Looking at the nine policies related to the newly implemented automobile industry this year, it is easy to see that various policies and regulations are gradually improving, and continue to encourage the consumption of cars and support the development of the automotive industry as a direction, and more practical and rational. The nine major policies will promote the development and prosperity of the auto industry and the market, adjust the industrial structure, and guide healthy consumption. With the stimulation of new automobile trade policies, cancellation of licenses, implementation of brand monopoly, and floor-pass payment system, the pattern of the automobile consumer market has become increasingly clear; the auto parts import management and passenger car fuel consumption that make up the characteristics of the whole vehicle With the development of limit values ​​and guidelines for the state to encourage the development of energy-saving technology products during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan†period, independent R&D and energy-saving technology products have gradually become the direction for product R&D and consumer spending; new regulations for maintenance and new regulations for used cars The healthy operation of the big market plays an important normative role.
Tariff reduction
Implementation time: January 1
Main content: Continue to implement WTO commitments, and further reduce tariffs, including tariff reduction from 34% to 38% to 30%.
Comments: This is the fourth time that the auto tariff has declined since the accession to the WTO, but it has not caused the price of imported vehicles to go down significantly. The reduction in tariffs has had little effect on the sales of imported vehicles. On the contrary, it can be seen that non-tariff factors will further affect the market.
Implementation of "Automatic Import License Issuance Management"
Implementation time: January 1
Main content: According to the promise of accession to the WTO, China has implemented a number of years of auto import quota management system and auto license management for auto products. In order to cancel the quantitative restrictions, the market gradually opened up.
Comments: The automatic registration system relaxes the management of imported vehicles, and there is no clear limit on the number of imports, and it is more market-oriented. However, due to the restraints of the “Automobile Brand Sales Management Method†and the “Registration and Duty Systemâ€, the threshold for imported car dealers has further increased. Coupled with the competitive pressure of domestic cars, the number of imported cars has gradually decreased.
"Administrative Measures for the Import of Automobile Parts That Constitute the Characteristics of the Vehicle"
Implementation time: April 1
Main content: The sum of the price of imported all-in-one or semi-parts-assembled automobiles, imported body (including cabs), two engine assembly trucks, and imported parts and components reaches 60% of the total price of the vehicle. All constitute "the characteristics of the vehicle", once the "car features", the customs will be based on the vehicle tax rate levy customs duties and import value-added tax.
Comments: The new policy to curb the assembly of cars in the KD and SKD modes has also forced most domestic joint-venture car companies to change their production status, thereby avoiding China becoming a car assembly base and promoting a substantial increase in the levels of the parts and auto industries.
"Imported Land Vehicle Tax Payment Policy"
Implementation time: October 1
The main content: cancel the automobile bonded business, and implement the system of tax payment. It is required to apply for customs clearance immediately upon entry of imported cars and pay customs duties, value-added taxes, and consumption taxes, with a total tax of about 65%. All import declaration procedures cannot be processed within the specified time and all shipments are returned.
Comments: The implementation of the tax system to increase importers to increase capital pressure on the importer to increase the cost, and thus affect the overall number of imported cars. The tax system of landing and taxation can be considered as one of the measures to protect the domestic automobile industry.
"Automobile Trade Policy"
Implementation time: August 10
Main contents: involving automobile sales, used car circulation, auto parts circulation, auto scrap and scrap car recycling, automobile foreign trade and other fields, systematically proposed the development direction, goals, business norms and management system framework of China's auto trade. Including, the implementation of automotive brand sales and services; encourage the use of second-hand car circulation; auto parts circulation fully open and other content. Encourage powerful overseas investors to invest in the domestic automobile trade field, and guide qualified automobile suppliers and distributors to establish sales and service networks abroad, and increase efforts to develop the international market.
Comments: This policy strengthens and improves the management of automobile trade, regulates the automobile market order, and promotes the circulation of modern automobiles. This means that China's auto industry is fully open to foreign investment from accessories, production and sales, to used-car transactions, and enhances the ability of domestic auto products to compete in the international market.
Passenger Car Fuel Consumption Limit
Implementation time: July 1
Main content: This standard puts forward the requirements for the limit of the fuel consumption of passenger vehicles according to the overall vehicle conditioning quality, which is implemented in two phases. For newly-developed vehicles, the implementation date of the first phase is July 1, 2005, and the second phase is implemented on January 1, 2008. The models under production are implemented one year behind the new development vehicle respectively. For example, the fuel consumption limit of a passenger vehicle with a full vehicle mass of 1 ton is 8.3 liters/100 km in the first phase, and 7.5 liters/100 km in the second phase. By then, vehicles that do not meet the standards will be banned from production and sales.
Comments: The implementation of the new standard is expected to reduce the energy waste caused by the lower energy efficiency due to the increase in car ownership; and to promote the replacement of outdated models, will help domestic joint venture car companies to introduce real advanced technology.
"Automobile Brand Sales Management Measures"
Implementation time: April 1
Main content: Starting from April 1, 2005, passenger cars should implement brand sales and services (set up a six-year transitional preparation period and be fully implemented on October 1st); since December 1, 2006, all automobiles should be branded. Sales and service. A company that has not obtained a license from a car manufacturer will not be able to register a car for sale at the Trade and Industry Bureau. Overseas automobile manufacturing companies are directly responsible for or authorizing a domestic company to be their general automobile dealer, responsible for formulating and implementing the same brand network plan.
Comments: This approach accelerates the survival of the fittest by dealers, prompts auto sales companies to devote their efforts to professionalization and branding, and leads consumers to become more rational and mature.
It has played a great role in regulating the marketing activities of the automotive market.
"Motor Vehicle Maintenance Management Regulations"
Implementation time: August 1
The main content: the provisions of the maintenance of the completion of the "certificate of compliance" should not be issued without delivery, the owner has the right to refuse to pay or pick up the car; and will implement the quality assurance period system. During the warranty period, the motor vehicle cannot be used normally due to the maintenance quality. If the repairer must return to repair as soon as possible and the two repairs cannot be used normally, the undertaker shall be responsible for contacting the other maintenance units and bear the corresponding costs. The prescribed price of accessories, etc., will be punished with heavy penalties in violation of the new regulations.
Comments: The new regulations stipulate that the factory warranty period, the failure of the maintenance factory, the factory certification, the price of accessories and other aspects of the system is good news for owners, but also will make the automobile maintenance industry more standardized and transparent. However, in reality, the regulation has not yet played the role of regulating the industry. Training consumer awareness of rights protection and strengthening management is the prerequisite for the effectiveness of the policy.
"Second-hand car circulation management measures"
Implementation time: October 1
Main contents: Clearly encourage the establishment of competition mechanisms, expand distribution channels, gradually liberalize used car operations, encourage qualified car brand dealers and other business entities to operate used cars, set up branches in other places, and conduct chain operations. According to regulations, the used car sales will use a unified invoice, and the original mandatory assessment in the used car transaction will never return.
Comments: China's used car market has been developing slowly, facing problems such as backward trading methods and non-standard trading practices. The new approach will drive the second-hand car industry to face tremendous changes and development, and the entire Chinese automobile industry will also form a new growth point. Since the "Measures" are just guiding opinions, detailed implementation rules need to be formulated and promulgated by local management departments and industry associations. The measures for the management of used car industries in Guangdong Province will be formally announced at the end of this month.