The Guangdong Provincial Government encourages Guangdong and Shenzhen to further relax car lottery and bidding quotas
This afternoon, we learned from the Guangdong Provincial Government website that on the same day, the Guangdong Provincial Government issued "Guangdong Province to further stabilize and promote "Several Policies and Measures for Employment", the policy proposes to promote qualified prefectures and cities to introduce subsidy policies for the scrapping and renewal of old cars, and encourage Guangzhou and Shenzhen to further relax car lottery and bidding indicators.
In fact, as early as May 2019, Guangzhou and Shenzhen issued policies to relax car lottery and bidding indicators. Among them, Guangzhou will add 100,000 incremental indicators for small and medium-sized passenger cars from June 2019 to December 2020; Shenzhen will add 40,000 incremental indicators for ordinary cars every year from 2019 to 2020. Just this week, Foshan City has also taken the lead in "rescuing the market." The "Foshan City Several Measures to Promote Consumption Upgrading in the Automobile Market (Trial)" issued by the Foshan Municipal People's Government Office stated that "support the upgrading of cars. Encourage consumers to 'trade in old cars for new ones'" ', Foshan license plate car owners can purchase new cars with used car sales invoices or car scrapping and cancellation certificates, and each car will be given a subsidy of 3,000 yuan." A series of subsidy measures to promote car consumption.
Since 2018, the auto market has begun to decline. 2019 has been called the most difficult year for auto companies. Now we are facing the rampant COVID-19 virus, and the epidemic has not yet reached an inflection point; not only do citizens respond to the country’s call Under the circumstances of reducing the number of trips as much as possible, and the resumption rate of offline dealer stores is less than 50%, the relevant policies introduced by the local government to encourage automobile consumption at that time were undoubtedly a "timely rain" for the automobile industry and a "boost for the domestic automobile market" .
Many car companies have switched to producing medical supplies
In the current epidemic, major car companies have not only donated money and supplies, but also many car companies have transformed their own production lines to produce medical supplies, such as Masks, disinfectant; it even took only about ten days from the idea to mass production, which was beyond the "Chinese" speed.
Last week, the first batch of masks produced by SAIC-GM-Wuling was shipped in batches. At the same time, officials announced that if SAIC-GM-Wuling's mask production lines are fully put into operation, the daily output will reach nearly 2 million. And just yesterday, SAIC-GM-Wuling officially delivered the first batch of smart mobile temperature measurement vehicles to the Liuzhou Municipal Government. Yao Yinyi, vice chairman of the Liuzhou CPPCC and director of the Municipal Education Bureau, attended the delivery ceremony. It is reported that the car can accurately identify faces through intelligent detection, and can accurately measure the temperature of people moving continuously over a large area within a distance of two meters with an accuracy of ±0.2°C. After detecting individuals with fever, it can quickly pass through without delay. Data transmission can lock objects in seconds and issue voice warnings.
Two days after SAIC-GM-Wuling announced the production of masks, BYD also expressed its readiness to join this silent war against the epidemic and announced assistance in the production of masks and disinfectant. And last week, its medical-grade no-rinse disinfectant gel has been mass-produced, with a daily output of 300,000 bottles. The first batch of offline disinfectant gel was shipped on February 16, and was given priority to those who are working hard. For front-line anti-epidemic personnel, BYD masks officially rolled off the production line the next day. This is only 8 days after BYD announced its production assistance of masks and disinfectants on February 8.
Following closely behind is GAC Group. On February 19, GAC Group stated that the self-made mask production line has been installed and has obtained a production license, and will be officially mass-produced on February 20. However, Not for retail sale. GAC Group's self-made masks will be coordinated by the Guangzhou Municipal Government and given priority to support front-line personnel in epidemic prevention and control and public services such as medical, bus, taxi, and subway services. In addition, it will also be provided to GAC Group employees, owners of GAC's vehicle brands, and upstream and downstream partners.
The 2020 Beijing International Automobile Exhibition was postponed
On February 17, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Automobile Industry Branch, China National Machinery International Cooperation Co., Ltd., and China International Exhibition Center Group Corporation and the China Society of Automotive Engineers jointly announced that in accordance with the needs of preventing and controlling the new coronavirus epidemic, the Beijing Municipal People's Government has launched a first-level response mechanism for major public health emergencies. In order to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and effectively protect the health and life safety of exhibitors and visitors, the 2020 (No. The 16th) Beijing International Automobile Exhibition (AUTO? CHINA? 2020) has been postponed. The specific time after the postponement will be notified separately.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has revised the access management of new energy vehicles
Recently, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has introduced revised opinions on the access management of new energy vehicles and has publicly solicited opinions. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made it clear that in order to better adapt to the development needs of my country's new energy vehicle industry, the "New Energy Vehicle Manufacturing Enterprises and Product Access Management Regulations" (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology No. 39) will be revised. Access management is closer to the needs of industrial development and is undoubtedly the most urgent need for enterprises. The biggest change the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has made to enterprise access management this time is to separate design and production to clear development obstacles for OEMs.
It is reported that the revised opinion changes the original "having the design and development capabilities, production capabilities, product production consistency assurance capabilities, after-sales service and product safety assurance capabilities necessary for the production of new energy vehicle products, in line with the "New Energy "Design and development capabilities" in "Automobile Manufacturer Access Review Requirements" is changed to "technical support capabilities". Manufacturing enterprises are no longer required to have design and development capabilities. In other words, the production and design and development capabilities are separated, which means idle production capacity. Utilization opens channels and opens up the path for OEM contracts between enterprises. The corresponding requirements for development capabilities in Annexes 1, 2, 4, and 5 of Order No. 39 have also been deleted and replaced with requirements for technical support capabilities.
Great Wall Motors going global
On February 17, Great Wall Motors and General Motors jointly announced that Great Wall Motors would acquire General Motors’ manufacturing plant in Rayong, Thailand. According to the binding terms sheet signed by both parties, General Motors Thailand, including the Rayong automobile plant and powertrain plant, will be handed over to Great Wall Motors. The two parties plan to complete the transaction and final handover by the end of 2020, and the agreement has not yet been completed. Subject to government and regulatory approvals.
This is another "chess piece" in Great Wall Motor's overseas market layout after reaching an agreement with General Motors on the acquisition of the Talegaon plant in India on January 17. Although the acquisition of the Talegaon plant and the Rayong plant still requires approval from the government and regulatory agencies, according to people familiar with the matter, the acquisition is almost certain, which means that Great Wall Motor's overseas wholly-owned factories will be expanded to three. In just six months, Great Wall Motors has completed a series of deployments in overseas markets, which is in sharp contrast to the closure of factories by foreign brands.
Didi installed protective films for online ride-hailing services across the country
On February 18, Didi Chuxing announced that from now on, it will gradually provide protective films for Didi ride-hailing companies across the country. Online ride-hailing companies install protective films in their cars for free to prevent the spread of droplets as much as possible. This is another new protective measure based on the four epidemic prevention standards of "drivers and passengers must wear masks, drivers report body temperature, and frequent disinfection and ventilation in the car."
At the same time, not only will the cost of installing the protective film be fully borne by Didi, but also because the protective film may be damaged and needs to be replaced from time to time, Didi plans to invest a total of 100 million yuan in special funds. Invested 30 million yuan to continue to install protective films for the millions of Didi ride-hailing services across the country that provide services during the epidemic.
As an important member of the online ride-hailing team, Didi has responded very actively to the epidemic. It is reported that Didi has also established a community support fleet in Wuhan to serve local residents free of charge. So far, Didi has established six "medical support fleets" in Wuhan, Shanghai, Beijing, Xiamen, Ningbo, and Nanjing to transport frontline medical workers for free. All expenses are borne by Didi, covering a total of nearly 18,000 people. Medical support fleets in other cities are also under preparation.
FAW Car’s asset restructuring was approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission
On February 19, FAW Car issued an announcement stating that the company’s major asset replacement, issuance of shares and payment of cash to purchase assets and related transactions were significant. The asset restructuring matter was approved by the China Securities Commission's Listed Company Mergers, Acquisitions and Reorganization Review Committee, and trading of the company's stocks resumed from the opening of the market on the same day.
After the asset restructuring of FAW Car is finalized, it means that its passenger car business will be separated from the listed company, and the listed company will become the commercial vehicle listing platform of FAW Group. As a result, China FAW Group Co., Ltd. The long-standing issue of horizontal competition has taken a critical step. It is understood that in order to promote the overall listing of FAW Group, "FAW-related" companies including FAW Xiali, FAW Jilin and other "FAW-related" companies are also accelerating mixed reform.
At present, the "stumbling blocks" that hinder FAW Group's overall listing are being removed one by one, and FAW Group is getting closer and closer to its overall listing goal.
This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.