Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, September 6 (Reporter Zhang Xinxin) Guo Shougang, deputy director of the First Division of Equipment Industry of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said at the press conference on the theme of 'Vigorously Developing High-end Equipment Manufacturing Industry' held by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology on the 6th that it would further optimize the 'Double Points' management method, speed up the research and industrialization of key technologies such as new system batteries and vehicle operating systems, and improve the supply capacity of key components and resource support capacity.

From breaking the local protection of the new energy vehicle market, carrying out the activities of new energy vehicles going to the countryside to exempting the purchase tax of new energy vehicles, the policy of supporting the development of the new energy vehicle industry continues. From January to July this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in China were 3.279 million and 3.194 million respectively. With the help of policies, the new energy automobile industry has maintained a rapid development trend in response to the challenges brought by multiple factors such as epidemic situation.

In Chongqing Sailis Liangjiang Smart Factory, the robotic arms on the digital assembly line are constantly dancing; Cyrus Phoenix Smart Factory has been officially put into production, which is used to meet the subsequent demand for rapid capacity ... When it comes to enterprise development, the relevant person in charge of Cyrus is full of confidence. In the first half of the year, the cumulative production and sales of Cyrus new energy vehicles increased by 255.12% and 204.51% respectively compared with last year, and the company's new energy business revenue increased by 380.8%.

In the first half of the year, the new energy automobile industry took the lead in recovering from the epidemic, driving the manufacturing industry to develop steadily. The steady trend of the industry is inseparable from the strong guarantee of production and supply chain.

Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has focused on automobile, a key industry, set up a coordination platform for the supply chain of automobile industry chain, and established a 'red light' warning mechanism for spare parts inventory of automobile enterprises and a 'red, yellow and blue' warning coordination mechanism for the supply of bulk raw materials. From employment, energy use and materials use, all localities and departments and front-line enterprises work together to promote the rapid recovery of the industrial chain.

'through! Send to the next process! ' In Tongxiang Smart Factory of Zhejiang Hezhong New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd., the fourth batch of relevant components of Nezha automobiles were accepted and sent to the welding workshop. The relevant person in charge of Hezhong New Energy Vehicle said that during the critical period of capacity expansion, State Grid Zhejiang Tongxiang Power Supply Company provided services such as energy efficiency diagnosis, energy saving transformation, etc., and expedited the door-to-door capacity-increasing power supply to meet the production energy demand in time.

While promoting the rapid recovery of production, we will continue to exempt the purchase tax policy of new energy vehicles, and cancel the restrictions on moving in used cars ... Policies on promoting the consumption of new energy vehicles have been introduced one after another. According to the data released by State Taxation Administration of The People's Republic of China recently, from January to July this year, new energy vehicles were exempted from vehicle purchase tax of 40.68 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 108.5%, of which 7.17 billion yuan was exempted in July, a year-on-year increase of 119.1%.

Driven by the policy, the market potential is further released, and the production and sales of new energy vehicles are booming. According to the data of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, from January to July this year, the production and sales of new energy vehicles increased by 120% year-on-year, and the proportion of independent brands in the sales of new energy passenger cars reached 81.2%, an increase of 4.8 percentage points over 2021. A number of new energy vehicle companies have developed rapidly. For example, BYD sold more than 640,000 new energy vehicles in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of over 300%.

The rapid development of the industry has driven the innovation of key technologies and key fields such as power batteries and operating systems. Not long ago, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited released Kirin battery, the volume utilization rate of which exceeded 72%, and it could achieve a battery life of 1,000 kilometers. The semi-solid battery developed by Guogao Research Institute is expected to be loaded in small batches this year; Baidu launched the sixth generation of mass-produced unmanned vehicles in July this year. In the second quarter of this year, Baidu's self-driving travel service platform Radish Run continued to expand, providing 287,000 ride services ...

'Upstream and downstream enterprises in the industry have continuously increased investment in innovation, actively explored new business models, and greatly improved product performance.' Guo Shougang said that from the technical level, the energy density of mass-produced power battery cells reached 270 watt-hours/kg, 1.3 times higher than that in 2012. Newly designed and positively developed models became the mainstream, and some models had a driving range of more than 700 kilometers.

Guo Shougang said that at present, China's new energy automobile industry has entered a new stage of large-scale and rapid development, but there are still some problems, such as supporting capacity to be improved and insufficient integration and development. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will speed up the preparation of the road map for green and low-carbon development of the industry, speed up the research and industrialization of key technologies such as new system batteries and vehicle operating systems, and promote the integrated development of 'vehicle road network cloud map'. At the same time, optimize the industrial chain layout, continuously improve the standard system, and improve the safety level of new energy vehicles.