One of the year-end feature articles: China's Top 10 News in 2003 2


One of the year-end specials: Top Ten News of China's Autos in 2003 ■F1 Lands in Shanghai Next Year China Set off an Upsurge in Racing Since September of this year, the FIA ​​added the name of the Shanghai station (held on September 26 next year) to the F1 calendar next year. F1, the world's most commercially valuable sporting event, has new meaning in China. At present, the Shanghai International Circuit is in full swing and six roads leading to the stadium are also on the construction agenda. Auto companies are also interested in China's F1 "suddenly." Some F1 drivers and teams have visited Shanghai after the season, while Toyota, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Fiat and other companies have started to plan for the promotion of Shanghai F1 next year. The auto sports also played the idea of ​​making F1 a rally. Young Chinese drivers such as Cheng Congfu and Dong Hebin are also competing with big teams such as Mercedes-Benz McLarens and Williams-BMW to make progress in F1. ■ Dai Ke-Bei joint venture with BAIC Mercedes-Benz E-Class and C-Class will be domestically produced anywhere in the world. The ability to produce Mercedes-Benz sedans is something to be proud of. After more than half a year of emergency negotiations, DaimlerChrysler AG finally signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Beijing Auto Holdings Co., Ltd. in September, stating that it will restructure Beijing Jeep and expand investment to produce Mercedes-Benz C-Class and E-Class sedans. At the same time, Mercedes-Benz heavy trucks will also be produced at Beiqi Foton. The Mercedes-Benz sedan fell on Beijing, which allowed Dike to find a lasting development in China. It also allowed Beijing Motors to win another chance to take off and to increase the gold content of “Made in Beijing” in front of the world. ■ The largest joint venture case for domestic auto companies: Dongfeng Nissan has fully cooperated with a registered capital of 16.7 billion yuan and 74,000 employees. Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd., which was established on July 1 this year, has become China's largest Sino-foreign automobile joint venture case, and it is also the country’s first The company has a full range of Sino-foreign joint venture auto companies for trucks, passenger cars, light commercial vehicles and passenger car products. In the four-year business plan announced by the company that initiated the new model for domestic automobile joint ventures, it is clear that sales and operating profits will double by the end of 2007, and six passenger cars will be launched. The rapid development of the industry has led people in the industry to sit down and study the "East Wind Model." Revolving around the "limited east wind" is not all good news. Nissan executives once told Japanese reporters that Dongfeng had no role in the joint venture company and exposed the crisis of confidence among joint venture partners. ■ The domestic luxury car market of BMW has become fiercely competitive. From March 27th, BMW Brilliance officially signed a contract. On October 16th, the first domestic BMW 325i car is listed on the low profile, and on November 27th, the second domestic BMW 530i. Officially unveiled, BMW completed a triple jump in China in eight months. The speed of development is a great miracle for domestic automobile companies. The launch of domestic BMW broke the unique situation of Audi in the domestic luxury car market. In its drive, Mercedes-Benz, Cadillac, VOL-VO and other high-end brands will also be settled in China in the next year. At least five brands participating in the luxury car competition will become a unique landscape in China that is not yet rich. ■ Centennial Ford will increase capital in China by 1 to 150 million US dollars. Ford, ranked second in the world, regards China as the development focus of its “second 100 years”. For this reason, Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford announced in Beijing that it will invest more than US$1 billion in the next few years, increasing the production capacity of Changan Ford from the current annual output of 20,000 vehicles to 150,000, and building the second A car factory and a new engine factory. Ford’s capital increase means that in the past, the joint venture automobile company’s registered capital was less than US$100 million, and through the rolling development of “little war”, the Chinese automobile began to enter the stage of large capital competition. ■ The National People's Congress passed the draft "Road Traffic Safety Law" On October 28th, a "people-oriented" "Road Traffic Safety Law" was passed almost unanimously at the fifth session of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress. The law consists of eight chapters. It will be officially implemented on May 1 next year. The reason why the "Road Traffic Safety Law" is concerned is because it solves the problem of whether "novices can go up at high speeds", "whether a pedestrian violates a contract and crashes," or "whether police trailers should charge a high price," etc. These are related to the vital interests of the people. The problem. Because it puts people's rights in an important position, the law has won praise from the people.