The New Office of the State Council recently held a press conference on the business operation in 2021, and the automobile industry has attracted much attention. Guo Tingting, director of the Department of Comprehensive Affairs of the Ministry of Commerce, first introduced that in 2021, domestic consumption will gradually recover, of which the sales volume of new energy vehicles will increase by 1.6 times; at the same time, the mainland's foreign trade will also reach a new high, such as the export volume of new energy vehicles will increase by 3 times.
Xu Xingfeng, head of the Department of Market Operation and Consumption Promotion of the Ministry of Commerce, introduced the characteristics and highlights of the domestic consumer market in 2021. It is mentioned that in 2021, domestic green consumption is booming, taking cars as an example, new energy vehicle sales reached 3.521 million units, an increase of 1.6 times over the previous year, and one of every 8 new cars sold is a new energy vehicle; at the same time, the second-hand car trading volume is a reflection of the circular economy, reaching 17.585 million units, an increase of 22.6%, and the ratio of second-hand car to new car sales reached 0.67 to 1.
Looking forward to the next step of the Ministry of Commerce's work deployment, automobiles are also a top priority. Xu Xingfeng said that to enhance the traditional consumption level, automobiles, home appliances, furniture, and catering are the "four kings" of consumption and the "top pillar" of consumption. It is necessary to deepen the reform of the automobile circulation field and accelerate the transformation of automobiles from purchase management to use management. Revise the measures for the management of the circulation of used cars and other provisions to expand the circulation of used cars. Promote the consumption of new energy vehicles.
As for what new measures the Ministry of Commerce will launch to increase the efforts to attract foreign investment, Chen Chunjiang, director of the Department of Foreign Investment Management of the Ministry of Commerce, also mentioned the automobile industry. He said that the 2021 version of the negative list of foreign investment access in the national and pilot free trade zones should be implemented to ensure that the opening up measures in the field of automobile manufacturing and other fields are effective, and the restrictions on foreign equity in the automobile manufacturing industry should be fully relaxed to attract more multinational companies to invest.
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