Original title: Ministry of Commerce: 2.157 million new energy vehicles sold in the first September accounted for more than 10% of new vehicle sales
China News Service, Beijing, October 21 (Reporter Liu Liang) Shu Jueting, spokesperson for the Ministry of Commerce of China, said at a press conference on the 21st that the Chinese auto market has maintained a stable and positive development trend in the first three quarters of this year. The main indicators have exceeded the level before the new crown epidemic. The substantial increase in sales of new energy vehicles is one of the highlights.
Shu Jueting said that from a short-term perspective, the domestic epidemic was effectively controlled during the same period last year, and automobile consumer demand was concentrated, and the year-on-year base rose significantly. Recently, it has been affected by factors such as the spread of the epidemic and the tension of automobile chips. , Automobile production supply and consumer demand have slowed down. In the medium and long term, the Chinese auto market has gradually entered a period of steady development after years of rapid growth.
She said that overall, China’s auto market has maintained a stable and positive development trend in the first three quarters of this year, and all major indicators have exceeded the levels before the epidemic. Mainly present the following two characteristics.
First, in the entire automotive industry chain, the automotive aftermarket is more active than the new car market. From January to September, the transaction volume of second-hand cars exceeded 12.96 million, a year-on-year increase of 35.3% and an increase of 22.5% from the same period in 2019. The ratio of monthly transaction volume of used cars to new cars reached 0.76 in September; the recycling volume of scrapped motor vehicles from January to September reached 2.106 million vehicles, an increase of 35.9% year-on-year, and an increase of 27.3% year-on-year.
Second, in terms of new car sales, the sales of new energy vehicles have increased significantly, and their performance has been even brighter. Sales of 2.157 million vehicles from January to September, an increase of 1.9 times year-on-year, accounted for 11.6% of new car sales. The sales in September once again refreshed the single-month historical record.
Shu Jueting said that in the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will, on the basis of the preliminary work, work with relevant departments to continue to do a great article on the promotion of automobile consumption throughout the chain, and accelerate the construction of a new development pattern of the automobile market featuring echelon consumption, efficient use, and green cycle. . The first is to deepen the reform of “delegating control and service” in the automobile circulation field, and promote the introduction of related measures to further stimulate the vitality and endogenous power of the automobile market. The second is to promote the removal of unreasonable restrictions on second-hand car transactions, to further facilitate the off-site transactions of second-hand cars, to promote the standardized, branded, and large-scale development of the second-hand car industry, and to prosper the second-hand car market. The third is to improve the relevant systems of automobile circulation management, speed up the revision of the “Measures for the Administration of Second-hand Car Circulation” and “Regulations on Compulsory Motor Vehicle Scrap Standards” to further optimize the automobile consumption environment. (over)
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