Since the beginning of this year, China’s automobile production and sales have continued to rise.

The 21st Guangzhou International Automobile Exhibition opened a few days ago. Xinhua news agency

China’s automobile import and export grew rapidly. The picture shows the logistics base where cars are stored at Xi ‘an International Port Station in Shaanxi. Xinhua news agency

School-enterprise cooperation in Chongqing to train new energy vehicle maintenance talents. Xinhua news agency

At the 2023 China 5G+ Industrial Internet Conference held recently, the audience was experiencing a new energy vehicle. Photo by Liu Kun/Bright Picture

Taizhou, Zhejiang Province launched an automobile repair skill competition. Bright pictures/vision china

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Recently, the Ministry of Commerce and other nine departments jointly issued the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting the High-quality Development of the Automobile Aftermarket" (hereinafter referred to as the "Opinions"), and put forward seven policy measures, including optimizing the circulation environment of automobile parts, promoting the upgrading of automobile maintenance services, and optimizing automobile consumption financial services.

The Opinions make it clear that by 2025, the scale of the automotive aftermarket will grow steadily, the market structure will be continuously optimized, and the standardization level will be significantly improved. The aftermarket will play a more prominent role in the automotive industry chain, value chain and innovation chain, and the application of new products and technologies will be more popular, the development of new formats and models will be more mature, the industry management system will be more perfect, and the automotive use environment will be continuously optimized to better meet the diversified automobile consumption needs of consumers.

"Automobile aftermarket" refers to a series of trading activities around various subsequent needs and services in the process of automobile after-sales use from sale to scrapping, involving many sub-sectors such as automobile maintenance, automobile maintenance, automobile supplies, automobile finance, used cars and car rental. At present, what is the development status of China’s automobile aftermarket? What are the opportunities and challenges? How to promote the high-quality development of automobile aftermarket? The reporter conducted an interview on this.

1. After the number of cars reached 330 million, the market consumption potential continued to be released.

"It is a very happy thing to own a car of my own. As a’ donkey friend’, I like go on road trip and enjoy the scenery along the way." Some time ago, Su Xiaoming, who works in a university in Beijing, bought a domestic car and shouted "Great experience".

Nowadays, as a mass consumer product, cars have already "flown into the homes of ordinary people".

By the end of September 2023, the number of motor vehicles in China had reached 430 million, including 330 million cars; There are 520 million motorists, including 480 million motorists. In the first three quarters of this year, 18.17 million vehicles were newly registered nationwide, up 4.4% year-on-year.

With the continuous increase of car ownership in China, the aftermarket formed around car use has become an important part of car consumption.

"The automotive aftermarket covers a wide range, including auto parts circulation, maintenance services, decoration and beauty, used car trading, as well as auto racing, auto culture, auto consumption financial services and other fields." Xu Haidong, deputy chief engineer of China Automobile Industry Association, said in an interview with this reporter that at present, the overall development of China’s automobile aftermarket is good, and relevant policy measures have provided strong support for it.

Judging from the second-hand car trading, in the first three quarters of this year, China’s second-hand car market remained active, and local public security traffic control departments handled a total of 25.05 million motor vehicle transfer registrations, including 23.31 million motor vehicle transfer registrations, accounting for 93.1%.

In addition, in recent years, automobile museums, automobile cinemas and other projects have sprung up everywhere, and colorful and diverse automobile cultural activities such as automobile theme exchange activities, theme exhibitions, fairs and carnivals have been actively carried out, further popularizing automobile cultural knowledge and creating a strong automobile cultural atmosphere. At the same time, some comprehensive automobile culture theme parks integrating automobile races, automobile services, outdoor leisure and parent-child activities have quickly become popular, and become online celebrity attractions for tourists from all over the world to "punch in".

Some camping enthusiasts drive to major camping camps, set up a tent, get close to nature and enjoy a leisurely and comfortable time.

At the same time, automobile racing activities are also getting more and more attention. According to reports, the China Society of Automotive Engineering has specially launched the Pure Electric Formula Car Competition for College Students, which not only helps to train talents of new energy vehicles, but also helps to open up a new path to the automotive aftermarket.

In view of new fields and new scenes, the Opinions proposes to build a multi-level automobile race pattern, accelerate the development of the traditional classic car industry, support the construction of camps such as self-driving caravans, and enrich the automobile cultural experience.

"Overall, the development prospects of China’s automotive aftermarket are improving." Xu Haidong believes that at present, although China’s automotive aftermarket is still dominated by the 4S shop model, third-party brand enterprises are accelerating their development, and Internet companies have also entered the market. With the increasing number of cars, the value of the automobile aftermarket will become more prominent.

Luo Lei, Assistant President of china automobile dealers association, said that in recent years, the scale of China’s automobile aftermarket has shown double-digit growth, and it is expected that the scale of China’s automobile aftermarket will continue to expand in the future. Stimulating the vitality of the automobile aftermarket has obvious effects on further promoting automobile consumption and stimulating economic growth.

2. The problem of "small, scattered and chaotic" still has industry pain points that need to be broken.

"Not long ago, I washed my car in a roadside shop. Not only was I repeatedly promoted to get a card, but I was even’ suggested’ to replace tires and other accessories. The routine was too deep." Wang Qingbin, a post-90 s car owner, said that the management level and service quality of some car wash shops and repair shops need to be improved, which failed the trust of consumers.

Like Wang Qingbin, many car owners have had similar experiences. While people enjoy the convenience and happiness brought by cars, they also have various troubles from time to time. At present, the supply system of auto parts is not perfect, the level of vehicle maintenance is uneven, and the financial procedures of automobile consumption are complicated. Some people spit out: "It is difficult to repair a car, but expensive to maintain it", "Services cut corners, and various fees are charged" …

Xu Haidong admits that at present, some consumers choose to maintain in automobile 4S shops, which is more expensive; There are also some consumers who choose to repair in "small, scattered and chaotic" roadside shops, and the quality is difficult to be guaranteed.

"The fundamental solution to these problems is to promote the high-quality development of the automotive aftermarket." Xue Xu, an associate professor at Peking University University of Economics, said that the service level and quality of the automobile aftermarket are directly related to the experiences and feelings of hundreds of millions of car owners and consumers, and are also an important link affecting automobile consumption.

Experts believe that with the rapid growth of car ownership, consumers’ demand for related services will be more diverse. For the automotive aftermarket, this is both a challenge and an opportunity. It is necessary to focus on the key areas and key links of the automobile aftermarket, focus on solving the outstanding problems faced in the development of the industry, tap the consumption potential of the automobile aftermarket according to local conditions, and enrich the products and services of the automobile aftermarket.

In this regard, the "Opinions" proposes to standardize the circulation order of automobile aftermarket parts, formulate and implement relevant standards for the circulation of automobile aftermarket parts, and create a transparent, orderly and efficient circulation environment for parts. Actively expand the distribution channels of auto parts, and build a multi-channel and multi-format auto parts distribution network to meet the diversified needs of consumers for auto aftermarket accessories. Guide automobile manufacturers to continuously improve the after-sales service network, strengthen personnel management training such as after-sales maintenance, and provide standardized and convenient vehicle maintenance services for car owners.

"The Opinions is the first guiding document issued by China for the automotive aftermarket, which plays a very important role in the development of the automotive aftermarket." Xu Haidong said that in the future, in addition to the automobile 4S shop system, some third-party automobile service enterprises will develop one after another, providing services with low prices and certain quality guarantee, which will form a benign complement with 4S shops, so that consumers can rest assured that they can consume and promote the automobile aftermarket. Achieve high-quality development.

3. Consumer demand is more diversified, and financial services are constantly optimized.

In October this year, Liu Yantao, a young man from Shandong, rented an off-road vehicle with several friends and traveled to Lhasa by car. "I didn’t expect that renting a car was so convenient. We were very lucky. We rented a new car and the rent was more cost-effective. We talked and laughed all the way and had a good time." Liu Yantao said.

In recent years, a large number of auto credit, leasing and insurance companies have developed rapidly, providing consumers with more competitive products and services.

At the same time, some consumers have reported that the service quality of related industries is uneven, and the convenience of auto finance still needs to be improved. The business scope of some auto financing companies is narrow, and it is difficult to meet the diversified loan needs of consumers, so it is necessary to further expand the business scope and increase the business varieties. In the long run, we should give full play to the leverage of finance to better promote automobile consumption and circulation.

In this regard, the "Opinions" proposed to optimize automobile consumption financial services. Encourage financial institutions to optimize financial services for automobile use and consumption, and standardize the financing of automobile accessories under the premise of legal compliance and controllable risks. Develop automobile financial leasing and standardize the financial leasing business of sale and leaseback mode. Guide financial institutions to optimize resource allocation and business layout, and increase credit support for automobile consumption in rural areas. Encourage payment service providers to increase the single payment amount for specific scenarios of online car consumption under the premise of preventing and controlling risks.

In Xue Xu’s view, optimizing automobile consumption financial services will bring more benefits to consumers. Automobile consumption has a large volume, sufficient potential and strong industrial driving effect. Promoting automobile consumption has a positive effect on stabilizing China’s consumption market and promoting the high-quality development of industrial chain.

Experts said that it is necessary to firmly grasp the new situation of automobile market development, conform to the new trend of automobile consumption, focus on promoting the high-quality development of automobile aftermarket, focus on establishing and improving institutional mechanisms, cultivate and expand business entities, optimize the supply of products and services, develop new formats and models, promote the scale growth, structural optimization and quality improvement of aftermarket, and provide strong support for stabilizing and expanding automobile consumption and services to build a new development pattern.

(Reporter Liu Kun)

Source: Guangming Daily

Great changes have taken place in the beauty market. Vipshop’s "2022 Beauty Hot Search List" unveiled three new trends.

2022 has come to an end, and this year is a year of intense changes for many people. Especially for the ever-changing beauty industry, this year is a year full of changes.

First of all, judging from the overall development status of the industry, this year is a painful period for the development of the beauty industry. The original rapid growth of the market traffic dividend is gradually peaking, and a large amount of capital has begun to withdraw from the beauty industry and switch to other industries, and beauty has experienced low tide.

However, under the predicament, some new trends have also become popular, which has led a large number of beauty brands to take off. For example, the "2022 Beauty Hot Search List" recently released by Vipshop, a special e-commerce platform, unveiled three major development trends of the beauty industry this year.

The first trend is that the consumption hotspots in the industry have changed. According to the search data of Vipshop last year, the three hottest beauty ingredients this year are hyaluronic acid, salicylic acid and nicotinamide. "Constituent parties" appear on major social media platforms, and effective skin care has become a well-deserved hot spot in skin care.

No matter what age, any woman is "anxious" about aging. According to relevant data, post-95 s and post-00 s are more afraid of old age than post-80 s and post-90 s, and the proportion of "very anxious" about aging ranks first in all ages. In the fight against aging, young people are becoming more and more "rolled up".

Some netizens said: "I feel that I am getting old rapidly, with more and more crow’s feet and more flabby skin. This feeling of watching myself get old day by day is really terrible."

The second point is the rise of domestic beauty brands. Within one year of this year, the overall sales of beauty cosmetics on Vipshop platform increased by 58.5% year-on-year, but the sales of a large number of domestic beauty cosmetics easily doubled.

For example, the sales of brands such as Huaxizi, Ximuyuan, Zhuben, Grain Rain, and Yeast have all achieved multiple growth in Vipshop this year. Especially in Vipshop, a "new brand plan" was launched to help domestic brands, and a large number of domestic beauty products stood out and were sought after by a large number of consumers.

Netizen Xiao Ceng said: "In the past, I bought beauty cosmetics from foreign brands. Now I have done a good job in domestic beauty cosmetics. Not only is the quality not worse than that of foreign brands, but the price is more affordable."

The third point is the rise of outdoor beauty track. More and more young people are starting to go out of their homes and take part in various outdoor sports, such as frisbee, cycling and hiking, which are all hot outdoor sports this year.

Young people are now more willing to wear sunscreen to go out and sweat than to do beautiful body care at home. In Vipshop, the search volume of sunscreen platform on the platform this year is more than twice that of whitening products.

From the rise of hyaluronic acid, salicylic acid and nicotinamide, to the rise of domestic products and outdoor beauty products, it is actually the same thing. Although the beauty market has experienced a peak in traffic, as long as it can meet the personalized and diversified needs of users, the market is equally hot.

It became the number one hot spot after class overnight. How long can Tenghahe last?

Reporter Han Bing reports Going out at home in the League Cup is not a big deal, but losing more than 3 goals at home in a row, the worst record of losing at home in 61 years, is a key node that may push Tenghahe’s fate from quantitative change to qualitative change. Although Manchester United did not consider changing coaches when talking to the media, the act of making a statement itself has already made the outside world smell dangerous.

The 0-3 defeat against Newcastle United activated a series of dazzling shame records: half of the top 10 home games of the season were lost, the worst since the 1930/31 season; Lost 8 of the first 15 games, the worst since the 1962/63 season; There is also the highest loss rate (53%) in 90 years, which is not counting the previous 12 records of losing, conceding and losing in a row. The patience with Tenghahe is constantly consumed in this ever-increasing shame record, and the distance is getting closer and closer to being completely exhausted …

After the game, Tenghahe continued to complete the familiar "reversal" at the press conference, but his odds after class jumped to the second place in the Premier League within 24 hours after the game (odds of 3), second only to Sheffield United coach Hejin Barton (odds of 5/3) who scored only 1 point in 10 rounds. Chelsea coach Pochettino, who burns more money, has fewer events and fewer points, ranks fifth (odds are 17), which is much safer than Tenghah. In the early morning of Beijing time, just after Manchester United officially made a statement that it was not considered to change coaches, Tenghahe’s odds of class dismissal rose to the top of the Premier League (11/10), surpassing Hutchinson Barton (5/4), and Pochettino was even safer (20)! Overnight, Tenghahe entered the "extremely dangerous" zone from the "safe" position.

Since ancient times, there have been few gifts in the snow, and there have never been many people who have fallen into the rain. Tenghahe stressed that last season’s Carling Cup proved that he could turn the tide, but media such as Manchester Evening News and celebrities such as Neville made it clear that the Dutch coach had lost the support of the dressing room and it was only a matter of time before class was over. This season’s scandal-ridden dressing room of the Red Devils, after the turmoil of Sancho and Anthony, now players have completely lost confidence in Tenghahe himself. As early as after the Manchester derby, the British media revealed that players questioned Tenghahe’s tactics, including letting Lindelov, who is not good at wingers, play left-back, and Anthony, who is better at wingers, was not the first choice.

Tenghahe’s tough approach has also attracted the disgust of most players. Punishing Sancho is an example. After the Manchester derby, Tenghahe forced Manchester United players to stay to witness the celebration of Manchester City players and fans, canceled the original holiday and added extra homework, which was considered as disrespect for the players. The extra homework is to let the players watch the video edited by the coaching staff for themselves, which points out the mistakes made by the players. This kind of practice, like punishing primary school students, makes the stars feel "humiliated". The first person who didn’t buy it was Rachford. On the night after the derby, the Manchester United winger held a party in the nightclub until 3: 30 in the morning. At least for now, Tenghahe hasn’t given him a ticket.

Neville’s hint on the social media account is almost explicit: "We have seen such a situation before, we know how it ends, and we have had enough." Former Tottenham midfielder O ‘Hara also stressed: Manchester United is in chaos from top to bottom, the players don’t care about winning or losing, and the coach has lost the support of the players. This is similar to Neville’s definition of Tenghahe and Manchester United. Neville emphasized that both rivals of Manchester United have professional sports departments, but Manchester United doesn’t even have Sports director. In addition, after driving away Cristiano Ronaldo last year, Manchester United announced that it would consider new strategic choices, but there is still no clear direction today, which also makes Manchester United players feel insecure.

Tenghahe’s fate has changed from how to turn things around to when to finish class. The British media began to calculate the cost (15 million pounds) of firing Tenghahe for Manchester United. After Ferguson retired, this figure tied for the highest among the fired coaches. However, it has just been announced that last season’s revenue was as high as 640 million pounds, which is completely affordable for Manchester United, which set a new record for Premier League clubs. In addition, the media has even listed a succession candidate list for Manchester United: emeri of Aston Villa, Eddie Howe of Newcastle United, De Zerbi of Brighton, as well as the laid-off Zidane and the hot Bayer Leverkusen coach Alonso.

Different from last season, Manchester United’s dressing room is not only separated from Germany, but also the injury crisis has not improved. Casemiro’s new injury continues to weaken Manchester United’s already unbearable defensive end. Tenghahe wants to be what he calls a "fighter" and unite with the players to fight together, but he must first fully implement his tactics through the players-unfortunately, this is also the most difficult thing to do at present.

In order to save the situation, the British media revealed that Tenghahe would have a one-on-one conversation with Manchester United players to understand the situation and eliminate barriers. However, there is not much time left for Tenghahe, and the international competition day in November may be his last chance to breathe. At the end of November, Manchester United will play Galatasaray, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Bayern at home, and then Liverpool. How long can Tenghah last? It’s a good prize-winning quiz.

British media talk about the reasons for the decline of football in China: they only care about the present and don’t care about the future at all.

  Recently, according to the domestic media "Netease Sports" quoted the British media "The Sun" as a report, "The Sun" specially sent a long article to analyze the collapse of Super League football, pointing out the chaos behind China football. Although all views may not be correct, the attitude of onlookers is also worth learning and reflecting.

  The British media wrote: From a seemingly rising football power to a complete failure, the prosperity and collapse of football in China are so rapid and violent. At one time, China, like Saudi Arabia now, was the focus of football all over the world. In the 2016-17 season, the Super League began to burn unparalleled money. At that time, they were the most expensive leagues in the world. Super League teams use astronomical wages to attract top players to join, so as to become a football superpower and attract the attention of the world. Their expenses amounted to 320 million pounds, including signing an Oscar from Chelsea for 60 million pounds.

  When talking about football in China, Charles Cardoso, president of a club in Sao Paulo, Brazil, said that everyone believed that China people would do something important in football. China’s transfer market is absolutely crazy. Everyone wants to send their players there because there is plenty of money there. China people think that you can play football if you have money, but money is not the whole of football. You must have correct management and planning. They only care about the present and don’t care about the future at all.

  "The Super League just threw the money out, but it didn’t have any practical effect. For more than ten years, China football has been in ruins, and many football fields have been abandoned. Guangzhou Evergrande, the most successful team in the history of Super League, has a debt of up to 240 billion pounds. Many players didn’t get paid and sued FIFA. Suning Club directly closed down. " The article also mentioned. "In fact, the top-level idea of China managers is good, and the problem lies in the following planners and executors. These people don’t know what it means to host the World Cup, let alone win it. " Dr Rob Wilson, an expert on football finance in sheffield hallam university, believes that China people are trying to buy the gap in football development in the previous 150 years with money and want to win the World Cup. Facts have proved that this is impossible.

  In addition, the report also mentioned that in April 2020, Evergrande started construction of a stadium with a capacity of 100,000 people at a cost of 1.4 billion pounds in Guangzhou. Investor Xu Jiayin said that this stadium will become a world-class landmark building like Sydney Opera House and Burj Khalifa in Dubai. However, after half of the construction, the stadium was confiscated by the government and auctioned.

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The Lakers sincerely renewed Davis’ contract, with an average salary of 62 million for three years and a record high of 186 million.

On August 4th, Beijing time, the NBA legend Woj reported that the Lakers had reached an early contract renewal with Anthony Davis, the core player in charge. The new contract is a super maximum salary contract with a salary of 186 million US dollars for three years and an average salary of 62 million US dollars. It is understood that Pelinka, the general manager of the Lakers, called Richie Paul, the agent of Thick Eyebrow, on the first day when he was eligible to sign and renew the contract, which shows that the management of the Lakers attached great importance to Thick Eyebrow, and that the 186 million yuan in three years was full of sincerity. After learning the top salary given by the Lakers, Thick Eyebrow almost agreed directly without any hesitation, which shows that the two sides are congenial.

Previously, the five-year average salary of 304 million signed by the Celtics and Jay Brown was 60.7 million, which was only a few days before the creation of NBA history, but it was broken by the average salary of 62 million. I have to say that the current salary level of the NBA is really high, and the speed of promotion is also very fast. At this rate, contracts with an average salary of more than 60 million will be everywhere in the future.

After the Lakers renewed their contract with Thick Eyebrows in advance, the cooperation between Thick Eyebrows and Lakers will last until 2028, with a total price of more than 270 million US dollars. This also means that the Lakers’ future salary space may be locked by the thick eyebrows and James. If there is no major transaction, the Lakers can only build a team around them in the future.

In fact, the combination of healthy thick eyebrows and healthy James still has a very good effect. The first time they partnered, they played the first record in the western regular season and won the championship. But then there was a problem with the Lakers’ team-building ideas. After Wei Shao formed the Big Three, the Lakers’ record did not go up and down. Just after trading Wei Shao, the Lakers went all the way to the Western Conference, which also gave the Lakers a chance to reflect.

Now, the Lakers are willing to provide Davis and James with a top salary contract, and how competitive role players they have strengthened this summer can prove that the Lakers have completely decided to build a team around Jamey and will not seek a third star to join. The success in the second half of last season also proved that only by maintaining the continuity and depth of the existing lineup can the Lakers go further. So what do you think of this? Welcome to pay attention to the comments, let’s discuss together!

Bo Yu said sports: Premier League Rome is considering hiring De Zerbi to replace Mourinho, but Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea are also.

On the other hand, the defense has obviously regressed. The opponent’s shots per possession increased by 27%(0.10), and the average xG was similar. The number of goals per game in Manchester City increased from 0.7 to 1.0. Whether it’s because Guardiola tried his staff to make the best use of Harland-which, among other things, led to the bench of full-back Joao Cancelo and eventually loaned it to Bayern-or because of the conscious retreat of the World Cup in terms of pressure and efforts (Manchester City players played more time in Qatar than any other club), Manchester City’s pressure was more passive and ineffective. Excellent opponents are particularly comfortable and productive for them: in eight games against the top six teams in the Premier League, Manchester City scored a goal in 13 shots (81.10 times per game), worth 11.6 xG.

Please note that Manchester City also scored 19 goals and scored 13 points in these eight games, but Manchester City did not control the situation as usual. Put some terrible luck into a close game-in a game decided by 1-2 goals, the average score per game is 0.1 (the average score of the other four teams in England is 2.1)-and we can see how Manchester City has left the door for Arsenal to break in at present. This also brought RB Leipzig back to the first leg of their last 16 Champions League (final 1-1 draw), and there is still some work to be done before they can advance next week.