Building on the Extraordinary Twenty Years & Working Together for a Shared Future—2024 International Forum (TEDA) on Chinese Automotive Industry Development Successfully Held

The 20th International Forum (TEDA) on Chinese Automotive Industry Development (IFCAID 2024) was successfully held in TEDA from 29th August to 1st September, 2024. Lian Maojun, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee and Secretary of the CPC Tianjin Binhai New Area Committee, attended the forum and delivered a speech. Xin Guobin, Member of the CPC Leadership Group and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Fan Shaojun, Vice Mayor of Tianjin, and Hong Shicong, Secretary of the CPC Committee of Tianjin Economic-Technological Development Area (TEDA) and Chairman of TEDA Administrative Commission, were also present. An Tiecheng, Secretary of the CPC Committee and Chairman of the Board of China Automotive Technology and Research Center (CATARC) Co., Ltd., addressed the forum. Lu Mei, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Committee and General Manager of CATARC, and Hou Fushen, Vice President and Secretary General of China Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), presided over the opening ceremony.

The IFCAID 2024 was jointly hosted by CATARC, China Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAA) and China Automotive News with special support from TEDA Administrative Commission. It was also organized in association with Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association (JAMA), Verband der Automobilindustrie (VDA, i.e. the German Automobile Industry Association), China Automotive Battery Innovation Alliance (CABIA) and National Big Data Alliance of New Energy Vehicles (NDANEV). Themed on “Building on the Extraordinary Twenty Years & Working Together for a Shared Future”, the forum stuck to its role as a think tank and gathered government officials, industry experts, and business executives together. During four days of intensive communications and exchanges, participants engaged in all-round and multi-perspective strategic and forward-looking discussions and dialogues and worked together to provide insights and suggestions for fostering new quality productive forces and promoting high-quality industrial development.

IFCAID has been successfully held for 20 consecutive sessions, earning the reputation as “the wind vane for the development of the automotive industry” and “the Davos of the automotive industry”. Since the inception of its partnership with TEDA in 2005, the forum has not only contributed a wealth of advanced research outcomes to the automotive industry but has also empowered TEDA’s growth, serving as a shining symbol of TEDA’s automotive industry.

As a major hub of China’s automotive industry, TEDA is home to 4 mega carmakers and over 200 auto component and service providers. TEDA witnessed RMB 168.2 billion of the output value of its automotive industry and rolled out 803,500 cars in 2023, boasting a fully-fledged auto industry chain ranging from vehicle design and R&D, engine, transmission, car body & chassis, interior & exterior, to auto electronics. As its automotive industry accelerates transition towards electrification, intelligence, and connectivity, in recent years TEDA has been vigorously supporting vehicle manufacturers in introducing new models, accelerating the cultivation of core component enterprises such as battery and chip manufacturers, and proactively building an automotive electronics industrial park to create a safe, controllable, and more resilient automotive industry chain.