Development and Reform Commission: Prevent Blind Construction and Disorderly Development of New Energy Vehicles

High quality development as the main direction of policy

Since the beginning of this year, more than 10 provinces and cities in China have introduced new energy vehicle subsidies and incentive policies to promote the further development of new energy vehicles. With the vigorous promotion of support policies for new energy vehicles, the number of new energy vehicle manufacturers and market holdings has grown rapidly in recent years. The National Development and Reform Commission recently disclosed that it will strengthen and improve the management of automobile investment and prevent blind construction and disorderly development. Experts said that this marks the beginning of a new turning point in the development of the new energy automobile industry. Controlling the quality and promoting the development of the real economy and high quality will become the main direction of the new energy automobile policy.

Meng Wei, a spokesperson for the National Development and Reform Commission, said that in recent years, the National Development and Reform Commission has issued a series of policy measures to support the participation of social forces in the development of new energy vehicles and promote the industrialization of key technologies for new energy vehicles and smart cars. China's new energy automotive industry has achieved remarkable development. Effectiveness.

According to reports, this year, a total of 15 provinces and cities including Shanghai, Shenzhen, Chongqing, Guangdong and Heilongjiang have introduced local subsidies and incentives for new energy vehicles. Among them, new energy vehicles in Guangdong, Henan, Hainan, Yunnan, and Qinghai are subsidized according to 50% of the central standards. The Shanghai plug-in hybrid vehicle is subsidized by 30% of the central standard, and the electric and fuel cell vehicles are subsidized by 50% of the central standard. In Xi'an, the non-public service sector is subsidized by 30% according to central standards, and the public sector is subsidized by 50%. Wuhan will give 50% and 20% subsidies according to the size of the new energy vehicle's wheelbase.

Meng Hao said that the technical level of new energy vehicles has increased rapidly, and the market scale has gradually expanded, but there have also been signs of blind development. Under such a background, it is very necessary to strengthen the main corporate responsibility and government supervision responsibility, and regulate and guide market players. Investment behavior, strengthen technological innovation and corporate cooperation, prevent blind construction and disorderly development. For this reason, the National Development and Reform Commission studied and formulated regulations for the investment management of the automobile industry, deepened the access standards for investment projects for pure electric vehicles, and began to solicit opinions.

Industry experts stated that in the future, new investment projects for new energy vehicles will provide investors with more specific guidance on key technologies for new energy vehicles, capital and financing capabilities, product R&D capabilities, R&D investment, and after-sale protection. Requirements, in order to standardize the investment behavior of market players, and guide the rational investment of social capital.

Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the National Passenger Vehicle Market Information Association, pointed out that in the future, more stringent requirements will be put forward for the design, R&D, and production of newly built new energy automobile companies, and the quality level and production capacity of the products will be improved. Guide and promote the convergence of enterprises, capital, and technology in a better direction, and promote the high-quality development of new energy vehicles.

It is understood that while the access threshold for new energy vehicles has increased, the authority to manage investment in the new energy vehicle industry has been decentralized to the local level. Local governments will assume more responsibility for the management of automotive investment projects. However, at the same time, more stringent regulations and regulations will be imposed on the standards for local government to introduce investment projects in the automobile industry.