China News Service, Wuhan, October 30 (Reporter Zhang Qin) The 26th Wuhan International Automobile Exhibition and the 12th China (Wuhan) International Intelligent Network New Energy Vehicle Development and Cooperation Summit kicked off in Wuhan on the 30th. This auto show brings together more than 140 exhibiting brands, more than 1,500 exhibition cars, more than 60 new cars for the first time in China and central China, and cutting-edge technologies.
With the theme of "Intelligent Connected New World, Driving Fun and New Life", this exhibition has a total exhibition area of 180,000 square meters. It is not only a grand automobile consumption event in central China, but also an important platform for studying and judging industry changes and promoting industrial synergy.
As a leading local enterprise in Hubei, Dongfeng Motor has built an integrated "Dongfeng Pavilion", where a matrix of independent and joint venture brands such as Mengshi, Lantu, and Dongfeng Yipai have collectively appeared. The "Future Travel Technology Experience Hall" focuses on displaying a number of core self-research achievements such as hybrid solid-liquid batteries, hub motor corner modules, flying cars, embodied intelligent robots, etc., covering cutting-edge tracks such as intelligent chassis, zero-carbon energy, low-altitude economy, and AI large models. During the exhibition, "Science and Technology Dongfeng" technical open courses will be held, and R&D experts will popularize cutting-edge automotive technologies to the public, helping the integration of industry and education and inclusive technology.
At the summit held at the same time, provincial and municipal leaders, heads of industry associations, executives from leading automobile companies, and foreign guests gathered to explore new paths for high-quality development of the automobile industry.
Li Qi, vice president of the China Machinery Industry Federation, said in his speech that my country's new energy automobile industry has grown into a highly competitive strategic emerging industry, but the industry still faces challenges such as intensified international competition, shortcomings in core technologies, and industrial structural contradictions. It must rely on a complete industrial chain and rich application scenarios to seize development opportunities and promote the stability and long-term development of the industry.
Wang Xia, Chairman of the Automotive Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, shared topics such as market profitability, the implementation of high-end smart driving, overseas automobiles, and cross-industry collaboration. He called on the industry to adhere to localization, compliance, and cooperative development to build an open and win-win industrial ecosystem.
A special car trade-in area is set up at the exhibition site, with multiple car purchase subsidies and consumer coupon bonuses to fully unleash the potential of car consumption. In addition to the display of complete vehicles, the exhibition also has special sections such as future travel and modified fashion toys, and car stunt performances and popular science interactive experiences are staged in turn. Audiences can enjoy the city's cultural and tourism linkage benefits with their car show ticket stubs, realizing "one ticket stub to explore the whole city."
Currently, Hubei's automobile manufacturing and service industry has entered the "trillion club". As an important automobile industry town in central China, Wuhan uses this exhibition as a carrier to build a comprehensive platform for product display, technical exchanges, and production and sales docking, continue to expand the automobile industry cluster, and accelerate the transformation and upgrading to electrification and intelligence. Industry experts said that this auto show will further activate the vitality of the central automobile market, promote the collaborative linkage of complete vehicles, parts and technology companies, and help my country's automobile industry continue to break through the wave of electrification and intelligence.
