Author:NickyDate:2024-5-6
The 2024 (18th) Beijing International Auto Show (referred to as the 2024 Beijing Auto Show) with the theme of "New Era and New Cars" successfully concluded on May 4, 2024 at the Shunyi Pavilion of the China International Exhibition Center in Beijing. The total exhibition area 220,000 square meters. During the 10-day period, China International Exhibition Center Shunyi Hall and Chaoyang Hall attracted a total of 892,000 visitors.
As the transformation of the automobile industry intensifies, the development of new energy and intelligent connected vehicles in China is unstoppable. The Chinese automobile market has sufficient consumption momentum. The blessing of multiple factors makes the 2024 Beijing Auto Show show new vitality unique to the new era.
The 2024 Beijing Auto Show has attracted well-known domestic and foreign automobile brands to participate in the exhibition with new products and high specifications. Traditional car companies have deep roots and new brands are shining brightly. The exhibitors at this exhibition have a complete range of brands and continue to maintain global leadership. The exhibition exhibited 117 world premiere cars (including 30 world premiere cars from multinational companies), 41 concept cars, and 278 new energy models.
At the same time, this Beijing Auto Show attracted nearly 500 well-known parts and components companies at home and abroad from 13 countries including China, the United States, Germany, France, Japan, South Korea, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Switzerland, Malaysia, Singapore, and Vietnam. Technology companies are exhibiting. The upstream and downstream companies participating in the automotive supply chain have brought the latest products and technologies, covering multiple fields such as autonomous driving solutions, smart cockpits, operating systems, chips, lidar, etc., as well as the cutting-edge technological achievements of intelligent driving and the latest developments and changes in the industrial chain. Unobstructed view. From industrialization to scale, from marketization to globalization, the supply chain relationship between complete vehicles and parts companies in the automotive industry is also changing from vertical to symbiotic, and the global industrial chain supply chain is being restructured. With the continuous development and popularization of intelligent driving technology, the automotive industry chain is ushering in broader development space and rare market opportunities.
International brands actively "shock"
At the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, international brands are advancing hand in hand on the road to petrol and electricity. Many international traditional car companies are accelerating their electrification transformation. New products such as pure electric vehicles, extended-range electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles (hydrogen vehicles) have been unveiled. . Breakthroughs in technological upgrades have also given the new energy vehicle industry more expectations, and the possibilities for green travel have been greatly expanded.
New pure electric BMW i4, new electric MINI Aceman, Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology, Audi Q6L e-tron, Volkswagen ID.CODE, Volkswagen Anhui ID.UNYX, smart Elf #5 concept car, Cadillac IQ Song, Toyota bZ Sport Crossover Concept, Toyota bZ FlexSpace Concept, GAC Toyota Platinum 3X, Changan Mazda EZ-6, Genesis new pure electric G80, Dolange 2025 TAHOE Tahoe, Lamborghini Urus PHEV, Lotus EMEYA The Blooming Flowers Limited Edition, Lotus ELETRE TYPE 79 and other models made their global debut, explaining the connotation of "new cars" in multiple dimensions.
At the same time, international brands are also making continuous efforts in the field of intelligence. New cars equipped with functions such as autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, and panoramic interaction are enriching the definition of cars.
Independent brands flourish
New energy becomes the focus of the audience
At the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, the product matrix of independent brands will be upgraded, striving for a full market layout. The underlying technologies for electrification and intelligence continue to mature and subdivide, and competition has further escalated, driving the accelerated evolution of integration and change in automobiles and related industries. From January to February this year, China's new energy passenger vehicles accounted for 62% of the world's new energy vehicles. From April 1 to April 14, domestic new energy passenger vehicles retailed 260,000 units, with a market penetration rate of 50.39%, surpassing the Traditional fuel passenger cars.
In recent years, the rise of Chinese automobile brands is obvious to all. Judging from the attention on the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, Chinese automobile companies have attracted countless attention, and new energy brands incubated by traditional car companies have also brought many new products and technologies.
Chinese automobile brands have seized the first-mover advantage of intelligent connected new energy vehicles. Relying on a complete industrial system and continuous investment in innovation, the speed of new car development, product competitiveness and market share have increased year by year. At the 2024 Beijing Auto Show, we saw a flourishing of new energy vehicle products, and competition was also extremely fierce. As the automobile industry enters a period of comprehensive change, automobile companies are also improving efficiency by reasonably reducing manufacturing costs, constantly improving the core competitiveness of products and brands, and increasing market share in order to stand out in the fierce competition and occupy a place. Bit.
Chinese cars going global attract global attention
Mutual benefit and win-win
China is the world's largest automobile market. In 2023, China will surpass Japan for the first time and become the world's largest automobile exporter. In 2023, new energy vehicle production and sales will account for more than 60% of the world's total, ranking first in the world for nine consecutive years. China's automobile overseas market continues to heat up. Thanks to the rise of Chinese automobile brands in recent years, both quantity and quality have improved. Not only has it been deployed in the field of new energy vehicles for many years, but its intelligent development has also accelerated year by year, bringing strong product and technological competitiveness. . It can be seen from the 2024 Beijing Auto Show that more and more foreign visitors are stopping at the booths of Chinese automobile brands, and people in the global automobile industry are focusing their attention on Chinese automobiles.
A total of 163 press conferences were held on the Media Day of the 2024 Beijing Auto Show on April 25 and 26. On the first day of the Media Day on the 25th, a total of 1,148 foreign media reporters from 956 institutions in 131 countries and 21,812 journalists from 6,395 institutions were held. A total of 23,000 domestic media reporters came to the scene to report.
On the first day of the Beijing Auto Show Media Day, a total of 7,401 dealers from overseas were attracted, and the two halls attracted a total of 28,000 international visitors during the entire exhibition period. As China's automobile industry enters a new era of globalization, the strength of China's own brands is constantly increasing, and it has become a trend for Chinese automobiles to enter the world stage.
At present, China and the global new energy vehicle market are continuing to grow, with huge demand space. Intelligent connected new energy vehicles are also the product of global industrial cooperation to a certain extent. Future development requires all parties to leverage their strengths and deepen division of labor and collaboration. Through the Beijing Auto Show, China is also actively conveying its voice to the world. China will further promote the construction of a unified national market, expand high-level opening up to the outside world, continue to relax market access, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and treat domestic and foreign-funded enterprises equally. Promote broader exchanges and cooperation between Chinese and foreign car companies in capital, technology, management, talent, etc., share opportunities in the Chinese market, and develop together for mutual benefit and win-win results in the technological revolution and industrial transformation.
Release new momentum for the transformation of the automobile industry
Today's automobile products are very different from those in the past. "New automobiles" are no longer just simple means of transportation, but a composite system that uses various technologies comprehensively. Intelligent networked new energy vehicles can be called "large terminals" that integrate multiple technologies such as mechanics, electronics, computing, perception, audio-visual, and energy storage. They are the main direction for the transformation and upgrading of the automobile industry, and they are also the new quality of my country's development. An important engine of productivity. The development of the automobile industry has changed the chain supply structure of traditional automobiles, integrating electronic information technology, intelligent systems, the Internet, etc., forming a diversified industrial structure. The rise of China's new energy and intelligent connected vehicles has led to the upgrading and reconstruction of China's automobile industry chain, which has become the foundation for China's automobile industry to reduce costs, increase efficiency and achieve high-quality development.
In addition, our country is carrying out a new round of large-scale equipment upgrades and trade-in of consumer goods. The automobile industry plays a leading role in expanding investment and promoting consumption. The holding of the Beijing Auto Show can fully invigorate the market atmosphere, stimulate consumer enthusiasm, and release the consumption potential of automobile products to a greater extent. The 2024 Beijing Auto Show is not only an international platform that focuses on displaying new technologies in the industry and new products of enterprises, but also an industry event that displays the new image of automobiles and upstream and downstream industry chain brands. It is driven by innovation, oriented by demand, and based on quality. The implementation of consumption-promoting policies has become a catalyst and trigger point for promoting domestic automobile consumption.
The 2024 Beijing Auto Show has received great attention and strong support from the Party Central Committee, the State Council, relevant national ministries and commissions, as well as the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government. The Beijing Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, Shunyi District Committee, District Government and relevant functional units and departments of the city and district have given strong support. Assure. Leaders at all levels visited the auto show to investigate and guide the work, and instructed the entire industry to thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on promoting high-quality development of the automobile industry, vigorously develop intelligent network-connected new energy vehicles, and persist in leading industrial innovation with technological innovation. Deepen and expand open cooperation, promote the high-end, intelligent, and green upgrading of the automobile industry to better meet and create market demand.
The Beijing Auto Show has always been committed to promoting exchanges and cooperation between the Chinese and foreign automobile industries, leading industrial development and promoting automobile culture. In the new era, the 2024 Beijing Auto Show focuses on demonstrating the new concepts and achievements of the global automobile industry in technological innovation, and comprehensively leads the development direction of the automobile industry driven by technological innovation. As the iconic brand of Beijing's exhibition industry, the Beijing Auto Show will continue to Responsible for the great trust of the country and the industry, we use the communication function of the exhibition platform to actively promote cooperation between the Chinese and foreign automobile industries, share the industry's cutting-edge development trends, innovative ideas and technological achievements, and jointly promote the high-quality development of the automobile industry.
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