Contents
Ⅰ GENERAL REPORT
1 Reflections on Reform on China’s Automobile Industry Management System Under New Situations/001
1. System composition of reform on China’s automobile industry Management system/001
2. General requirements on reform on China’s automobile industry Management system/008
3. Idea and model of reform on China’s automobile industry management system/014
4. Main measures of reform on China’s automobile industry management system/018
Ⅱ DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW
2 Development Overview of China’s Automobile Industry in 2014/029
1. Domestic market of automobile maintained a steady growth with the volumes of production,
sales, import and export respectively reaching their historical high again/029
2. The parts industry experienced positive development in general, but there are still room
for companies to improve their competitiveness/033
3. New progress in indigenous innovation has been observed, but still beneath expectations/035
4. Market share of indigenous brands slid down substantially, Development of different
brands was polarized more clearly than before/036
5. Production and sales of NEV showed significant growth which started a new stage of
the market/040
6. The progress of globalization has been steady, merges and acquisitions overseas continued/041
3 International Competitiveness Analysis of China’s Automobile Industry/044
1. Changes in the international competitiveness of China’s automobile industry in 2013/044
2. Changes and evaluation of the international competitiveness of China’s automobile industry/051
3. Closing remarks/074
Ⅲ THEMATIC STUDY-GENERAL IDEA AND STRATEGIC MEASURES OF REFORM
ON CHINA’S AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
4 Overview of the Automobile Industry Management Systems in China and Other Major Countries/076
1. Participants/077
2. Management basis/079
3. Management means/080
4. Management approaches/080
5. Management content/081
5 Historical Review of China’s Automobile Industry Management System and Mechanism/084
1. China’s automobile industry management system and mechanism: From the founding of
the P.R.C. to the reform and opening up/084
2. China’s automobile industry management system and mechanism: From the reform and
opening up to accession to WTO/087
3. China’s automobile industry management system and mechanism after accession to WTO/095
6 Research and Analysis on Automobile Industry Management Systems and Mechanisms in the USA,
Germany, Japan and South Korea/111
1. General description of automobile industry management systems and mechanisms in the USA,
Germany, Japan and South Korea111
2. Analysis on typical international cases/159
3. Enlightenments from international experience/166
7 Necessity and Urgency of Reform on China’s Automobile Industry Management System
in the New Period/172
1. It is necessary to understand problems in reform on automobile industry management
system based on China’s economic system reform/172
2. Continuous improvement and perfection of China’s automobile industry management
system made significant contributions to driving the automobile industry development/173
3. It is necessary to fully understand the necessity and urgency of reform on China’s automobile
industry management system in the new period/178
4. Several criteria for judging the success of reform on automobile industry management system/189
8 Ideas, Objectives and Model Selection of the Management System Reform in China’s Automotive
Industry/192
1. What kind of industry management system do we need/192
2. Grasping the major trends in the management system reform of China’s automotive industry:
legalization, intensification, self-organization and internationalization/201
3. Transformation of China’s automotive industry management system and selection of
a reform model/205
4. Breaking the shackles of the old system/209
9 Main Measures for the Management System Reform of China’s Automotive Industry/212
1. Creating an automotive industry management system with the Law on Road Vehicles
at the core, supported by relevant laws, to lay the legal basis for transformation
from administrative nanagement to law-based management/212
2. Deepening the reform of the investment management system, and building an investment
management system of the automotive industry with enterprises as the major players and
in line with the industry characteristics and national strategy/215
3. Improving the product management system with type certification at the core to promote
the transformation of automotive products management from ex-ante management to
ongoing and ex-post management/218
4. Improving the market supervision system with the promotion of market integration, fair
competition and consumer interests protection at its core and strengthening
the construction of market supervision capabilities/222
5. Optimizing and adjusting main taxes and tax rates of the automotive industry and
promoting the green tax-oriented automotive tax reform/225
6. Establishing a social management system with safety, energy conservation and environmental
protection regulations at its core to promote sustainable development of
the automotive industry/228
7. Encouraging the implementation of functional industrial policies with promotion of
technological progress and independent innovation at their core to enhance the
international competitiveness of China’s automotive industry/232
8. Giving full play to the role of industry associations and intermediary organizations
in governmental administrative simplification and decentralization, and supporting
their participation in policy development and the provision of professional services/235
9. Pushing forward state-owned enterprise reform aimed at rejuvenating enterprises and
improving their competitiveness, so as to inject vitality into China’s automobile industry/239
10. Establishing a normalized industrial policy assessment mechanism, and improving the
overall level of policy making through normalized assessment of automobile industrial policy/243
Ⅳ FOCUSED STUDY-EFFICACY ANALYSIS OF GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION
IN CHINA’S AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
10 Efficacy analysis of government administration in China’s Automotive industry/247
1. Main characteristics of government administration in China’s automotive industry/248
2.Thinking behind analyzing the efficacy of government administration in the automotive industry/258
3. Efficacy analysis Ⅰ: development performance of the automotive industry/263
4. Efficacy analysis Ⅱ: role of government administration in achieving management objectives/274
5. Efficacy analysis Ⅲ: factors affecting the effectiveness of government administration
in the automotive industry/278
6.Efficacy analysis Ⅳ: several revelations/283
Ⅴ APPENDIX
11 Appendix 1: Statistics related to the automotive industry/294
12 Appendix 2: Some automobile policies and regulations issued or implemented in 2014/312
Blue Book of Automobile Industry is an annual research report on the development of China’s automobile industry. It was first published in 2008, and this book is the eighth edition. This book is an authoritative work extensively covering the development situation of China’s automobile industry co-authored by many experts and scholars from the Research Department of Industrial Economy under the Development Research Centre of the State Council and the Society of Automotive Engineers of China (SAEC) in consultation with senior advisors of the automotive sector and under the support from Volkswagen Group of Germany.
The theme of this annual report is: the general idea and strategic measures for the management system reform of China’s automobile industry. The main content of the book includes the General Report, Development Overview, Theme-based Study and Focused Study.
It is beyond all doubt that government administration has always provided an important guarantee for and played a significant role in the development, especially the high speed growth in the past 20 years, of the automobile industry. However, we also notice that there exist many contradictions and problems in the actual administration of China’s automobile industry. In particular, under the new circumstances of the extensive and deepened reform, and with a new goal of building a powerful automobile industry, the management system reform of our country’s automobile industry is faced with both new opportunities and new challenges. First of all, the Third and Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the CPC have provided top-down design and general guidance for the management system reform of China’s automobile industry, which represents a major opportunity; secondly, “Made-in-China 2025” is a guideline for our country’s execution of the strategy to become a manufacturing power in the next 10 years, and a key driver to the management system reform and innovation; thirdly, against the background of the new industrial revolution and industrial transformation, a series of major changes will occur in the automobile industry from R&D to production, from product technology to manufacturing technology, from industrial structure to industrial organization, and from sales model to use model, which should become important considerations in the management system reform and innovation of the automobile industry.
This annual report conducts an extensive and systematic analysis on the topics relating to the management system reform of China’s automobile industry, including the system construction, overall requirements, ideas and models and policy measures under the titles of the “general idea and strategic measures for the management system reform of China’s automobile industry” and “analysis on the government administration efficiency in China’s automobile industry”. The book puts forward the following general requirements: the overall requirements of the country’s economic and administrative management system reform need to be followed; the general rule of the management system evolution of the international automobile industry needs to be complied with; the key issues that exist in the current management system need to be solved; and the strategic direction of the innovative development of the automobile industry needs to be followed. In terms of the reform ideas and models, the key direction of reform is legalization, intensification, self-organization and internationalization; the reform ideas mainly include the change in the four aspects of the management object, management process, management content and management subject; while the reform steps include the transitional model and the final model. Ten policy measures are recommended involving the legal system construction, investment project and product management reform, market regulation and socialized regulation system improvement, tax system reform, and the role played by industrial polices, intermediate agencies and the assessment mechanism.
In view of its in-depth analysis and extensive coverage, this book is ideal for readers to acquire a thorough understanding about the development trend of China’s automobile industry. Also, it will be of great reference value and significance for automobile administration authorities, decision-making bodies of automobile enterprises, corporate strategy research institutes as well as Chinese and foreign investors alike.