China's spare parts industry takes the path of internationalization

On September 24, the "4th China International Auto Parts Development Summit Forum" with the theme of "Cost-Quality-Safety" and "Energy Conservation-Emission Reduction-New Energy" was held in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Zhang Wei, Director of the Department of Mechanical and Electrical Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, stated at the meeting that while the current global economy is gradually recovering, the Chinese automobile market is booming in both production and sales, and exports are beginning to show recoverable growth, the transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry and sustainable development will be explored to promote the Chinese and foreign automotive industries. It is of great significance to develop together and achieve mutual benefit and common prosperity.

He said that the automobile industry is one of the industries with the highest degree of correlation in the degree of globalisation and other industries in the world today. Automobiles and auto parts have a strong two-way symbiotic relationship. The future of automotive products is more competitive. Will be reflected in the supply chain and supply chain competition, rather than competition between individual companies. With the deepening of economic globalization and market integration today, how to maximize the adoption of resources and the allocation of production factors, through the continuous reduction of costs, close to the market, and the establishment of a good supply chain system, will be the automotive companies to maintain vitality and continuously improve their competitiveness. The key factor. Taking the road of mutual benefit and common development and the internationalization of harmonious development is the only way for China’s auto industry to achieve sustainable development.

To this end, Director Zhang Jian talked about his own five views on the development of the Chinese auto industry:

I. The automobile and parts industry is becoming more and more open

China’s auto and parts and components market is a highly open market. Over the past 30 years of reform and opening up, China has consistently adhered to the basic national policy of opening to the outside world. The Chinese government departments have constantly adapted to new situations and new requirements, constantly reformed and improved relevant regulations and policies, Continue to increase the external openness of the automotive industry, creating a good external environment for domestic and foreign companies. Since joining the WTO, the Chinese government has conscientiously fulfilled its commitments, shouldered its due obligations, continued to open up the market, and continuously improved the relevant laws and regulations, creating conditions for the global deployment of production factors such as talent, technology, goods, capital, and management.

At the same time, China continued to reduce tariffs. In 2005, it ended its 20-year import quota license, adjusted relevant industrial policies that were inconsistent with the WTO rules, implemented automobile brand sales management methods, and further opened up services for foreign-funded enterprises. Trade has clearly defined the status of foreign-funded enterprises in national treatment, vigorously promoted the protection of intellectual property rights, and stricted automobile emission standards, creating a favorable policy environment and institutional guarantee for the mutually beneficial cooperation between Chinese and foreign business circles in the automotive industry. The continuous advancement of the above-mentioned work has not only created conditions for the development of the Chinese auto industry itself, but has also benefited from it. It has also created favorable conditions for the development of auto companies in various countries, especially some multinational corporations in China.

Second, the automotive and parts market has great potential for development

China's auto and parts market is a market that continues to grow rapidly. In the past ten years, China's auto production has grown from 2.06 million vehicles to 13.79 million vehicles last year, with an average annual growth rate of 21%. In 2009, China's automobile production and sales volume increased by 48.3% and 46.2%, respectively, becoming the world’s largest automotive producer and the largest consumer of new vehicles. From January to August of this year, China accumulatively produced and sold 11.49 million cars and 11.58 million cars, with production and sales increasing by 39.3% and 35% respectively. It is expected that more than 16 million cars will be produced and sold this year. At present, the number of cars in China is about 40 million. The car ownership per 10 people is still not as high as 1925 in the United States. The development potential of the automotive market is huge, and the momentum of rapid development will continue in the 12th Five-Year Period.

Driven by the development of the automotive industry, China’s auto parts and components trade has also witnessed rapid development in recent years. Since the accession to the WTO in 2001, China’s auto exports have increased by 35 times in 2008, with an average annual growth rate of 77%. It is 5.6 times the growth rate of the world’s auto trade during the same period, and 2.8 times that of China’s foreign trade export. The export market for automotive products has covered 210 countries and regions. The export product structure has been continuously improved, basically covering all models, and the trade pattern has begun. Diversify and diversify.

Third, foreign-funded enterprises benefit from the development of China's auto industry

China’s auto and parts and components market is a mutually beneficial market. Through joint ventures and cooperation, foreign capital, technology, and management experience are introduced. The structure, manufacturing capacity, and management of domestic auto products have gradually increased, and the scale of exports has grown rapidly. Look, the rapid development of China's auto and parts and components market has provided excellent competition for domestic and foreign auto companies and a relatively lucrative return on profits.

From the perspective of the composition of market share, foreign companies’ brands account for 70% of the Chinese car market, account for more than 60% of the parts and components of major domestic car joint ventures, and are the key suppliers and components of domestic commercial vehicle companies. . Judging from the return on investment, the profitability of major multinational companies and parts and components companies in China is far higher than that of China's. In particular, given the financial crisis has had a severe impact on the manufacturing of the global auto industry, the Chinese auto market continues to be faster. Development has made positive contributions to major multinational companies in weathering difficulties and achieving stable development.

Fourth, foreign investment and vehicle involvement in parts and components industry

China’s auto and auto parts market is a fully competitive market. The current competition in China’s auto and auto parts market is very full and increasingly fierce. Multinational companies investing in China have increased their investment in China and the investment sector has also expanded from production. To research and development, sales, logistics, finance, upstream raw material production and other fields. At the same time, as the automotive industry's requirements for energy conservation, emission reduction and environmental protection continue to increase, the Chinese government is gradually raising relevant standards, improving relevant regulations, encouraging auto and parts and components companies to increase investment in R&D, and raising the level of innovation to adapt as quickly as possible. New requirements.

V. The State Introduces Policies to Support Components Industry

The state will create a relatively good external environment, increase the protection of intellectual property rights, promote independent innovation of enterprises, accelerate structural adjustment, and strive to achieve the sustainable development of China's auto industry. Although the Chinese auto industry has made considerable progress, it still has a long way to go compared with the developed countries' auto industry. Including the product structure is not reasonable, R & D investment is insufficient, innovation capacity is not enough, parts and exports are mainly concentrated in the post-market and other issues, of course, these issues for our current development stage, more likely to still be characteristics.

Our change has a gradual process, but at the same time, we also believe that the gap between us and the developed countries’ automotive industry and their technological level is also our potential. This gap is also a kind of complementarity. Concrete embodiment. Therefore, China’s auto industry has strong complementarity both in developed and developing countries, and this complementarity is stable, structural, and long-term. This has provided favorable conditions for the extensive cooperation between China and the automotive industry companies in the world. In order to increase the structural adjustment of the automobile industry and raise the level of international competition in the automotive industry, the State Council of the People's Republic of China has issued a plan for the adjustment and revitalization of the automobile industry. According to requirements, the Ministry of Commerce, the National Development and Reform Commission, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology have issued six parts to promote the continued export of automotive products in China. The opinions of healthy development formulate the guiding ideology and development goals for the development of China's automobile exports in the medium and long term.

Zhang Hao finally pointed out that China’s export of automotive products will achieve an average annual growth rate of more than 10% from 2009 to 2010, and the total export value will reach 85 billion U.S. dollars by 2015. This includes vehicles and parts, with an average growth rate. Will exceed 20%, by 2020, to achieve the total export value of the world's automotive products trade total strategic goal of more than 10%. At the same time, efforts should be made to promote the export of automotive products, achieve a substantial transformation in the five aspects of export product structure, export market structure, export trade structure, and after-sales service thematic structure, promote the transformation of foreign trade export methods, and improve the quality and efficiency of export growth. , To achieve sustained and healthy development of China's automotive product exports.