Fiat'''' s Ideas For Its China Operation

In the past years, there were no more activities carried out by Fiat Auto Group in China, it started its China operation from the beginning of this year. As the first step of its activities, Fiat had participated the PSE'94 Beijing for Family Car of China with a delegation headed by the Vice-President of Fiat Auto Group and its recommended car model. As the second step, Fiat had established its     

Magnificent Gathering——The 56th IAA For Cars/Motorcycles

At the invitation of 3 big auto makers, Mercedes-Benz, Ford and GM, a six-person delegation, composed of Auto Industry Bureau (AIB), China Machinery & Electronic Daily News, China Automotive News, Auto Fan and China Auto, which are all subordinate to MMI, went to Frankfurt for participating 56th     

Startup on Third Phase of Ford-China R&D Fund

According to Ford Auto (China) Co., Ltd., the third phase project of Ford-China Research and Development Fund, jointly established by China National Natural Science Foundation of China and American Ford Motor Co. was initiated on Jan.21 2002 in Sino-Germany Center in Beijing. The name list of the financed projects was published at the same time (See the table).     

The Result of Fashion Car 2002

The result of the activity of the Fashion Car 2002, organized jointly by "Auto Magazine" and Beijing Media Star Advertising Co., Ltd., has been uncovered recently. A total of 12,000 readers attended the survey, the largest one of its kind in China. Most of the voters are male youth who have extensive auto knowledge and their choice is considered to have fundamentally reflected the market requirement.     

Cooperation Information

Editor's note: The information mentioned below describes some of the Chinese engine parts enterprises that are looking for foreign partners. Readers are welcome to contact us. All the information given is from "Directory of Spare Parts Suppliers for Chinese Automobile" and we would like to express our thanks here to Beijing Xishiyi Auto Book Co., Ltd. and China Auto Review.     

NEW JVs, WIRE HARNESS

Packard Electric (China) Ltd, a subsidiary of Packard Electric, U. S., signed joint venture contract with Auto Wire Factory of Baicheng City (Jilin Province) on September 14 to produce wire harnesses for supplying First Auto and FAW-VW. Total investment of the project is USD 10 million with     

The Investment and Competitive Strategies of Auto Industrial Powers in China

1 The Investment Situation of Auto Industrial Powers in China Chinese auto industry has made rapid progress after development of 50 years. However it is still at the infant stage. The government has to protect it by means of long-term, rigorous tariff and non-tariff devices. But the U.S., Japan and other European countries have made investment into Chinese auto industry, because it's incontrovertible that China is the most potential market in the world.     

Biggest Auto Show Ever In China

Lasting for 7 days and attracting about 300 thousands visitors home and abroad, Auto China '96 drew its curtain on June 24th of 1996. As one of the two important automotive gatherings in the first half of 1996 in Beijing, Auto Tech PSE '96 and Auto China '96, and with the first one focusing on the promotion and establishment of independent R & D capability in     

FAW and Jinbei Hand in Hand

On Feb. 23rd., 1995, the signing ceremony of Jinbei Automotive Company Limited (hereinafter refered to Jinbei) entering China First Automotive Group Corporation (hereinafter refered to FAW) and carrying out assets integration was held in Shenyang Jinbei Complex, which marks the set up of First Auto Jinbei Automotive Co., Ltd. (hereinafter refered to FAJB).     

《China Auto Industry Yearbook》 (1997) and 《China Auto Industry》 (1997)

《China Auto Industry Yearbook》(1997) details the essential events and the important policies of China auto in-dustry in 1996, offers experiences of reform and management, incorporates basic statistics of the industry with R&D, standards, technology introduction, Q/C, safety, emission involved. It is a most comprehensive tool for readers home and abroad to know China auto industry. Price: USD 90 (Price includes postage & package) 《China Auto Industry》(1997), a Chinese-English bilingual publication, highlights the developments seen in     

NEWS

l The project between Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group Co., Ltd. ( GAIG ) and Toyota initiated On June 1, Shenzhen Changhang Fenghai Auto Logistics Co., Ltd, a joint venture between Fengteng Shipping Co. Ltd., part of the Toyota Group, Toyota Tsusho Corporation and Shenzhen Changhang Industrial Development Co., Ltd., was established. The new company is expected tooffera marine logistics service for Toyota Auto. Inside the industry, the move is regarded as a prelude for T…     

Exhibition

◎Auto Parts & Equip Shanghai '2000, the prominent international exhibition in automotive parts, accessories, workshop and service station equipment will be staged during Nov. 28～Dec 1., 2000 at Shanghai International Exhibition Center. Shanghai has estab-lished itself the most important production base for the auto industry. Near 40% of the auto related JV manu-facturing plants are set up in East China region.     

RECENT DEVELOPMENT

New Merger——Chang'an Shengli Auto Corp. Ltd. Recently, Chang'an Auto (Group) Corp. Ltd. has annexed Hebei Shengli Group Corp. Ltd., which is renamed as Hebei Chang'an Shengli Auto Corp. Ltd. and will shift from a local military enterprise to one sub-ordinate to State Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense. Chongqing Chang' an Auto Group is one of the State-designated production     

NEW YEAR'''' S MESSAGE

With the coming of vigorous new year, and prosperous opportunities in front of you, on behalf of《China Auto》 Editorial Board and China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC), we would like to express our great appreciation to all the readers old and new for their enthusiastic support given or to be given in our business.     

News

Maker concerns During the period of January-July 2001, Guangzhou Honda Automotive Co., Ltd. produced 30,030 units of Accord cars and sold 29,856 units of them, 96% up year on year respectively, taking 29.3% share of China's medium and high-end car market. Shanghai ZF Steering Gear Co., Ltd. has recently passed the newly-issued ISO/TS 16946 Requirement of Auto Supplier's Quality System organized by Rhine AG of Germany. In the past five years Shanghai ZF has     

IPC-11 held in Shanghai, China

From Nov. 6-9 2001, SAE-China hosted the 11th International Pacific Region Automotive Engineering meeting (IPC-11) in Shanghai, China. All together 300 representatives (of which 110 from abroad and 210 from home) of auto circles of a dozen countries attended the seminar. The meeting, under the theme of "Auto Industry in the 21st Century", had discussions and exchanged broadly on "Auto Design and Manufacture, Automobiles in the Future, Emission and Safety"," Test and Test Techniques ", etc. The organizer received 205 technical papers, in which     

Chance and Challenge of China''''s Entry into WTO on the Auto Industry

1. Outline of China Auto In-dustry China auto industry com-menced in the early 1950s, but slow in progress during the period between 1950s and 1980s. Its gross output of vehicles in 1991 was up to 710,000 units, and thereafter the output has been increased more rapidly. In 1992, 1,060,000 vehi-cles were produced, which was the first time to exceed one million. In 1998 the output was 1,638,000 u-     

Global Gathering of Auto Fun——Auto China ''''98

Auto China '98, the biggest auto show all over China, was held from June 23 to June 30 at Beijing International Exhibition Centre. Accord-ing to the organiser, more than 300 and 500 au-tomotive enterprises from abroad and home re-spectively participated in this grand gathering, of     

Analysis and Prediction of ''''94-''''95 Auto Market in China

After a sluggish market in 1994, both the sale and the production of automobiles will be raised constantly in China, especially in the second half of 1995. In order to understand this, we shall begin with the analysis of the auto market in 1994. Retrospect of China's Auto Market in 1994     

What VW to do in China

Volkswagen AG took part in the ever-great auto exhibition of this century in China, Auto Shanghai '99 held during July 15 to 20, with an unprecedented display space of more than 1,000 square meters and brought 14 passenger cars as well as the dissections of Lupo and Passat to the visitors. During the exhibition, reporters of CHINA AUTO interviewed with the officials of VW AG. Here are the records of the interview.