The 2023 China Automotive Forum was held in Jiading to help build a modern automotive industry system, intelligent | automotive | system
On July 6th, the main forum of the 2023 China Automotive Forum, hosted by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, was held in Jiading District. The theme of this forum is "New Era, New Mission, New Energy - Supporting the Construction of a Modern Industrial System". During the forum, nearly 20 themed activities will be held, with more than 2000 automotive industry elites, experts and scholars from around the world, and relevant government department heads participating in the activities.
In recent years, the development of the intelligent connected vehicle industry has been in full swing. As early as May 16th, at the 2023 China Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Week and the 10th International Intelligent Connected Vehicle Technology Annual Conference, Miao Changxing, a first level inspector of the Equipment Industry Department of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will adhere to the integrated development path of vehicles, roads, and clouds, optimize policy supply, promote the high-quality development of the intelligent connected vehicle industry, accelerate the launch of pilot projects for intelligent connected vehicle access and road traffic, and support the commercial application of autonomous driving functions above L3 level. At the China Automotive Forum, Miao Changxing stated that currently, China's automotive industry has entered a new stage of development and is facing rare development opportunities. "I hope that car companies can work together to anchor the development direction of electrification, networking, intelligence, and sharing, strengthen technological innovation and cross industry collaboration, and make new contributions to the high-quality development of the automotive industry."
Automobiles are an important part of Shanghai's modern industrial system and have achieved many gratifying results. At the forum, Tang Wenkan, Deputy Director of the Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, introduced that Shanghai produced 3.02 million complete vehicles last year, and 792000 complete vehicles in the first five months of this year, a year-on-year increase of 27%. At present, the city has promoted a total of 1.165 million new energy vehicles, ranking first in the world in terms of scale. 697000 charging stations and 120 swapping stations have been built. Relevant industrial policies are also being introduced one after another, such as the implementation plan for innovative development of intelligent connected vehicles and demonstration operation policies, as well as the implementation rules for special funds for demonstration applications of fuel cell vehicles. "In the future, Shanghai will continue to increase its efforts in the layout of automotive grade chips, carry out key chip research and development, and continue to promote the scenario based application of intelligent networking, especially unmanned, commercial, and high-speed applications."
As a well-known "automobile city", Jiading District currently has more than 4300 enterprises related to the automobile industry chain. With sufficient industrial resources, favorable industrial policies, and high-quality industrial services, Jiading District has introduced a group of leading enterprises in the fields of new energy vehicles, automotive "new four modernizations", and the Internet of Things, and the industrial scale continues to grow. Last year, Jiading District achieved a scale industrial output value of 550.29 billion yuan, of which the automobile industry output value was 385.54 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 6%. The new four modernizations of automobiles achieved a total output of 164.69 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 41.8%.
"Intelligent connected vehicles are the future development direction of the automotive industry. Facing the future, Jiading will fully leverage the advantages of industrial foundation and digital economy, further expand the coverage of smart city infrastructure, actively participate in the formulation of national and industry standards in the field of smart transportation, promote the commercial operation of specific application scenarios, and accelerate the formation of sustainable business models." The relevant person in charge of Jiading District said.