The 2023 Guangzhou Auto Show was successfully concluded, and the 22nd Guangzhou Auto Show will be held from November 15th to 24th, 2024.
    On November 26th, the 21st Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition (hereinafter referred to as "Guangzhou Auto Show") came to a successful conclusion. The ten-day exhibition attracted a total of 847,000 visitors. During the auto show, 67 press conferences were held, and 12,000 media personnel from nearly 5,000 media organizations at home and abroad participated in the coverage of the exhibition, reaching a record high. With the participation of domestic and foreign enterprises and the strong support from all walks of life, this Guangzhou Auto Show has been a complete success.
   New energy vehicles lead the transformation of automobile industry.
    At present, China’s automobile industry is in a critical period of high-quality development. New energy vehicles are an important path for China to move from a big automobile country to a strong automobile country. Since 2015, China’s production and sales of new energy vehicles have ranked first in the world for eight consecutive years and become one of the important forces in the transformation and development of the world automobile industry. At this year’s Guangzhou Auto Show, 1,132 cars were exhibited, including 469 new energy vehicles, accounting for more than 40%. There are 350 brand new energy exhibition cars in China, accounting for more than 70% of all new energy exhibition cars. China’s first-Mover advantage in new energy is changing from sales advantage to technical advantage, and gradually leads the new direction of the world’s new energy automobile industry reform.
   Intelligent technology leads the new era of automobile intelligent driving
    With the rapid development of artificial intelligence and Internet of Things technology, intelligent driving technology of automobiles has also ushered in a period of rapid development. At this year’s Guangzhou Auto Show, exhibitors competed to showcase the latest scientific and technological achievements and launched an all-round competition on smart car products. From super hybrid to silicon carbide high-performance motor, from front and rear dual motors to four-wheel independent drive, from super fast charging to extremely fast power exchange, from laser radar to visual perception, from automatic parking to intelligent driving, from emotion recognition to AI assistant, from car-level semiconductor to high-computing chip, from big data model driving to decoupling of software and hardware platforms, from full-stack self-research to ecological coordination, the world’s leading technology has gathered in Yangcheng, and the intelligent driving technology has accelerated to get on the bus, reaching an unprecedented new height.
   The annual global automobile event promotes the development of dual-cycle economy
    Since the beginning of this year, China’s economy has continued to pick up, the automobile industry has been well repaired on the supply side, and the demand side is gradually picking up. Especially since the third quarter, automobile production and sales have stabilized and rebounded and maintained a good momentum. While the domestic market is booming, China’s cars are also making great strides in going to sea. From January to October this year, China exported 3.922 million vehicles, up 59.7% year-on-year, and is making great strides towards becoming the world’s first automobile exporter. With the rapid development of China automobile market for 20 years, Guangzhou Auto Show has become one of the most important platforms for domestic and foreign mainstream automobile brands to explore and operate the China market, and it is also an important window for China brands to sail out to sea. Although the global economic growth continues to slow down this year, the major manufacturers in the automobile industry are facing new challenges. This year’s Guangzhou Auto Show is still highly concerned by all parties. Mainstream manufacturers are enthusiastic about participating in the Guangzhou Auto Show, and all domestic and foreign automobile brands have made their debut, bringing heavy models and the latest technology. They have fully participated in this Guangzhou Auto Show and assembled the most elite forces at the exhibition site.
   Update iteration of professional exhibition area mode
    With the overall transformation of automobile power source, production and operation mode and consumption and use mode, the ecology of new energy automobile industry is gradually evolving from the "chain relationship" among parts, vehicle R&D, production and marketing service enterprises to the "network ecology" involving multi-subjects in automobile, energy, transportation, information and communication. Guangzhou Auto Show meets the needs of the market and closely follows the development trend of the industry, transforming and upgrading the original "parts and supplies exhibition area", expanding the coverage of exhibits, enriching the exhibition theme, and focusing on displaying many new industrial chain supporting products. The "Automobile Supplies Theme Pavilion" has been upgraded to a "Life Museum" with "New Life" as its core, focusing on a wider automotive aftermarket, expanding themes such as RV camping, self-driving travel, consumer electronics, car modification, and cultural and creative surroundings around car life, constantly enriching the contents of exhibits, expanding the connotation of exhibition areas, and building a new mode of supporting industrial chain that is suitable for the new auto time industry.
   Concurrent meetings promote high-quality development of the industry.
    On November 16th-17th, the Guangzhou Automobile Industry Development Conference, under the guidance of Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government and Guangdong Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology, and sponsored by China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Automobile Industry Branch and China Foreign Trade Center, was held in the International Convention Center of the Canton Fair. With the theme of "Implementing High-quality Development and Rebuilding the New Pattern of China Automobile", this conference attracted the participation of automobile industry leaders, experts and scholars, business representatives and investors from all over the world. Focusing on the development trend, technological innovation, market opportunities and policy environment of the automobile industry, the conference focused on the high-quality development of China’s automobile industry, and conducted in-depth discussions with global elites from the dimensions of automobile consumption, investment environment, intelligent driving and China brand building, so as to discuss the new future of industrial development. As the official forum of Guangzhou Auto Show, Guangzhou Automobile Industry Development Conference and Guangzhou Auto Show formed a positive interaction. More than 40 exhibitors and industry guests participated in the speech sharing, and nearly 100 participating media reported on the spot. International A-class auto show and national industrial congress promote each other, and constantly promote the high-quality development of China automobile industry.
   Digital innovation and upgrading of exhibition services
    This year’s Guangzhou Auto Show implements the theme of "New Technology, New Life", digitally upgrades the exhibition services by introducing new technologies, and conducts all-round intelligent management from the aspects of service reservation, ticket distribution and audience admission. In terms of exhibition preparation and withdrawal services, the Organizing Committee uses the digital service platform of the exhibition hall to open up personnel management and vehicle management systems. By opening online accounts, exhibitors can realize one-stop accreditation functions such as online booking, submission of materials, vehicle registration and WeChat payment. In terms of access control service, the upgraded real-name registration system system is connected to the national public safety real-name authentication for the first time. Besides swiping the ID card, the two-dimensional code mode is added to further improve the efficiency of admission. In terms of supporting services, the exhibition site provided intelligent self-service storage service for the general audience, and the upgraded Chinese food city and various tea breaks and light snacks provided the audience with a more comfortable and convenient visit experience.
    Seventy years of long journey, China autobots Mu Feng comb rain, wearing stars Dai Yue; In the past 21 years, Guangzhou Auto Show and the global auto industry elites have witnessed the prosperity and development of China’s auto industry. In the future, Guangzhou Auto Show will continue to adhere to the theme of "new technology, new life", keep in mind the initial mission, constantly explore and innovate, and contribute to the development of the world automobile industry. The 22nd Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition will be held in the Canton Fair Exhibition Hall from November 15th to 24th, 2024. We are willing to work together with colleagues in the global automobile industry to write a bright new future for the automobile industry!