Report: The number of self-driving trips in China reached 5.09 billion, accounting for nearly 80% of domestic trips

China News Service, Yinchuan, November 11 (Reporter Li Peishan) On November 11, the 2026 Tourism Travel Conference was held in Yinchuan. The conference released the "China Self-Driving, RV and Camping Tourism Development Report (2025-2026)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report"). The "Report" shows that the number of self-driving trips in China will reach 5.09 billion in 2025, accounting for 78.0% of the total domestic trips, accounting for more than 70% for six consecutive years; the proportion of self-driving trips during holidays in 2026 has exceeded 90%, and the annual proportion is expected to be around 80%.

The "Report" believes that the boundaries of the three major industries of self-driving travel, camping, and RVs are becoming increasingly clear, and they jointly present the characteristics of "wheel-based" industrial symbiosis. Self-driving travel has passed the critical point of popularization, networking has become the first driving force for growth, and the county market has become a new growth.

The data confirms this judgment: in 2025, there will be 8,554 campsite points of interest (POI) in mainland China, with a five-year compound growth rate of 8.8%; a total of 20,634 RVs and camping vehicles are registered, a year-on-year increase of 31.3%, including 7,376 camping vehicles, an increase of 85.6%; 1,938 new energy RVs are registered, a growth rate of 229%. The size of the RV rental market exceeded 9 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 30%. The popularization funnel of "renting instead of purchasing" has initially taken shape, with 70% of the population aged between 20 and 39 years old.

Supply shortcomings still need to be filled. The "Report" points out that the average value of the national camp prosperity index in 2025 is 37.88 points, which is lower than the prosperity dividing line of 38.98 points. The industry has entered the stage of stock optimization; the three lines of highway network, energy supply network and public campground network are approaching critical points at the same time. According to the "Implementation Plan for Premium Self-Driving Tourist Highways" issued by the Ministry of Transport, China will build a main skeleton of about 60,000 kilometers, and the construction of charging facilities will be promoted according to the three-year doubling target. Self-driving camping is expected to usher in a period of network growth.

The "Report" also shows that the concentration of RV manufacturing is low, with CR10 (the total market share of the top ten companies in the industry) being only 20.65%, and the clearing out of long-tail companies is accelerating. In addition to the manufacturing end, RV exports have stabilized at the level of 30,000 units, and self-propelled vehicles have achieved large-scale exports. There are 85 million people interested in RVs on the entire network, and related content has been exposed more than 62.5 billion times. However, the supply of node activities for individual consumers is still insufficient.