Foreign investment climbs 18.63 per cent

The rapid growth of foreign investment in China will continue and may even accelerate after the country enters the World Trade Organization (WTO), analysts said. "More fields are opening to foreign investors and market regulations are becoming more transparent, which encourages foreign companies to increase their presence in China," said Sun Xiaohua, a senior researcher at the Chinese Academy of International Trade and Economic     

Developing Chinese Motorcycle Industry

As an important part of Chinese auto industry, the motorcycle industry has made great progress under the guidance of "Industrial Policy of Motor Industry" and realized the annual production target of 10 million motorcycles. Along with the change of the economic situation both external and domestic and China's WTO entry, which will surely cause impacts to most of Chinese enterprises and some of the domestic market, a great change will certainly be produced in Chinese motorcycle industry and a new circumstance will be in front of it.     

Framework Off Future Chinese EV Standards

Now the R & D project of electric vehicle (EV) has already been listed as a key one in the science and technology program in the 9th Five-Year Plan of the Chinese government. Some enterprises and scientific institutions concerned have tried to work at this topic. There would be     

Auto Market

Editor's notes: As China's WTO entry is drawing near, Chinese people are witnessing the marketing activities of foreign automakers in China: establishing new firms and promoting new vehicles, etc. In face of the enormous Chinese market, foreign automakers are busy in establishing their brand images, fostering consumption population in order to take more market shares in the future.     

The current situation and trend towards consolidation of China''''s car industry

By now, the major transnational auto makers in the world have all entered China's car market by means of setting up joint ventures or performing technology transfers. These companies, in the light of their own global strategies, determine the development orientation of their joint or cooperative enterprises in China as well as the supply of vehicle types and parts procurement. Although it is regulated in The Industrial Policy for Auto Industry that the shares of foreign partners in car enterprises are not allowed to     

New Concepts for China''''s Auto Industry

At present, the reform of large and medium state-owned enterprises symbols whether China's national economy continues to maintain grow-ing at a quicker speed and is also a key factor af-fecting the stability of whole society. Further-more, the reform is the most frontal and promi-     

Current Situation Of Chinese Large - Medium Bus Industry

With the development of the reform and open policy and the economic advance, Chinese largemedium bus industry has obtained rare opportunity and encouraging progress. The rapid development of road construction, urban construction and tourism has brought great demand and drive to the bus market. Almost all the world-famous large medium bus corporations have found their own partners in China, organizing joint ventures and capturing the share of Chinese large - medium bus market. In the domestic market, you could find an epitome embodying the competing posture of global large and medium bus     

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     

Cooperation Information

Editor's note: The information mentioned below describes some of the Chinese engine parts enterprises who 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     

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.     

Creating A New FAW Meets the Requirements of the WTO Entry——An Interview with ZHU Yanfeng, General Manager of FAW Chief

[Editor's Note] As men of automobiles like us, especially those working in the traditional state-owned enterprises, we should probably be a generation that is confronted with reform and challenges. It is of no matter that our products and technologies are behind our counterparts, however, our ideas should not be behind the times. In order to foster more     

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Chinese Auto Industry

1 Current situation of foreign direct investment accepted by the auto industry 1.1 General condition By the end of 1998, there were in Chinese auto sector over 400 joint ventures of which some 50 were manufacturers together with around 20 motorcycle makers, some 240 enterprises that were engaged in the production of key assembles and parts, and 40 firms were concerned with services and consultancy and other business. The agreed     

The Situation and Trends in the Chinese Heavy Truck Industry

1. Factors, accelerating the development of the Chinese heavy truck market Heavy trucks have been considered a product which should have a large market potential, yet have not been deeply developed in China. But at present, domestic-made heavy trucks have taken a 20% share in the total production and sales of trucks, forming a     

Market Analysis of Chinese Auto Pollution-Control Product

In recent years, Chinese government has shown special concern on urban pollution issue caused by automobiles by formulating some laws and regulations concerning automotive emission in succession. In order to bring in line with international practice in the field of auto emission standards, China is implementing relevant European standards. These measures will directly touch off a rapid expansion of Chinese auto pollution-control product market.     

Chinese Mini Vehicle Makers Showing Confidence to Face up to Challenge

On November 19, 1999, a seminar on developing mini vehicle market was held in Beijing, with almost all major Chinese mini vehi-cle makers participating in. They are Chana Automobile (Group) Li-ability Corp., Ltd., Changhe Air-craft Industries (Group), Ltd., Harbin Dong'An Engine Manufac-turing Company, Harbin Aircraft Manufacturing Corp. and Liuzhou Wuling Auto Co., Ltd.. The boss-es of the five enterprises showed     

An interview with GAO Dayi——Director of Ji Hua Investment Management Corporation

Reporter: After China's WTO entry, what will happen on the structure of China's auto market? What impact will Chinese auto industry come across? Gao: This is a question commonly concerned, and also one related to the future development of China's auto industry.     

Joint Venture & Cooperation

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     

The Chinese Auto Market 1997 Attracting the Gaze of People

Since the second half of 1993, Chinese auto market has been crawling for 3 consecutive years, and the bad situation was seen in 1996. Therefore the Chinese auto market trend of 1997 will be spectacular within the auto circles home and abroad.     

Impacts of China''''s WTO Entry on China''''sMotorcycle Industry

China's WTO entry will have be a wide-ranging impact on China's motorcycle industry as follows: 1 The government functions will be transferred dramatically Concerning the management of the motorcycle industry, the Chinese government will more and more rely on law and market leverage and direct intervention in enterprises     

The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Chinese Auto Industry

3.5 Foreign investors madding about assembling cars while localization of cars neglected. What the most foreign partners are mad about in China is to assemble cars with CKD parts to seek money. Few of them care about the localization, especially when their Chinese partners are not strong enough. 3.6 Controlling on Development of Product Although the Chinese sides are holding the stock shares in most joint ventures, the foreign partners often hold back the development of new products by means of intellectual property rights. When developing new products, the foreign investors are likely to transfer the dated