on the market.
Nanjing Iveco Automobile Co., Ltd. was established as a joint venture between Yuejin Automobile Group Corporation and Italian Fiat Group Iveco.
Southeast (Fujian) Automobile Industry Co., Ltd. was formally established in Fuzhou.
Fukang began joint production in Wuhan, China. Fukang sedan is actually a replica of Citroen ZX.
The City Golf sedan was put into mass production at FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd.
China's first vehicle frontal crash test was successful.
The Santana 2000 jointly designed by German Volkswagen and Shanghai Volkswagen rolled off the production line.
the State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the "Industrial Policy for the Automobile Industry".
The Sino-Japanese joint venture Changan Suzuki Automobile Co., Ltd. was established.
The Audi 100C4V6 car rolled off the assembly line in the No. 2 Car Factory of First Automobile Works.
The assembly of the first batch of ZX Fukang cars in Xiangfan Base of Dongfeng Motor rolled off the assembly line.
French Citroen and Dongfeng Motor established a joint venture company - Shenlong Automobile Co., Ltd. In September of that year, the first CKD-assembled Shenlong Fukang rolled off the production line. Citroen's ZX was born in 1991 and was introduced to China in 1992. , the time difference between its birth in Europe and its introduction into China is only about one year, which means that the development of the Chinese auto market is accelerating. Fukang adopted a number of leading technologies: four-wheel independent suspension, rear wheel follow-up steering, and all-aluminum engine block, which were very leading technologies at the time. However, Fukang focuses on hatchbacks. Hatchbacks are very popular in Europe, but their acceptance in the Chinese market is not satisfactory. By 2008 when production was officially announced, Fukang's cumulative sales in China were about 500,000. Although this is actually a good sales volume, it is far lower than Santana and Jetta.
The first Jetta produced by FAW-Volkswagen rolled off the production line.
The Nanjing Iveco light bus of Nanjing Automobile Factory rolled off the production line.
FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd., the largest joint venture in China auto industry, was formally established.
The joint venture car production project between the Second Automobile Works （later Dongfeng Motor） and the French Citroen Automobile Company was signed in Paris.
The signing ceremony of the joint venture contract of FAW-Volkswagen Co., Ltd. was held in Beijing, and the oldest automobile manufacturer China started a new historical process.
State Council of the People's Republic of China approved the establishment of China National Automobile Industry Corporation.
FAW-Volkswagen and Shenlong projects with an investment of tens of billions and a planned 150,000 vehicles were signed.
The first domestically produced STAR-STEYR heavy truck rolled off the production line in Jinan.
State Council of the People's Republic of China abolished the China Automobile Industry Corporation and established the China Automobile Industry Federation.
FAW Jiefang CA141 was officially mass-produced, and Jiefang trucks were successfully changed vertically.
Guangzhou Peugeot 505SW8 wagon was put into production.
The first Xiali introduced and produced in the form of "CKD" rolled off the production line.
The "Beijing-JEEP" Cherokee rolled off the assembly line.
Guangzhou Peugeot was officially established. Unlike SAIC Volkswagen, which produced cars at the beginning, Guangzhou Peugeot started with light trucks because China designated the production of cars at that time. According to the Guangzhou Peugeot "Project Proposal" approved by the State Planning Commission at that time: the construction scale was 15,000 vehicles, of which 5,000 vehicles were sold back. In terms of shareholder composition, the shareholders of Guangzhou Peugeot were also very complicated, consisting of Guangzhou Automobile Works (46% of the shares), Peugeot of France (22% of the shares), CITIC (20% of the shares), BNP Paribas (4% of the shares). ) and International Finance Corporation (8%) . This also paved the way for future conflicts. After the establishment of Guangzhou Peugeot, it launched 505SW8 station wagon and 505SX sedan and other models. Under the background of lack of competition at that time, they could still be marketed for a while, but then the French side no longer provided new models, and insisted on selling more CKD parts, unwilling to increase the intensity of localization, Guangzhou Peugeot gradually lost the market in terms of sales volume and quality.
The construction of the Xiangfan base of the Second Automobile Works Group started.
Beijing Jeep Corporation opened.
As early as 1982, SAIC Motor established a relationship with Shanghai Volkswagen. In 1983, "Santana" cars were assembled and produced in SAIC Motor . In April, the first Santana was successfully assembled in SAIC Motor. On October 10 of the same year, the two parties signed a cooperation agreement in Shanghai to establish SAIC Volkswagen. When the company laid the foundation, the annual output of Santana was set at 30,000 vehicles. At the beginning, Santana was assembled and produced by CKD, but due to the need to save foreign exchange, localization became a top priority for SAIC Volkswagen. Due to the relatively backward domestic supporting technology at that time, it took more than two years to achieve 2.7% localization, only the radio, tires, signs and antennas. In 1987, when Zhu Rongji, then deputy director of the State Economic Commission, came to Shanghai to investigate the localization of Santana, he said, "Santana's localization must be 100% qualified, and we don't want a 0.1% reduction." In this way, with the smooth progress of SAIC Volkswagen's localization , the Santana series models had been selling well for more than 20 years with their excellent quality, and had gained an excellent reputation. Some experts commented, "Santana's success is the success of localization."
FAW Group ushered in the glorious moment of accumulative production of 1 million vehicles.
Beijing Automobile Works, which had produced 212 for nearly 20 years, began to discuss cooperation with the American Motor Corporation (AMC). On May 5, 1983, the two parties formally signed a cooperation agreement. The American side accounted for 31.55% of the shares, and the Chinese side Accounting for 68.45% of the shares. On January 15, 1984, Beijing Jeep officially opened, becoming the first domestic joint venture car company. The development of Beijing Jeep after its establishment was not very smooth. There were conflicts between China and the United States in terms of management and model development. Although Beijing Jeep introduced the Cherokee, the production, sales and market share didn’t increase.
The China Automobile Industry Corporation was established. After starting the layout of heavy vehicles, light vehicles and engines, the trial production of cars was put on the agenda.
Not only did the number of products of China's auto industry fail to meet the requirements, but the product structure was also dominated by medium-sized trucks.
The annual output of automobiles in China was 222,000, which was 5.48 times that of 1965.
Shanghai Volkswagen was established,which is the first joint venture established by German Volkswagen in China.
The chairman of General Motors of the United States personally led a delegation to China and visited the Second Automobile Works in Shiyan. When the two sides discussed the heavy truck technology introduction project, he suggested that China should adopt the form of "Sino-foreign joint venture" to operate. Then Deng Xiaoping approved this suggestion. This is the origin of China's "joint venture". This instruction suddenly broke through the forbidden ideological zone that imprisoned the Chinese people at that time. Domestic companies such as FAW and SAIC also begun to frequently contact and discuss cooperation with foreign auto companies such as Volkswagen, Chrysler, Toyota, and American Motors. Among them, the Shanghai Automobile Works proposed: "Introduce a car assembly line, transform the Shanghai Car Factory, and produce 150,000 cars a year, most of which are exported to earn foreign exchange." After extensive contacts with manufacturers, the joint venture negotiations between Shanghai Automobile and Volkswagen have been actively promoted.
Beijing Automobile Works developed BJ121, a variant of BJ212, which was a 1-ton truck. After completing performance and reliability tests, it went into production in 1982.
The auto industry that had just emerged from the "Cultural Revolution" was still weak as a whole. The annual output of cars and off-road vehicles in the country was only 5,000. However, in the same year, China's auto industry began the policy of "coming in" and "going global". Later, Shanghai Volkswagen, Beijing Jeep, and Guangzhou Peugeot became the first batch of joint venture automobile companies in China.
Toyota Crown, Nissan Duke, Bluebird, Mitsubishi, Daihatsu, Citroen, etc. came to China to discuss cooperation.
With the support of relevant departments, FAW organized more than 20 factory managers to conduct counterpart study and inspections to 11 automobile factories in Japan one by one for half a year, and introduced the Toyota production method for the first time and Promote it across the industry of China.
Yuejin NJ220 and NJ221 off-road vehicles of Nanjing Automobile Factory passed the national appraisal.
The number of automobile manufacturers in the country increased to 53, and the number of special refitting factories increased to 166, but the average output of each factory was less than 1,000 vehicles, and most of them were repeated at a low level.
The EQ240 off-road vehicle from Second Automobile Works was put into production.
First Automobile Works successfully trial-produced a 60-ton mining dump truck; in the same year, the improved CA770A Hongqi sedan was put into production by FAW; Fengtai District Automobile Repair Factory (renamed Beijing Station Wagon Factory in 1981) developed the BJ630 station wagon.
The CA773 small three-row Hongqi sedan from First Automobile Works was put into production.
All provinces and autonomous regions in China (except the Tibet Autonomous Region) had built automobile factories.
Shanghai 32t mining dump trucks were successfully trial-produced and put into production. After that, 15t mining dump trucks in Tianjin and Changzhou , 20 t mining dump trucks in Beijing , 60t mining dump trucks in FAW (later were transferred to Benxi)and 42t electric wheel mining dump trucks in Baiyin, Gansu had also been successfully trial-produced and put into production, alleviating the problems of mining production equipment in the metallurgical industry.
The Shanghai Municipal Transportation Bureau arranged Shanghai Truck Repair Factory to trial-produce 15-ton dump trucks.
The SX250 heavy-duty vehicle prototype of Shaanxi Automobile Works was successfully trial-produced in Beijing Automobile Factory.
The Second Auto Repair Factory of Beijing Auto Repair Company (renamed Beijing Second Automobile Works in 1976) began to develop the BJ130 light-duty truck. In the first half of 1966, two prototypes were trial-produced.
FAW produced Hongqi CA770 three-row limousine.
China decided to build Second Automobile Works （later Dongfeng Motor Corporation Ltd.）as part of "Third Front" strategy to mainly produce off-road vehicles. Second Automobile Works is the second production base of China's automobile industry. Unlike FAW,Second Automobile Works is a factory established by China's own strength ( Self-designed and use domestic equipments), adopted the methods of "outsourcing" ( old factories provided and trained all kinds of personnel for new factories and big factories provided and trained all kinds of personnel for small factories ) and "centralizing resource" (domestic advanced achievement was trans planted to Second Automobile Works) methods, and at the same time, arranged new construction and expansion of 26 key cooperative supporting factories inside and outside Hubei Province.
Shaanxi Automobile Works was born (it was first called Third Automobile Works, and later it was transferred to the local government and changed to Shaanxi Automobile Works). In order to change the situation of "lack of heavy and light vehicles" in the automobile industry at that time, the factory mainly produced Yan'an heavy trucks. After the reform and opening up, the factory joined Sinotruk Group and began to produce Steyr heavy trucks.
Beijing Automobile Works developed the BJ210 and BJ210C light off-road vehicles.
Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) was founded，which was the second large-scale automobile manufacturer built in China after First Automobile Works.
From 1958 to 1959, Beijing First Automobile Accessories Factory (renamed Beijing Automobile Works in the same year) used the product drawings and technical materials of the "Volga" car provided by the Soviet Union to trial-produce the "Jinggangshan" car, the "Dongfanghong" mid-range car. , "Beijing" limousine and other automotive products.
A new situation emerged in China's auto industry. Due to the decentralization of enterprises by the government, various provinces and cities used auto parts factories and repair shops to imitate and assemble cars, forming the first "upsurge" in the history of the development of China's auto industry. A group of automobile manufacturing factories, automobile assembly factories and refitting factories, the automobile manufacturing factory has grown from 1 at the beginning (1953) to 16 (1960), and the maintenance and refitting factory has grown from 16 to 28. Among them, Nanjing, Shanghai, Beijing and Jinan have a total of 4 relatively basic automobile manufacturing plants. After technological transformation, they have become the first batch of local automobile manufacturing plants after FAW. They have developed automobile varieties and established specialized production models accordingly. and spare parts factory.Each locality exerts its own power to expand and rebuild these local automobile manufacturing enterprises on the basis of repair shops and parts factories. There are light vehicles and heavy vehicles, as well as various refitted vehicles, which meet the needs of the national economy and lay a preliminary foundation for the development of a large-volume, multi-variety production cooperative supporting system in the future. On the other hand, these local automobile manufacturing enterprises proceed from their own interests and one-sidedly pursue self-contained systems, resulting in serious dispersion and waste of investment in the entire industry, chaotic layout, and a "small but complete" abnormal development pattern of repeated production. Hidden dangers remain.
FAW began to design its own cars based on foreign prototypes; in 1958, it successfully trial-produced the CA71 "Dongfeng" car and the CA72 "Hongqi" luxury car. In September of the same year, another domestic "Phoenix" car was born in Shanghai.
12 Jiefang CA10s rolled off the assembly line. This is a "Jiefang" truck produced by Changchun FAW. FAW is China's first automobile industry production base. At the same time, it also determines that China's auto industry has focused on the development strategy of medium-sized trucks, military vehicles and other modified vehicles (such as civilian ambulances, fire trucks, etc.) since its birth. From the beginning, the industrial structure has formed the characteristics of "lack of heavy and light vehicles".
China First Automobile Works was built ahead of schedule and produced the first batch of 12 Jiefang 4-ton trucks.