On Mar. 3rd to Mar. 6th, the Deputy Secretary General of CAAM Mr. Shi Jianhua, the Director of Industry Information Department Mr. Chen Shihua and the Officer of International Cooperation Department Ms. Liu Zheng went to Geneva to attend OICA council meeting and visited Geneva Motor Show.

CAAM Delegation Attending OICA Council Meeting

Meeting Site

As the only international organization and representative of global auto manufacturers, OICA is made up of by auto manufacturers all around the world. Now, the organization’s membership comprises 38 national trade associations around the world including all major automobile manufacturing countries. OICA now has eight permanent council members and two non-permanent council members. Each March, CAAM, as one of its permanent council members, would attend its OICA council meeting held in Geneva to discuss issues concerning industrial development, technological trends and international auto shows as well as acquire the latest auto-related data.
        As usual, OICA held the first press conference of this year before OICA council meeting. On the press conference, the President Mr. Yong-Geun Kim delivered a welcome speech. The Secretary General Mr. Yves van der Straaten informed the sales and production of automobiles in 2014. Last year witnessed a 3% increase of sales and production around the world, of which 89.5 million units were produced and 88.2 million units were sold. As for the situation by region, Asia enjoyed a strong performance, accounting for half of the global share, especially the performance of China which represented a quarter of global volume in total. Though EU was recovering, it was still far below the pre-crisis levels. North America continued to perform strongly; while Central and South America witnessed dramatic decline. As for Africa, a stale growth could be seen.
        After the press conference, OICA council meeting was held. Issues of improvement of OICA press conference, OICA studies, next round table, international auto show and technical trends were discussed. Besides, CAAM invited OICA guests present to attend 2015 China Auto Forum held in Shanghai.

Mr. Shi Jianhua visited DFSK stand

Group Photo of CAAM Delegation in DFSK Stand

Mr. Shi Jianhua visited Qoros stand

After the meeting, the delegation visited Geneva Motor Show.