Li Chunlin, deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, said at a regular policy briefing of The State Council on the afternoon of 31 that by the end of June this year, the number of new energy vehicles in the country had exceeded 16.2 million. New energy vehicle production and sales, market share and ownership have reached a record high. Li Chunlin said in response to a reporter's question that in the first half of this year, China's auto production and sales were 13.248 million and 13.239 million, an increase of 9.3 percent and 9.8 percent respectively. In the first quarter of the car production and sales decline, the second quarter of the car production and sales significantly recovered. Among them, new energy vehicles have become the biggest highlight.
In terms of production and sales, the production and sales of new energy vehicles in the first half of this year reached 3.788 million and 3.747 million, respectively, with year-on-year growth of 42.4 percent and 44.1 percent . In terms of market share, sales of new energy vehicles have accounted for 28.3 percent of all automobile sales, nearly 30 percent , an increase of 2.7 percentage points compared with 2022. As for the ownership, at the end of June this year, the number of new energy vehicles in the country exceeded 16.2 million. The production and sales, market share and ownership of new energy vehicles all reached a record high.
Li Chunlin pointed out that the recent meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee stressed the need to consolidate and expand the development advantages of new energy vehicles. The executive meeting of The State Council also made important arrangements for the development of the new energy automobile industry. At present, a series of policy measures on the consumption and development of new energy vehicles have been issued, such as the "Implementation Opinions on Accelerating the construction of charging infrastructure to Better Support New energy Vehicles to the countryside and Rural Revitalization" and "Guidance on Further Building a high-quality charging infrastructure system" and other policy documents have been released. At the same time, it also continued and optimized the purchase tax reduction and exemption policy for new energy vehicles, creating a good policy and market environment for new energy vehicle consumption.
"We will study and optimize more popular and inclusive support policies to better meet the multi-level and diversified consumer needs of the people and promote the high-quality development of related industries," Li Chunlin said. He believes that whether it is automobile consumption or other consumer goods consumption, supply-side structural reform is the top priority. Only to adapt to changes in demand and create new demand, the supply side does not reform, the products produced are not suitable for the market, and the people will not buy them.
For the purchase tax reduction and exemption policy of new energy vehicles, Li Chunlin said that it will be continued and optimized, and proposed that the vehicle purchase tax will be exempted by the end of 2025; By 2026 and 2027, the levy will be halved. In addition, recent policies have been introduced to encourage the consumption of new energy vehicles.
