Commercial vehicle industry welcomes unlimited "business opportunities"


The annual national "two sessions" have come to a successful conclusion. The government work report not only summarizes past achievements, but also clarifies the country’s macroeconomic and policy directions in 2014. Which aspects can benefit the commercial vehicle market?

Macroeconomics Steady for Commercial Vehicle Industry

As we all know, commercial vehicles are a barometer of the national economy. The macroeconomic stability can promote the development of the commercial vehicle market.

Although the government work report stated that 2014 is a year in which favorable conditions and unfavorable factors coexist. However, from the perspective of the information transmitted by the main expected target index (GDP growth of 7.5%, CPI control at 3.5%), China's economic development is still in the stage of steady progress. This is a stable year for the commercial vehicle industry.

At the same time, it is worth noting that China will continue to promote the industrialization and urbanization process, the construction of affordable housing, and the strategy for the development of the western region. These measures will inevitably bring about a new round of construction boom. In addition, the huge consumption potential released by hundreds of millions of people will bring unlimited business opportunities to the commercial vehicle market.

In addition, the elimination of 6 million yellow-labeled cars and old cars has also released space for the commercial vehicle market. “In the beginning, the government’s 4 trillion yuan investment caused a surplus in the auto industry. Coupled with the sluggish economic environment in recent years, the profitability of the transport market has weakened, and the desire for users to renew vehicles has plummeted. With the elimination and emission upgrade of vehicles with yellow markings This year's promotion may usher in an update of old vehicles. Therefore, although the GDP growth rate is basically the same as last year, the commercial vehicle market will still steadily increase,” said an industry expert.

Pollution control promotes commercial vehicle technology and emission upgrades

Under the background of frequent smog weather, pollution control has become an important topic for the "two sessions" this year. Pollution control is also the best opportunity for commercial vehicle companies to increase product technology and emissions upgrades.

"This year's government work report specifically mentions a resolute declaration of war on pollution. From this we can see that the government is very resolute in its attitude toward pollution control. As an important source of pollution, the automobile industry must first implement the implementation of the National IV emission upgrade. Now promote the national IV standard. Vehicle diesel has been included in the government work report. Once the main problem of vehicle oil out of synch is solved, it is believed that the national IV emission regulations will be rapidly implemented and implemented in various places.” Said industry expert Dai Dingyi.

Yao Chunde, deputy director of Tianjin University’s State Key Laboratory of Combustion of Internal Combustion Engines, pointed out that it is imperative that the government’s determination to “use hard measures to complete hard tasks” conveys a signal that environmental pollution management is imperative. In fact, in recent decades, the main driving force for technological advances in automobiles and internal combustion engines has come from pollution control. Therefore, car enterprises must increase R&D efforts at this node, and upgrade the product technology to reduce the negative impact of commercial vehicles on the environment.

However, in the process of product technology and emission upgrades, there are still fake and shoddy products in the market. Therefore, counterfeiting is also an important issue in the commercial vehicle market in the future.

"Now, the society pays special attention to the problem of emissions from motor vehicles. However, there are still some irresponsible testing organizations and car companies that have been forced into the market to push counterfeit products into the market. Such counterfeiting must be eliminated, especially in pollution. In the process of governance, we must increase the intensity of counterfeiting," said Yao Chunde.

New energy products have a bright future

Under the urgent situation of pollution control, this year's government work report will also include the promotion of new energy vehicles. It can be predicted that new energy vehicles will usher in further development.

“According to news from the 'two sessions' across the country, the government’s pollution control has begun to take effect. This is a good thing for the entire society.” As for the impact on the automotive industry, industry experts Ren Shifa believe that new energy vehicles Will be strongly supported.

“In the past two years, the government has increased subsidies for new energy vehicles, and in the newly issued subsidy policy, plug-in hybrid vehicles and electric vehicles under 10 meters in size have been included in the subsidy range. It can be seen that The emphasis on new energy vehicles. At the same time, the government work report also clearly proposed the development of new energy vehicles, which provided strong support for the development of the market segments." Ren Shifa analysis.

Li Tongsheng, Minister of Culture of Zhongtong Bus Brand, also pointed out that the direction of national energy-saving and emission reduction is very clear. For enterprises, the production of environmentally-friendly, low-carbon products has become the dominant direction. The next step will be for car companies to increase the R&D and industrialization of new energy vehicles. Strengthen the strategic adjustment of enterprises.

“Indeed, the government allocates large amounts of money to encourage the application of new technologies. From this point of view, the prospects for new energy vehicles will be very bright.” Wang Jian, professor of the School of Transportation of Chongqing Jiaotong University, believes that, in terms of current technology, hybrid power Technology is closer to reality and the effect of emission reduction will be better. The state should continue to support it.