Up to now, the auto parts companies in the world's top 500 have been fully present, such as Bosch in Germany, Delphi, TRW, Dana, Denso, Aisin Seiki, and Valeo in France.
These companies are involved in various key components such as automobile key assemblies, automotive electronics, and body parts. Now they have basically formed six major component parts in the Northeast, Beijing, Tianjin, Central China, Southwest China, Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta.
The world’s top 500 parts and components multinational companies have large scale of operation, strong technical strength and rich experience in transnational operations. However, in reality, China still cannot escape the image of “migrant workers†who win with cheap labor. “China has become a global automobile. The "parts procurement center" statement was greatly reduced in practice.
(2) The rise of innovative parts companies
In recent years, a number of innovative parts and components companies in China are rapidly emerging, fully demonstrating the growth potential of self-owned brand auto parts companies. Its characteristics are as follows: First, there are great achievements in the specialized market segmentation, and the company's differentiated operating results are remarkable, which has basically eliminated the homogeneity defects in the industry. Second, the company has strong continuous innovation capabilities and an outstanding talent team. , Continuously explore and master the core competitiveness of advanced products; Third, has entered the global procurement system of auto parts, have a certain brand effect, have a good international competitiveness. Moreover, companies have good prospects for development, have the ability to grasp key strategic development points, and gradually form a global irreplaceable market strength.
The ability of independent innovation is the core of national competitiveness. It is also the fundamental guarantee for the sustainable and healthy development of a company and even an industry. The auto parts industry, which is the foundation of the auto industry, is no exception. What is gratifying is that some parts and components companies in China have begun to respond to the country’s call for building innovative companies and consciously cultivate their own innovation capabilities as their core competitiveness. However, various problems in China's auto parts industry can not be ignored, such as the overall level of the industry is still poor, lack of competitiveness; relative to vehicle companies, parts and components companies investment is far from enough; multinational companies continue to squeeze the local parts and components companies The living space; lack of long-term strategic cooperation between parts companies and automakers.
(3) Repeated Trade Barriers on Export Products Domestic Security Early Warning System Urgently Needs to Be Established
With the expansion of the export scale and the non-standard export order, the situation of China's auto parts industry is worrisome and it has become a new hot spot for anti-dumping. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Commerce, in the first half of 2007, the anti-dumping ministry of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India made a final ruling on the anti-dumping investigation of tires originating from passenger cars and trucks in China. In addition to levying product taxes on inner tubes, it also set a minimum onshore basis. The Peruvian Anti-Dumping Investigation Bureau initiated an anti-dumping review investigation procedure for automobile tires originating in China; Egypt also initiated a new round of review investigations on anti-dumping cases involving cars and light truck tires.
On the one hand, most of the auto parts exported by China are low-end products, which have low-cost competitive advantages relative to exporting countries; on the other hand, with the continuous expansion of China’s auto parts exports, it is not only exported to developed countries in Europe and America. At the same time it also began to enter Brazil, India, Ukraine and other developing countries. The level of vehicle industry in these countries is relatively weak. In order to protect the independent development of the domestic automobile industry, it will inevitably also set up trade barriers and adopt anti-dumping strategies for auto parts manufacturers in China. In addition, delaying the establishment of anti-dumping warning mechanisms is one of the main reasons why China's parts and components companies frequently encounter anti-dumping. Unreasonable anti-dumping will have a serious impact on China's auto parts companies and industries. The consequences of the anti-dumping of parts and components in China are not only affecting their own parts and components companies, the overall parts and components industry and the automotive industry, but also affecting other related industries.
(4) Rapid development of auto parts industry clusters
With the rapid rise of auto parts industry bases in Jilin Changchun, Hubei Shiyan, Anhui Wuhu, Guangdong Huadu, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Bohai-Rim economic circle, automobile parts industry clustering and regional economic construction have undoubtedly become the automotive industry in the past two years. New hotspot. According to incomplete statistics, at present, there are about 1000 industrial parks with auto parts and components in China, of which about 100 are key cluster areas or zones.
The clustering of automobile industry is an inevitable outcome after the automobile industry has developed to a certain level. Its essence is an efficient organization method. Undoubtedly, the spare parts industry cluster plays a decisive role in the entire automobile industry chain. Industrial clusters are conducive to strengthening specialization, are beneficial to reducing costs, are conducive to innovation, are conducive to win-win cooperation between OEMs and parts and components companies, are conducive to the cultivation and utilization of human resources, and are conducive to the development of professional external service industries and supporting facilities. It will help the industry grow bigger and stronger and form a scale advantage.
(5) The advantage of export base gradually emerged
After the Ministry of Commerce approved eight cities in 2006 to be selected as the first national automotive and parts export base, in 2007, four more cities were awarded the title of base. To obtain the plaque for the export base, whether it is for a base city or a base company, it seems that they have obtained a “golden signboardâ€. One of the important reasons why people value this intangible asset is that they can enjoy preferential policies at the national and local levels after being selected.
(6) China's first self-developed national V emission diesel engine was born
On December 7, 2007, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group successfully launched China's first self-developed YC6L-50 V-emission diesel electronically controlled engine, marking the beginning of a new stage in China's engine R&D and manufacturing. National emission standards were advanced five years.
Europe will implement the Euro V emission standard in 2009. Yuchai launched the National V engine before this, for the first time, it achieved the synchronization between the research and development level of China's engine and the international one, and proved that China’s engine companies have the ability to develop with their own strength. The international advanced level products. In 2009, the products of Chinese auto manufacturers were only equipped with engines that met the national V emission standards, and they had the opportunity to export their cars to the European market. Therefore, the launch of the Yuchai-V diesel engine has added international competitiveness to China's auto industry and laid a solid foundation for the Chinese domestic engine brand to enter the international market.
(7) Brands of self-owned brands begin to hold high the banner of export of technology
In June 2007, Shaanxi Hande Company exported axle technology to India's AMW Motors. The incident is of great significance to the automotive industry in China. This is the first time that China's automobile assembly technology has been exported to other countries.
In recent years, driven by the automotive industry, China's auto parts exports have become the main force for the export of automotive products. According to statistics, the export value of auto parts is much higher than that of the whole vehicle; the auto parts export also starts from a single product type to capital output type and technology type; the labor-intensive and material-intensive low-end products Exports began to shift to higher value-added exports of electromechanical products; the export market shifted from the aftermarket to the global supply chain of multinational companies, and the proportion of parts with independent intellectual property rights continued to increase. Handee entered the international market through the technology export model, which indicates that China's autonomous automotive technology has made great progress, not only for the company, but also for domestic auto companies to implement a new strategy for internationalization.
(8) One-stop shopping for parts and aftermarket
Following the alliance between Michelin and Shell Lubricants, Johnson Controls, and German BSS in September 2006, Goodyear, the international tire company, once again broke through the traditional single-tire store format in January 2007, with Shell China, DuPont China, and Delphi China. Federal-Mogul and other companies that provide world-class automotive maintenance products and spare parts have signed retail cooperation agreements. The agreement stipulates that the products and services of Shell and other companies can enter nearly 700 authorized service centers in the country's 250 cities, further enriching the center's product categories and service content. Consumers can purchase a wide range of car care products and enjoy a comprehensive, convenient and standardized “one-stop†service in any Goodyear-authorized service center, including tires, oil, batteries, audio, and DIY supplies. Fast maintenance and so on. In addition to sharing Goodyear's retail channels and customer resources, the partners will also conduct comprehensive and in-depth cooperation in product supply, service support, and professional and technical training to promote the overall service level and service quality of the existing Goodyear brand retail network. Further improve.
As the layout of major auto parts manufacturers in China has basically been completed, the pattern of auto parts aftermarket is quietly changing. While opening up sales channels for traditional parts and components, many parts and components manufacturers are exploring new product sales channels, and the sales channels for parts and components are moving toward diversification.
(9) "Beijing Auto Maintenance Contract" will be issued soon, and the maintenance market is expected to be improved.
On November 21, 2007, the Beijing Municipal Administration for Industry and Commerce and the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Transportation jointly formulated the first contract for the maintenance of automobiles, the "Beijing Automobile Maintenance Contract." Although the "Beijing Automobile Maintenance Contract" has not yet been formally introduced and the contents of the contract need to be refined, there are signs of legal protection for vehicle maintenance problems that have plagued the owner for many years. However, due to the complex issues involved in the automotive maintenance market and its close relationship with life safety, it is doomed that the introduction of the contract will have a difficult production process. The contract maker should listen to the opinions of stakeholders before the contract is formally introduced to avoid oversight.