2025 Automotive New Quality Productivity Development Forum Held in Chongqing

The 2025 Automotive New Quality Productivity Development Forum took place in Chongqing from July 30 to 31, organized by the China Inspection and Certification Group and Xinhua News Agency, with support from the China Automotive Engineering Research Institute and the China Automotive Industry Consulting Committee. The forum, themed 'Developing New Quality Productivity to Lead the Future of Automotive', featured a series of events including a closed-door think tank meeting, main forum, parallel sub-forums, brand sharing session, government-enterprise matchmaking, and achievement exhibitions. It aimed to create a comprehensive ecosystem for high-level discussions, practical engagements, and showcasing results, focusing on insights into the future of the automotive industry. As China's automotive industry accelerates the transition from old to new driving forces with rapid development of new energy vehicles, it has formed global advantages. New technologies represented by big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and large models are profoundly reshaping the automotive industry ecosystem. During the main forum, guests engaged in deep discussions on topics such as the path to transform the automotive industry through new quality productivity, the role of ESG in ensuring sustainable development, lessons for Chinese automakers going global, strategic practices for developing new quality productivity, differentiated development paths for new automotive forces, and core component technology innovations empowering new quality productivity for vehicles. Su Bo, Deputy Director of the Economic Committee of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and former Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, emphasized the need to seize opportunities from the new energy technology revolution and industrial transformation, firmly establishing electrification as the guiding direction for connectivity and intelligent development in the automotive industry. He called for strengthening self-reliance in technology, building a modern industrial system, deepening high-level openness and cooperation, and continuously optimizing the institutional and environmental mechanisms. Under the 'dual carbon' goals, ESG is becoming a crucial issue for the automotive industry. Peng Huagang, President of the China Enterprise Reform and Development Research Association, stated that Chinese automakers need to work hand in hand with their supply chains to transition from 'passive compliance' to 'active leadership', thereby reshaping their core competitiveness. In balancing carbon reduction and growth, automakers can forge unique technological paths and achieve sustainable development through the construction of ESG systems. Chen Wenling, former Chief Economist of the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, noted that the automotive industry, as the main battlefield for nurturing and developing new quality productivity, must focus on technological innovation, cultivating a modern industrial system, and empowering the digital economy to inject vigorous momentum into building a strong automotive nation. As the development of the automotive industry enters the 'second half', the core proposition has shifted from speed and scale to a deeper exploration of brand value, technological connotation, and sustainable development. Forum participants agreed that 'high-quality development' has become the most important topic in the industry, calling for collaboration to create and maintain a healthy, orderly, and mutually beneficial new industrial ecosystem. Several landmark partnerships were established during the main forum to build an ecological environment that supports information, public opinion, and brand empowerment for industrial development. The China Economic Information Agency and China Automotive Engineering Research Institute signed a framework cooperation agreement to jointly establish an automotive industry economic information research platform, integrating authoritative data and technical research resources to provide the industry with precise market analysis, policy interpretation, and trend forecasts. The Public Opinion Center of the Publicity Department of the CPC and China Automotive Engineering Research Institute established a public opinion governance office for the automotive industry, coordinating policy guidance and public sentiment management to strengthen the positive narrative of 'Chinese Intelligent Manufacturing' and empower the stable and sustainable development of the automotive industry. The China Consumer Products Quality Safety Promotion Association and China Automotive Engineering Research Institute jointly organized the Automotive Brand Special Committee to expand the industry network and enhance brand competitiveness through a standard system for testing and certification. The forum also officially released outstanding case studies of new quality productivity in the automotive sector. In June, the China Economic Information Agency and China Automotive Engineering Research Institute publicly solicited excellent case studies focused on breakthroughs in products, technology, and supply chains for the 2025 Automotive New Quality Productivity. The 25 selected outstanding enterprise cases reflect the trends of technological transformation and the core connotation of new quality productivity in the automotive industry, aiming to form replicable and promotable experience models to address challenges faced by enterprises. The forum also released findings from the 'China Automotive Industry Competitiveness Evaluation Research', focusing on five key factors affecting industry competitiveness: technology, market, industry, environment, and sustainable development. It provided critical data support, strategic guidance, and quality improvement paths, clarifying the industry's competitive positioning and upgrade directions in global competition, promoting intelligent, green, and high-quality development, and providing essential data support for enterprises going global. Various engaging activities occurred during the forum, including a closed-door think tank meeting focusing on orderly development and the internationalization of automotive enterprises, providing decision-making support for government and industry. The matchmaking session built a precise communication bridge to promote high-quality industrial cooperation. As automotive intelligence, electrification, and connectivity develop deeply, the automotive supply chain is undergoing profound changes. The sub-forum 'New Quality Productivity in the Supply Chain Winning the Global Automotive Competition' explored how to leverage new quality productivity to build a more resilient, innovative, and competitive supply chain system from various perspectives such as industry policy, practical experience, and cutting-edge technology. The Chinese automotive industry is at a turning point of 'enhancing quality and increasing volume in going global', transitioning from single 'product output' to full-chain 'system output', aiming for a significant leap from scale expansion to quality enhancement. Participants in the 'Global Strategy and Compliance Challenges' sub-forum emphasized that automakers can only achieve sustainable international development by being driven by technology, bridging with standards, and centering on brand. The performance and health safety of vehicles in high-temperature summer conditions have increasingly become a focal point for consumers. In the 'Long-termism of Automotive Brands' sub-forum, the results of the '2025 China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Extreme Heat Summer Test' were officially released, establishing a trust benchmark for the construction of Chinese automotive brands.