On September 19, Wang Weiming, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the 2026 China Automobile Industry Development International Forum that the current new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution is advancing in depth, and China's automobile industry has also ushered in a critical period of transformation and upgrading to improve quality and efficiency. In order to strengthen top-level planning and collaboration among all parties and promote high-quality industrial development, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology took the lead in issuing the “Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Industry”. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will work with relevant departments to continuously enhance the innovation, competitiveness and comprehensive strength of the automobile industry and accelerate the construction of an automobile power. In terms of expanding consumption in the automobile market, it is necessary to further increase automobile consumption potential by implementing “trade-in” of automobiles, going to the countryside for new energy vehicles, repairing shortcomings in county charging and exchanging facilities, comprehensive application of hydrogen energy, systematically promoting large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks, introducing management measures for vehicle modifications, and improving automobile export guarantee systems.

On September 19, Wang Weiming, chief engineer of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the 2026 China Automobile Industry Development International Forum that the current new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial revolution is advancing in depth, and China's automobile industry has also ushered in a critical period of transformation and upgrading to improve quality and efficiency. In order to strengthen top-level planning and collaboration among all parties and promote high-quality industrial development, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology took the lead in issuing the “Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for the Development of the Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle Industry”. In the next step, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will work with relevant departments to continuously enhance the innovation, competitiveness and comprehensive strength of the automobile industry and accelerate the construction of an automobile power. In terms of expanding consumption in the automobile market, it is necessary to further increase automobile consumption potential by implementing “trade-in” of automobiles, going to the countryside for new energy vehicles, repairing shortcomings in county charging and exchanging facilities, comprehensive application of hydrogen energy, systematically promoting large-scale application of new energy heavy trucks, introducing management measures for vehicle modifications, and improving automobile export guarantee systems.