On Apr. 18, the three-day 2019 China Auto Forum, themed with “Innovation, Openness, Green—Focusing on Automotive Industrial Change and Opportunity”, came to a successful conclusion in Shanghai. According to the statistics of the Organizing Committee, more than 2,000 guests at home and abroad attended the forum, hitting a record high. Hundreds of domestic and foreign mainstream medias reported this event. China Auto Forum, a top event for the automotive industry, is co-organized by CAAM and CCTV-2 and supported by OICA and World Economic Forum. Since its first convention in 2011, the forum has been successfully held for 8 times, gaining an ever-increasing influence. Focusing on “high-end, pragmatic and efficiency”, China Auto Forum has become the "Davos" of the auto industry in China; and serves as an important communication platform for world auto leaders. It has become the most concerned event in automotive field each year.

Conference Forum

　　As a top forum with great influence in China automotive industry, 2019 China Auto Forum has become an important “bellwether” to lead future development directions. Mr. Wan Gang, the Vice Chairman of CPPCC and Chairman of CAST, Mr. Xin Guobin, the Vice Minister of MIIT, Mr. Wang Ruixiang, the Chairman of CMIF, Mr. Lu Fangzhou, the Governor of Jiading District, Mr. Shen Huadi, the Vice Governor of Jiading District, Mrs. Lu Zufang, the Vice Governor of Jiading District, Mr. Zhao He, the Vice Director of CCTV-2, Mr. Luo Junjie, the Deputy Head of Equipment Industry Department of MIIT, Mr. Qu Guochun, the Director of MIIT Equipment Industry Development Center, Mr. Zheng Heyue, the Deputy Director of MIIT Equipment Industry Development Center, Mr. Zuo Shiquan, the Division Head of Policy Planning Division of MIIT Equipment Industry Development Center, Mr. Chen Xiaowu, the Deputy Director of Tariff Policy Research Center of Tariff Department of MOF, Mr. Zhao Yinong, the Deputy Head of Electricity Department of NEA, Mr. Xiao Rongchen, the Director of Policy Division of Department of Market System Development of MOFCOM, Mr. Tao Jun, the Deputy Director of Policy Division of Department of Market System Development of MOFCOM, Mr. Zhou Wenhui, the Director of Vehicle Division of Road Traffic Safety Research Center of MPS, Mr. Lyu Yajun, Vehicle Management Division of Department of Transport Service of MOT, attended the forum. Some delivered wonderful speeches. 

Conference Forum

　　As the top communicating platform in the automotive industry, 2019 China Auto Forum attracted a large batch of domestic corporate leaders to discuss industrial big issues, to explore future development. Mr. Xu Liuping, the Chairman of FAW, Mr. Xi Guohua, the General Manager of FAW, Mr. Chen Demei, the Vice President of SAIC, Mr. Zu Sijie, the Vice Chief Engineer of SAIC, Mr. Xu Heyi, the Chairman of BAIC, Mr. Zhang Xiyong, the General Manager of BAIC, Mr. Zhang Baolin, the Chairman of Changan, Mr. Zhu Huarong, the President of Changan, Mr. Zeng Qinghong, the Chairman of GAC, Mr. Feng Xingya, the General Manager of GAC, Mr. Yin Tongyue, the Chairman of Chery, Mr. Xiang Xingchu, the General Manager of JAC, Mr. Wang Chuanfu, the Chairman and President of BYD, Mr. Yan Bingzhe, the Chairman of Brilliance, Mr. Cai Dong, the General Manager of SINOTRUK, Mr. An Conghui, the President of Geely, Mrs. Wang Fengying, the President of Great Wall, Mr. Chen Hongliang, the President of BAIC Motor, Mr. Mu Gang, the Chairman of Lifan, Mr. Jing Zhu, the Chairman of Haima Group, Mr. Sun Zhongchun, the Chairman of Haima Motor, Mr. Qiu Xiangzhi, the Chairman of Xiamen King Long, Mr. Wang Lianchun, the Chairman of Yueda Group, Mr. Liu Hanru, the Chairman of Hualing Automobile, Mrs. Chen Ailian, the Board Chairman of Wanfeng Auto Holding Group, Mr. Li Pingyi, the General Manager of Wanxiang Qianchao, Mr. Lu Min, the Chairman & CEO of Autohome, participated in the forum. Moreover, many auto brands chief leaders coming was another highlight, including FAW-Volkswagen, FAW Car, SAIC-GM, SGMW, FAW-Toyota, Dongfeng Motor, Dongfeng Honda, Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen, Beijing Hyundai Motor, Beijing Benz Automotive, GAC Honda, GAC Toyota, Changan Ford, Dongfeng Passenger Vehicle, SAIC Passenger Vehicle, GAC Motor, Changan NEV, Geely NEV, Chery NEV, NIO, JMC, Qingling, Jiefang, Foton, Zhongtong, Yutong, Shaanxi Automobile, etc. Hundreds of parts manufacturers and NEV, ICV companies attended as well, like Fuao, Dongfeng Motor Parts, GAC Component. Beijing Hainachuan, HYCET, BAK, Guoxuan High-Tech, Huashang Sanyou, Desay SV, JJE, SINOEV, HSAE, TJ Innova Engineering & Technology, etc. 

Conference Forum

　　As an important event in the automotive industry, the leaders and experts from industrial organizations and associations in China attended this forum, including Mr. Fu Bingfeng, the Executive Vice Chairman and Secretary General of CAAM, Mr. Dong Yang, the Former Executive Vice Chairman of CAAM, Mr. Zhang Jinhua, the Executive Vice Chairman and Secretary General of SAE-China, Mr. Li Kaiguo, the Chairman of CAERI, Mr. Shi Jianhua, the Deputy Secretary General of CAAM, Mr. Ye Shengji, the Deputy Secretary General of CAAM, Mrs. Xu Yanhua, the Deputy Secretary General of CAAM, Mr. Yao Jie, the Deputy Secretary General of CAAM, Mr. Zeng Guang, the Special Deputy Secretary General of CAAM, Mr. Yan Jianlai, the Deputy Secretary General of SAE-China, Mr. Wu Zhixin, the Vice General Manager of CATARC, Mrs. Yang Lin, the Vice Chairman of CCPIT-Auto Subcommittee, and Mr. Gui Junsong, the Chief Editor of China Automotive News. Besides, Mr. Chen Gang, the General Manager of Shanghai International Automobile City, Mr. Xu Haidong, the Secretary General Assistant of CAAM, Mr. Huo Yumin, the Secretary General Assistant of CAAM, Mr. Chen Shihua, the Secretary General Assistant of CAAM, Mr. Li Shaohua, the Secretary General Assistant of CAAM as well as chief leaders from CAAM branches and experts, scholars from institutions, universities also participated in.
　　As the key exchange and communication platform, 2019 China Auto Forum brought world auto associations elites and industrial representatives here with its huge influence. The high levels from OICA, VDA, KAMA, ANFIA, JAMA and SIAM delivered wonderful speeches. Mr. Daniel E. Nicholson, the Vice President of GM, Mr. Don Butler, the Executive Director of Ford, Mr. Robin Ren, the Vice President of Tesla, Mr. Akashi Eiichi, the Vice President of Nissan-Renault-Mitsubishi Alliance, Mr. Hasegawa Yusuke, the Executive Chief Engineer of Honda R&D, Mr. Gilles LE BORGNE, the Executive Vice President of Groupe PSA, Mr. Harkirat Khatra, the Head of Electrical-FCA APAC Region as well as the high-levels from multinational corporations, including Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW, Toyota, Mazda, PSA, Hyundai, JLR, Ferrari, Polestar, Bosch, Continental, ZF, Denso, APTIV, Schaeffler, Garrett, Toyota Boshoku, Novelis, AGC, Keysight Technologies, etc. shared international views.
　　2019 is the year of 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China. With profound changes taken place in the internal and external environment of China economy, the automotive industry, as the pillar of national economy, also faces unprecedented tests. The auto sales in 2018 contracted for the first time after over 20 years of growth. Comparing with the high-speed growth period, what kinds of new changes and trends of auto industry will be presented in the new era? And how to catch the opportunities in the shifting into high-quality development? Facing transformation and upgrading, innovative capacity promotion, high quality development, deepening industrial reform and opening up, as well as accelerating green development have become the common and core subjects to deal with by the government, industry and companies, also the theme of this year’s forum. Composed of the closed-door summit, conference forum, theme forums and concurrent activities, 2019 China Auto Forum tried to seek the solutions through in-depth exchange and discussion.
　　On the afternoon of Apr. 16, the closed-door summit was successfully held. As a key communicating platform for industrial leaders and related government high levels, the summit was hosted by Mr. Dong Yang, the Former Executive Vice Chairman of CAAM and Chairman of China Auto Forum Organizing Committee. Mr. Xin Guobin, the Vice Minister of MIIT, delivered an important speech. The major OEM leaders and government officials carried out in-depth communication on issues of most concern within the industry, including manufacturing power, cyber power and auto industrial high quality development, the next step development plan and policy directions of NEVs, the top design thinking, infrastructures and standards & regulations plan of ICVs, FCV policy design and solutions regarding to the bottlenecks like infrastructures, the concrete enforcement regulations and main strategies to promote auto consumption, the challenges and supportive policies for Chinses enterprises “going-out” under new international situation, etc.

Closed-Door Summit

　　Mr. Dong Yang, the Former Executive Vice Chairman of CAAM and Chairman of China Auto Forum Organizing Committee, hosted the closed-door summit

Mr. Xin Guobin, the Vice Minister of MIIT, attended the closed-door summit

　　On the morning of Apr.17, the conference forum was held, hosted by Mr. Shi Jianhua, the Deputy Secretary General of CAAM and Secretary General of China Auto Forum Organizing Committee. On the conference, on behalf of the co-organizers, Mr. Dong Yang, the Former Executive Vice Chairman of CAAM and Chairman of China Auto Forum Organizing Committee, and Mr. Zhao He, the Vice Director of CCTV-2, gave welcome remarks. Mr. Wan Gang, the Vice Chairman of CPPCC and Chairman of CAST, made an important speech on how to grasp the development direction of NEVs. Mr. Wang Ruixiang, the Chairman of CMIF, analyzed the status of auto market. Mr. Lu Fangzhou, the Governor of Jiading District, shared the current situation and future thinking of Jiading automotive industry. Mr. Bernhard Mattes, OICA Senior Officer, President of VDA, introduced the latest industrial pattern worldwide, emphasizing that NEV and ICV were megatrends of global automotive industry. Mr. Zhang Xiyong, the General Manager of BAIC, delivered a keynote speech entitled on “New Challenge, New Mission”. In interaction section, the representatives from VDA, JAMA, ANFIA, KAMA and SIAM brought us the latest trends of the automotive industry in their countries and suggestions to China automotive industry. 

Mr. Shi Jianhua, the Deputy Secretary General of CAAM and Secretary General of China Auto Forum Organizing Committee, hosted the conference forum

Mr. Dong Yang, the Former Executive Vice Chairman of CAAM and Chairman of China Auto Forum Organizing Committee, gave welcome remarks

Mr. Zhao He, the Vice Director of CCTV-2, gave welcome remarks

Mr. Wan Gang, the Vice Chairman of CPPCC and Chairman of CAST, delivered keynote speech 

Mr. Wang Ruixiang, the Chairman of CMIF, delivered keynote speech

Mr. Lu Fangzhou, the Governor of Jiading District, delivered keynote speech 

Mr. Bernhard Mattes, OICA Senior Officer, President of VDA, delivered keynote speech 

Mr. Zhang Xiyong, the General Manager of BAIC, delivered keynote speech

Interaction Section

　　2019 China Auto Forum also held eleven well-directed theme forums. They were [Theme Forum] Automotive Technology Development Leader Summit, [High-level Dialogue] Development Trends and Challenges of Commercial Vehicles, [Theme Forum] Future Trends of Auto Market and New Marketing Pattern, [High-level Dialogue] Automotive Industrial Internationalization and “Belt & Road” Going-out Policy, [Theme Forum] Development Opportunities of Auto Parts Companies in New Stage, [Theme Forum] Development Strategy and Layout of Auto Groups, [Theme Forum] Changes and Countermeasures of New Energy Vehicles, [Theme Forum] Intelligent and Connected Vehicles and Future Mobility Reform, [Hot-spot Exchange] Automotive Industry under the New Environmental Protection Policy, [Focused Conversation] Corporate Product Development Opportunities and Challenges after Implementing “Dual Credit” Policy and [Theme Forum] The First Summit Forum of Automotive Engineering Brand (China). 

[Theme Forum] Automotive Technology Development Leader Summit

Mr. Wan Gang, the Vice Chairman of CPPCC and Chairman of CAST, participated in Automotive Technology Development Leader Summit entirely 

[High-level Dialogue] Development Trends and Challenges of Commercial Vehicles

[Theme Forum] Future Trends of Auto Market and New Marketing Pattern

[High-level Dialogue] Automotive Industrial Internationalization and “Belt & Road” Going-out Policy

[Theme Forum] Development Opportunities of Auto Parts Companies in New Stage

[Theme Forum] Development Strategy and Layout of Auto Groups 

[Theme Forum] Changes and Countermeasures of New Energy Vehicles 

[Theme Forum] Intelligent and Connected Vehicles and Future Mobility Reform

[Hot-spot Exchange] Automotive Industry under the New Environmental Protection Policy

[Focused Conversation] Corporate Product Development Opportunities and Challenges after Implementing “Dual Credit” Policy
 

[Theme Forum] The First Summit Forum of Automotive Engineering Brand (China) (Co-organized by Auto Market Online)

　　Besides, two concurrent events were held during the Forum, which were Dialogue of CCTV-2 and [SIAC Theme Forum] Impetus for Automotive Innovations-Intelligence, Energy & Sharing Modes. 

[SIAC Theme Forum] Impetus for Automotive Innovations-Intelligence, Energy & Sharing Modes

　　Comparing with the previous ones, 2019 China Auto Forum, with more colorful forms, specially set interaction section to enhance interactivity between speakers and participants in the majority of events.
　　As an influential event for the auto industry, 2019 China Auto Forum has gained full support both at home and abroad. We'd like to thank the MIIT, CAST and CMIF for their guidance; the OICA and WEF for their full support and participation; the Jiading District and Shanghai International Automobile City for their support; the official partner BAIC for the support; friends from home and abroad and the media for their support.