The Lower Market Empowerment Matchmaking Conference was held. Tuhu Car Ownership shared its county-level automobile service supply practices.

In order to further stimulate the vitality of the lower-tier market and activate consumption in counties, on November 3, the "Mutual Hands-in-hand to Stimulate Vitality" 2026 Lower-tier Market Empowerment Matchmaking Event hosted by the Circulation Development Department of the Ministry of Commerce was held in Jiangyin, Jiangsu. The activity implements the deployment of the Nine Departments' "Opinions on Further Stimulating Consumption in Counties with Vitality in the Lower Market", builds a docking platform between brands and counties, and guides high-quality resources to sink.

Tuhu Auto Care, a leading domestic automobile service platform, was invited to participate in the conference. During the brand display session, it shared its practice of deeply exploring the sinking market based on its own network layout and entrepreneurial support system. Tuhu Car Care was founded in Shanghai in 2011. It opened its first factory store in 2016, forming an integrated online and offline service model. It will be listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2023. It is the first listed company in the domestic independent automobile aftermarket, and is also a strategic partner of the national new energy vehicles going to the countryside.

As of June 30, 2026, there were a total of 8,825 Tuhu car maintenance workshops covering 1,998 county-level districts. Among the newly opened stores in the first half of the year, the lower market accounted for approximately 65%. The deployment in lower-tier cities continues to increase, and Tuhu’s car maintenance network in counties continues to expand. Among them, the number of workshops and stores in Xinjiang and Gansu has exceeded 100, and outlets have been established in Kashgar, Ali, Shengsi Island and other regions to make up for the shortcomings in car maintenance services in remote areas.

While expanding its service network in counties, Tuhu continues to launch entrepreneurship support initiatives to provide support to local entrepreneurs.

The "Ten Thousand Towns and Ten Thousand Stores" plan will be launched in 2024 to promote the extension of standardized car maintenance services to counties and towns; it will be upgraded and launched in 2026 as "Ten Thousand Towns and Ten Thousand Stores 2.0" to further optimize youth entrepreneurship support, coverage areas, and support objects; at the same time, it will rely on the "Tuhu New Youth" plan to help county youths open stores and start businesses locally.

Facing the county market, the platform launches diversified franchise discounts, with relevant fees reduced by up to 50%, and supporting store opening guidance and operation training to help entrepreneurs reduce initial operating pressure and promote the coordinated development of brand network layout and local entrepreneurial needs.

Digitalization and supply chain capabilities underpin county stores. Franchisees can submit site selection intentions online and rely on the platform's multi-dimensional data assessment points to reduce site selection risks; relying on the online process to shorten the store opening cycle, supporting supply chain support, alleviating the pressure on inventory funds, and helping standardized services to be implemented at the grassroots level.

The person in charge of Tuhu Car Maintenance stated that the company will continue to improve its service network in county areas, coordinate store layout, entrepreneurial support and digital operations, improve grassroots car service supply capabilities, better meet the maintenance needs of car owners in county areas, and help activate sinking consumption.