Grand Gathering Among Auto Circle

Sponsored by the Ministry of Machinery Industry (MMI), the opening ceremony of Auto Parts PSE '95 was held in Beijing on Oct. 14th of 1995. Auto Parts PSE '95, which followed the Family Car PSE '94, turned out to be an eye-catcher among the auto circles home and     

A Great Event for Fostering the Independent R&D Capability

In line with the Industrial Policy of Motor Industry, Auto Tech PSE '96 was held from June 2 to June 9 in Beijing. Following the two PSEs held in Beijing for Family Car and Auto Parts, this event focused on the Auto Tech, aiming to help the auto circles home and abroad to have a good     

EV/AFV TECH PSE''''96 FORESEEN IN BEIJING

EV/AFV Tech PSE '96 will be held from Dec. 6 to Dec. 12 of 1996 in Beijing, Mr. Shi Dinghuan, SSTC and Mr. Zhang Xiaoyu, MMI announced at a press conference held on July 19, 1996 in Beijing. Members of the Organizing Committee are as follows:     

EV and SFV Focused in China Auto Industry

For the sustainable development of China auto industry, PES'96 on Electric Vehicles and Substitutional Fuel Vehicles as held in Beijing from Dec. 6 to Dec. 14 of 1996. This PSE '96, which w.as another important activity in China auto sector this year, was paid a great attention from the auto circles home and abroad. Present at the opening ceremony were Bao Xud     

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     

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     

Daimler-Chrysler and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd. signed a formal agreement to produce Mercedes E and C class cars in China

On Sep. 8, 2003, Daimler-Chrysler and Beijing side signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Beijing. According to the agreement, Beijing Jeep will produce the C and E class Mercedes cars while Futian will produce the medium and heavy trucks of Mercedes. The total investment is expected to reach 1 billion euro. Reportedly, the two sides had reached initial cooperation intent in June 2002. The projected annual production of the C     

Meeting the Future Challenges in Auto Manufacturing——Interviewing Zhang Xiaoyu, Director General of AIB, MMI

Q: Auto Industry Bureau (AIB) of MMI has organized 3 international PSEs in 1994, 1995 and 1996 successively. Would you please give a comment to them? What influences would these PSEs impose to the development of China auto industry? Is AIB going to sponsor another PSE again next year? If yes, what will be the theme of that PSE?     

Auto Gala--AMS ''''97

Beijing Auto Show in 1997, called as AMS '97 (Beijing Intemational Automobiles, Motor-cycles and Manufacturing Equipment Show), was held from July 8 to 14 in Beijing Interna-tional Exhibition Center. Compared with over 55 000 m~2 exhibition area and more than 300 000 visitors last year, AMS '97 just had an exhibition area of no more than 36 000 m~2 and 230 000 visitors.     

Demonstration Projects for the Commercial Operation of Fuel Cell Buses in China

The demonstration projects for the commercial use of fuel cell buses in China arejointly sponsored by the Chinese government, the GEF and the UNDP and the Ministry ofScience and Technology (MOST), and Beijing and Shanghai municipalities are responsiblefor execution. The undertaking started on March 27, 2003 in Beijing. As an important part of GEF’s strategy, the Chinese project is meant to eventuallyemploy fuel cell buses to reduce air pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases. …     

Family Car PSE'''' 94 Successfully Ended

On the day of Nov. 19th, Family Car World Development and China's Strategy Presentation Seminar and Exhibition '94 which was sponsored by MMI was successfully completed in Beijing after the closing speech given by Mr. Lu Fuyuan, the deputy minister of MMI.     

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Shanghai GM has been again elected one of the most respected companies of 2002 in China Shanghai GM has again been elected one of the most respected companies in China, jointly by Management Case Research Center of Beijing University and the Economy Observer. As the only auto company in the list, its position in the list rose to fourth, from tenth in 2001. It ranks No. 1 in foreign invested companies.     

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Policy, standard, regulation Beijing to introduce tougher auto emission standards Beijing will introduce tougher auto emission standards at the beginning of next year to curb air pollution in this host city of the 2008 Olympic Games,     

TWO GIANT AUTOMAKERS'''' FUTURE TARGETS

Editor's Note: Both Ma Yue, president of Dongfeng, and Geng Zhaojie, president of First Auto, are members of the Eighth People's Congress. They were in Beijing to take part in the second plenary session of the People's Congress in early March. They expressed their viewpoints on establishment of modern enterprise system and talked about development strategies of the two giant automakers.     

Ford expands its strategic cooperation with Changan by adding USD 1 billion more on the company

Bill Ford, president and CEO of Ford, announced on Oct 17 in Beijing that Ford is rapidly exploring expansion of its business in China. The company has signed a memorandum of understanding with Changan to expand the strategic cooperation and further seek opportunity of expanding the business in China.     

Beijing Project FCB Pre-acceptance Completed

From 10th to 16th July 2005, national PMO organized a delegation for Beijing project FCB pre-acceptance in Germany. The delegation consisted of national PMO, CICETE, Beijing Public Transit Co., Tsinghua University and China Automotive Technology & Research Center officers and experts. The delegation visited Evobus factory on 11th July 2005. According to the factory engineers, Beijing project 3 FCBs had been improved in technology regarding the problems explored in CUTE implemen…     

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.     

Who will win in the latest phase of reconstruction?

Mergers and reconstruction in China’s automotive industry,with Chang’an Auto leading the way,reached a new peak in2004.Almost all major automotive corporations were planning to be listed abroad.This feverish activity is just the beginning of the integration of the automotive resources of the more developed auto groups.When Chang’an and Jiangling as well as Beijing Automotive Holding Group and Mercedes Benz got married,a lot of money was needed to raise the reputation of the businesses a…     

China''''s Automotive Finance Market

Although the proportion of auto financing loans remains very small compared to the total number of vehicles purchased in China, many finance companies and banks are eager to find out more about this potentially lucrative market. In this report, Beijing Po…     

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● PSA Group to ramp up in China Officials of Citroen and Peugeot China have revealed that, around the 2003 Lunar New Year, their two offices in China will be consolidated into one. By then, PSA Group will be working at the new office which means the full beginning of the business integration of the Citroen and Peugeot companies in China. Around one month ago when Jean-Martin FOLZ, president of PSA, signed in Beijing a cooperative agreement with DFAC (Dongfeng Motor), he strongly expressed his desire to