On January 18, 2022, the WeChat public account of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers "China Automobile Association Data" released the economic operation of the automobile industry in 2021. Statistics show that in 2021, automobile production and sales showed a year-on-year growth, ending three consecutive years of decline since 2018. Among them, new energy vehicles became the biggest highlight, with annual sales of more than 3.5 million units, and the market share increased to 13.4%. For the first time, the annual export volume of continental automobiles exceeded 2 million units, a record high. The market share of Chinese brand cars has exceeded 44%, close to the best level in history.
In 2021, China's automobile sales will decline for three years and return to growth
Statistics show that in 2021, the cumulative production of mainland automobiles is 26.082 million units, an increase of 3.4% over 2020. Among them, the cumulative production of passenger cars was 21.408 million units, an increase of 7.1% over 2020. In 2021, Continental automobiles sold 26.275 million units, an increase of 3.8% over 2020, of which passenger cars sold 21.482 million units, an increase of 6.5% year-on-year.
Statistical analysis shows that from the perspective of automobile production and sales, the production and sales of mainland automobiles in 2021 showed a year-on-year increase, ending the decline for three consecutive years since 2018. The total production and sales of automobiles in mainland China have ranked first in the world for 13 consecutive years.
New energy vehicles have become the biggest highlight of the mainland automotive industry in 2021. In 2021, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 3.545 million units and 3.521 million units, respectively, an increase of 1.6 times year-on-year, and the market share reached 13.4%, 8 percentage points higher than that of the previous year. According to statistical analysis, the data shows that the development of the new energy vehicle market has shifted from policy-driven to market-driven new development stage, showing a good development situation of both market scale and development quality, laying a solid foundation for the high-quality development of the "14th Five-Year Plan" automobile industry.
In collaboration, CHINA AUTOMOBILE released the top 15 enterprise groups in China's brand passenger car sales in 2021. According to the rankings, SAIC is still far ahead with 2.123 million units, and is the only car company group to break 2 million units. Ideal, Zhaoqing Xiaopeng and Hezhong New Energy are the three new car manufacturers on the list, ranking 13-15 on the list respectively, but the sales growth rate of the three companies is the highest in the list, all more than 1 times. A total of 12 groups in the list increased year-on-year in sales, while Jiangqi, Brilliance and BAIC, including WEINA, saw a year-on-year decline.
In 2021, the top 15 enterprise groups in China's brand passenger car sales
In addition, it is worth noting that in 2021, mainland automobile exports hit a record high of 2.015 million units, an increase of 101.1% year-on-year, the largest increase since 2008. Among them, the export performance of new energy vehicles is outstanding, and the export of new energy vehicles in 2021 is 310,000 units, an increase of 3 times year-on-year.
Statistical analysis believes that driven by the recovery of the international market, the improvement of The competitiveness of Chinese brands and other factors, the mainland automobile exports have performed well, since April, many times refreshed the historical record, the annual export for the first time exceeded 2 million vehicles, achieving a breakthrough that has been hovering around 1 million for many years; Chinese brand cars by new energy, export market to bring about the pull effect, the market share has exceeded 44%, close to the best level in history.
Statistical analysis shows that overall, the resilience of the mainland automotive industry will continue to be maintained in 2021. As an important pillar industry of the national economy, the mainland automobile industry is in a critical stage of transformation and upgrading, and the automotive industry under the change has generally maintained stable development in recent years. The analysis also pointed out that although the current shortage of automotive chips has gradually eased, it is still tense, and maintaining stable growth in production and sales still requires the joint efforts of the whole industry.
Producer: Nandu Intelligent Automobile Industry Ecology Research Group
Written by: Nandu reporter Xu Jincong