For a period of time, many cities across the country have regarded automobile-related industries as important pillar industries, some have clearly proposed to build large-scale automobile industry clusters, and some have proposed the goal of building automobile cities. What are the resource endowments in the development of the automobile industry?What policies and measures have been launched to promote industrial development?What are the goals and directions for the future?
Changchun: Seize the track of new energy vehicle development.
Reporter Ma Hongchao.
Walking into Jilin Changchun Automobile Economic and Technological Development Zone, the Audi FAW new energy vehicle project is intensively carrying out equipment installation, striving to complete trial production by the end of this year and achieve mass production by the end of next year. The project, which broke ground in June 2022 with a total investment of 35.8 billion yuan, is Audi's first plant in China dedicated to the production of pure electric models, with a planned annual production capacity of more than 150,000 vehicles, which will play an important role in promoting the transformation and upgrading of Changchun's automotive industry.
Wang Kaiyu, a member of the Audi FAW New Energy Vehicle Economic Management Committee, said that the production base will become a new benchmark for digitalization, efficient technology and sustainable development.
Changchun's automobile industry has a deep heritage, a solid foundation and strong strength, and has been a pillar industry in Changchun for many years. There is FAW Group, the first vehicle manufacturing enterprise in New China, and the world's leading automobile manufacturers Volkswagen, Audi, Toyota, etc., all have joint ventures with FAW Group in Changchun. In 2022, Jilin will produce 215 automobiles580,000 units, of which 16 were new energy vehicles820,000 units, the proportion of production is low.
In order to seize the new track of new energy vehicle development, at the beginning of this year, Jilin wrote the implementation of the automobile industry cluster "step-up" project into the provincial work report, and issued relevant opinions to accelerate the layout of new energy vehicles. At the commencement ceremony of 39 key projects in the automobile industry held in late February, a number of projects such as FAW New Energy Battery Electric Drive Base and FAW Zhuzhou CRRC Joint Venture Electric Drive System started construction in Changchun International Automobile City Creative Automobile R&D Industrial Park. After the completion of the industrial park, it will form a supporting capacity of 1.7 million sets of electric drives, 1.15 million sets of electric drive systems and 640,000 sets of power battery assemblies. Coupled with the FAW Fodi new energy power battery project that started in February last year, the core "three electrics" system of Changchun new energy vehicles has been fully completed.
As a leading enterprise in the industry, China FAW announced at the beginning of this year that it would invest in the field of new energy vehicles. Among them, the Hongqi brand promotes the electrification of all models. By 2025, FAW Hongqi will launch 17 new models, including 15 new energy vehiclesBy 2030, the total sales of Hongqi brand vehicles will exceed 1.5 million, and new energy vehicles will become the main body of sales.
Zhao Mingrui, director of the Changchun Municipal Bureau of Industry and Information Technology, said that at present, Changchun is accelerating the transformation and upgrading of traditional vehicles to new energy and intelligent networked vehicles, and new energy vehicles are accelerating production or expansion. In the future, Changchun new energy vehicles will be able to drive further on the new track.
Guangzhou: Realize independent innovation of core technologies.
Reporter Zhang Jianjun.
In 2022, Guangzhou's automobile production will reach 313680,000 units, vehicle production and sales hit a record high, ranking first in the country for four consecutive years, for every 9 vehicles produced in the country, there is 1 "made in Guangzhou". From January to September this year, the cumulative output of automobiles in Guangzhou was 226570,000 units, of which 42 were new energy vehicles840,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 1053%。
Guangzhou has a deep foundation. As early as 2005, Guangzhou's automobile production accounted for the second place in the country, after years of development, Guangzhou has formed a complete industrial chain with vehicle manufacturing as the core, parts and components enterprises gathered, and start-up enterprises continue to breed, with a perfect industrial ecology.
In terms of industrial layout, Guangzhou has initially formed a pattern of common development of Japanese brands and Chinese brands, and the output value of the three major automobile industry clusters in the east, south and north has exceeded 100 billion yuan.
In terms of innovation capability, Guangzhou has initially built a R&D and innovation system with enterprises as the main body, market-oriented, and a combination of production, education and research, and has continuously made breakthroughs in the fields of vehicle manufacturing, autonomous driving, connected applications, vehicle-road coordination and key components, so as to achieve independent innovation in core automotive technologies.
According to the person in charge of the relevant department, in the past two years, the rise of the new energy automobile industry has accelerated, bringing new development opportunities to Guangzhou's automobile industry. In terms of pure electric vehicles, Guangzhou has basically formed a complete new energy vehicle industry system covering vehicle production, three electric (battery, motor, electronic control) and key battery materials. It has GAC Aion, Xiaopeng Motors, Dongfeng Venucia, Hechuang Automobile and other vehicle enterprises, with a production capacity of 10390,000 units;It has cultivated parts and components enterprises such as Times GAC, Penghui Energy, Juwan Technology Research, Nidec, and AVIC Optoelectronics.
In terms of the ecology of the intelligent networked vehicle industry, Guangzhou currently has autonomous driving companies such as Apollo, Pony.ai, WeRide, and Guangzhou Woya, as well as leading enterprises in the field of intelligent transportation such as Gosuncn, Zhonghaida, and Higer Communications.
In terms of policy support, Guangzhou issued the "Several Measures to Support the Automobile and Core Parts Industry in Guangzhou to Stabilize the Chain and Strengthen the Chain" to enhance the comprehensive strength of the industryPolicies to encourage individual consumers to purchase new energy vehicles have been introduced to accelerate the promotion and application of new energy vehicles. In 2022, the number of new energy vehicles in Guangzhou will reach 5630,000 vehicles, ranking among the top cities in the country.
Qingdao: Extend the industrial chain with the help of external forces.
Reporter Liu Cheng.
This year, Qingdao released the "Qingdao International Automobile City Industrial Development Strategic Plan (2022-2035)", proposing to build Qingdao International Automobile City on the basis of Jimo Automobile Industry New City and Laixi New Energy Automobile Industry Cluster.
Qingdao is a strong industrial city, but in the field of automobile manufacturing, only Qingte Group initially produced special vehicles and parts. Hao Rongzhang, director of Qingdao Automobile Brand Store Association, said frankly that the lack of local car brands means that the development of Qingdao's automobile industry is almost starting from scratch.
The automobile manufacturing industry has a large investment, a wide area, a long industrial chain, and a large comprehensive driving role, and it takes a long time to cultivate a local brand. After in-depth research, Qingdao realized that only by borrowing stones from other mountains can this industry be cultivated. As a result, Qingdao has started a bold road to attract investment - in February 2021, Chery Automobile's Qingdao base, with a planned total investment of 23 billion yuan, settled in Jimo DistrictIn September 2022, the Qingdao base of Beijing Automobile Factory, the first automobile headquarters company to settle in Qingdao, was completed ......and put into operationIn a few years, Qingdao's automobile industry has grown from no complete vehicles and incomplete industries to 9 vehicles, with a production capacity of more than 1.3 million vehicles, and nearly 300 supporting enterprises above designated size, and the 100 billion yuan industrial chain is constantly developing in depth.
Wang Yuhai, dean of Qingdao Automobile Research Institute of Jilin University, said that R&D links, high-end models, and core components have become the focus of Qingdao's automobile manufacturing industry. In order to make up for the shortcomings, Qingdao stimulates the vitality of enterprise R&D and innovation through the guidance of capital policiesIn May 2022, FAW Jiefang (Qingdao) Commercial Vehicle Research Institute kicked off the prelude to the acceleration and enrichment of Qingdao's automobile R&D strengthAt the end of September 2022, the groundbreaking ceremony of the R&D capacity improvement project of FAW Jiefang Qingdao Base was held, which will fill the gap of Qingdao Commercial Vehicle Full-process Vehicle Technology R&D Center after the completion of the project.
As the shortcomings continue to be filled, Qingdao has put forward new goals. In October this year, Qingdao issued the "High-quality Development Plan for the City's New Energy Vehicle Industry", proposing that by 2026, Qingdao's vehicle output will reach 1.6 million, including 600,000 new energy vehicles, with an output value of 300 billion yuan and a local matching rate of 55%.