CCTV News: China Association of Automobile Manufacturers released data on February 17. Data shows that in January 2025, my country's automobile industry ushered in a stable start.

In January this year, my country's automobile industry maintained stable operation overall. Among them, passenger cars continued to perform well, with production and sales reaching 2.151 million and 2.133 million respectively, an increase of 3.3% and 0.8% year-on-year, achieving both year-on-year growth. Among them, new energy vehicles performed outstandingly, with production and sales increasing by 29% and 29.4% year-on-year, respectively, and sales reached 38.9% of the total sales of new cars.

In terms of exports, the total export of automobiles was 470,000, an increase of 6.1% year-on-year. Among them, 150,000 new energy vehicles were exported, an increase of 49.6% year-on-year.

Chen Shihua, deputy secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, introduced that in January, the national level promptly introduced the policy of continuing the "old for new" and various regions also followed up in time. The policy effect was obvious and the confidence of enterprises and consumers was enhanced. The automobile industry has achieved a stable start, especially the export of new energy vehicles has increased by nearly 50% year-on-year.

A new round of old-for-new and more efforts to expand the scope of the new year, and the auto market is hot

The reporter noticed during the investigation that in the past, around the Spring Festival, it was the off-season for automobile market sales, but thanks to the new round of old-for-new and more efforts to expand the scope of the new round of old-for-new policies, the domestic auto market in the New Year this year showed a surging scene.

The reporter came to a car 4S store in Tianjin. As soon as he entered the store, he saw a bustling crowd of people. Some of them were still in the middle of the show. There were people watching and looking at each show car, and the sounds of on-site consultations were heard one after another. The staff told reporters that there are a lot of people coming to see the car every day, and they are basically aiming at "old for new ones", and the leverage effect of the subsidy policy is very obvious.

In Jilin, after the Spring Festival, the car purchase craze has hit. With the official implementation of the new round of people-friendly policies, many consumers no longer wait and see and hesitate and decisively join the "old for new" craze. Jinan, Shandong recently launched the government automobile consumption subsidy activity in 2025, with a total application amount of 30 million yuan, which can be used in combination with the car scrap or replacement and renewal policies issued by the state and province.

Since this year, after the release of a new round of "national subsidy" policy, various places have followed up and come up with new tricks, and the vitality of the automobile market has been further released. Recently, Zhejiang announced the implementation rules for the 2025 automobile replacement and renewal subsidy implementation; Tianjin refined the subsidy standards and provided different amounts of subsidies according to the price of new cars; Hainan simplified the application process to enable the subsidies of "real money" to reach consumers faster; Guangzhou has jointly launched exclusive packages with car companies to increase configuration and extend quality warranty.

Chen Shihua said that the continuous release of the combination effect of policies will further stimulate market vitality. We have also noticed that car companies have been continuously introducing measures to improve services, taking multiple measures to promote automobile consumption, and injecting vitality into the development of the automobile industry after the beginning of the year.

As of the end of January this year, the number of charging infrastructure nationwide exceeded 13 million

While the passenger car consumption market is booming, the construction of charging infrastructure supporting new energy vehicles is also accelerating. Data released by the China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance on February 17 showed that the number of charging infrastructure nationwide has exceeded 13 million.

As of the end of January 2025, the cumulative number of charging infrastructure nationwide was 13.213 million units, an increase of 49.1% year-on-year. In January, the increase in charging infrastructure was 395,000 units, an increase of 49.5% year-on-year. Among them, the increase in public charging piles was 181,000, an increase of 222.5% year-on-year; the increase in private charging piles built with vehicles was 214,000, an increase of 2.9% year-on-year.

The China Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Promotion Alliance stated that my country's charging infrastructure construction can basically meet the rapid development of new energy vehicles, and the proportion of public charging piles built in 10 regions including Guangdong, Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shandong, etc., with relatively concentrated public charging infrastructure construction areas reached 67.9%.