SUMMARY
RESEARCH METHODS
I. General Situation in the Development of China’s Automobile
Industry
1. The Development of China’s Automobile Industry
2. The Automobile Industry’s Position in the National Economy
II. Status of China’s Automobile Industry
1. General Situation of China’s Automobile Industry
2. Automobile Enterprises
2-1 Enterprise Classification
2-2 Management Situation of Enterprises
3. Automobile Production and Product Mix
4. Regional Distribution of the Automobile Industry
4-1 Regional Distribution of Automobile Output
4-2 Regional Distribution of the Automobile Industrial Output Value
4-3 Regional Distribution of the Productive Fixed Assets
5. Main Disparities between China’s Automobile Industry and Its International
Counterparts
5-1 Low Technology Level
5-2 High Cost and Price
5-3 Decentralized Management System
5-4 Poor Market Environment
III. Domestic Market of the Chinese Automobile Products
1. The Sales Volume of Automobile Products in 1998
2. The Trend of Market Demand of Different Types of Automobile
2-1 The Proportion of Passenger Service Vehicle Increasing and That of Goods
Service Vehicle Decreasing
2-2 Demand for Medium-Duty Truck Dropping
2-3 Total Sales of Light Passenger Car Declining
2-4 Sedan Market Expanding
2-5 The Production and Sales of Mini-Car Seeing a Promising Momentum
2-6 Agricultural Truck Maintaining Brisk Sales
3. The Development of Auto Market
3-1 Light Truck, Mini-Passenger Vehicle and Medium-Grade Sedan Remaining to
Be the Leading Products
3-2 Market Share Slightly Decreasing in the Eastern and Central Regions and
Slightly Increasing in the Western Region
3-3 Official Business Car Market Withering, and Private Car Consumption and
Taxi Market Thriving
3-4 Auto Demand Shifting from Large Cities to Small and Medium-Sized Cities
and Rural Areas
3-5 The Number of Imported Cars Decreasing and That of Domestic-Made Cars
Increasing
3-6 Changes in the Automobile Circulation System
3-7 Problems in the Auto Market
4. Total Quantity of Registered Automobiles.
IV. Automobile Imports and Exports in China
1. Export of Automobile
2. Import of Automobile
V. Policies Related to China’s Automobile Industry
1. Technical Policies for the Automobile Industry
2. Policies for Foreign Investment
3. Control of Imports
4. Tariff Policy
5. Fee-to-Tax Policy
6. Policies, Laws and Regulations Regarding the Automobile Industry
VI. Prediction on Development of the Auto Market in China
1. Development Trend of the Auto Market
1-1 A General Turn from a Low-Speed to a Moderately High-Speed Growth
1-2 A Turn from Increase in a Few Models to Growth in Multi-Types
1-3 Contribution of Light Truck Production and Sales Increases to Total Growth
Replacing That of Sedan and Mini-Bus
1-4 Declining Proportion of Sedan Sales
2. Environment of the Auto Market
2-1 Favorable Conditions for the Development of the Auto Market
2-2 Unfavorable Conditions for the Auto Market
3. Promising Prospects for the Auto Market
4. Prediction on Changes in the Auto Product Mix
4-1 Sedan Demand to Grow Continuously, With a Rising Share in Total Demand
4-2 Mini-Car Demand to Grow Continuously, With a Slowing Speed
4-3 Light Truck Market Demand to Grow Continuously
4-4 Heavy- and Medium-Duty Truck Demand to Continue to Grow Rapidly
5. Measures to Meet the Market Demand
5-1 Establishing New, Market-Oriented Management Ideas
5-2 Capturing China’s Market Characteristics
5-3 Practicing Large-Scale Management
5-4 Accelerating the Building of a National Auto Sales Network
VII. Influence of the WTO Entry on China’s Automobile Industry and
Countermeasures
1. Influence of the WTO Entry
1-1 Impact of Tariff Reduction
1-2 Impact of Tariff Barrier Cancellation
1-3 Impact of Service Trade Opening Up
1-4 Influence on Automobile Industry Management
2. Countermeasures
VIII. Chinese Automobile Enterprises
1. Brief Introduction to Main Enterprises
1-1 China FAW Corporation
1-2 Dongfeng Automobile Company
1-3 Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation
2. Main Joint Ventures
3. Main Joint Stock Listed Companies
Contents of Tables
Table 1 Automobile Output Over the Years
Table 2 Top 25 Automobile Enterprises in Production and Sales in 1999
Table 2 Classification and Composition of Automobile Enterprises in 1998
Table 2 Comparison Between the Benefit Indexes of the Auto Industry and of the
Independent Accounting Industrial Enterprises Nationwide 1993-1998
Table 2 Comparison of the Composite Economic Indexes Between the Auto
Industry and the Industrial Enterprises Nationwide 1993-1998
Table 2 Composition of Automobile Production
Table 2 The Output, Fixed Assets (Original Value) and Industrial Output Value
(Current Value) of the Auto Sector in Various Regions in 1998
Table 2 Main Imported Sedan Technologies
Table 3 Production and Sales of Automobiles by Type 1997-1998
Table 3 Production, Sales and Market Share of Various Types of Automobile 1997-
1998
Table 3 Comparison of the Output of the Three Major Types of Automobile 1994-
1999
Table 3 Production, Sales, and Composition of Truck 1997-1998
Table 3 Production, Sales, and Composition of Passenger Vehicle 1997-1998
Table 3 Production, Sales and Composition of Sedan 1997-1998
Table 3 Production, Sales and Composition of Mini-Car 1997-1998
Table 3 Comparison of the Production and Market Share of Various Automobile
Types in Market 1997-1998
Table 3 Changes in Auto Market by Region 1997-1998
Table 30 Newly Added Private Car Demand and Its Proportion 1991-1998
Table 31 Regions with Higher Growth in Newly Added Private Car Demand 1997-
1999
Table 32 Quantity of Civil Automobiles (by Type) Registered Nationwide and
Composition at the End of 1998
Table 33 Regional Distribution of the Quantity of Civil Automobiles Registered
Nationwide at the End of 1998
Table 4 The Volume and Value of Automobile Exports 1997-1998
Table 4 The Volume and Value of Automobile Imports 1997-1998
Table 6 National Situation of Highway and Rotation Volumes of Passenger and
Goods Transportation by Highway 1994-1998
Table 6 Production and Sales of Various Types of Domestic Automobiles 1997-1999
Table 6 Proportion of the Production and Sales of Various Types of Domestic
Automobiles 1997-1999
Table 6 Contribution of Production and Sales Growth of Various Types of Domestic
Automobiles 1998-1999
Table 8 List of Main Joint Ventures
Table 8 List of Main Listed Automobile Companies
Contents of Figures
Figure 2 Changes in Profits, Sales Tax, and Surtax of the Auto Industry
Figure 2 Proportion of Sedan, Passenger Car, and Truck in 1998
Figure 3 Comparison of Sales of Various Types of Automobiles 1997-1998
Figure 3 Development Trend of Newly Added Demand on Taxi Market 1990-1998
Figure 6 Changes in the Market Share of Various Types of Automobile
Figure 6 Changes in the Sedan Market Demand 1991-1999
Figure 6 Changes in the Mini-Car Market Share 1991-1999
Figure 6 Changes in the Mini-Car Market Demand 1991-1999
Figure 6 Changes in the Light Truck Market Demand and Share 1991-1999
Figure 6 Changes in the Medium-Duty Truck Market Demand 1991-1999
Figure 6 Changes in the Heavy-Duty Truck Market Demand 1993-1999