“2019 International Conference on Automotive Regulations and
Policies of Exporting Countries” A Great Success
On July 18, the “2019 International Conference on Automotive
Regulations and Policies of Exporting Countries” was held in Wuhan,
Hubei Province, sponsored by 12 National Export Bases for
Automobiles & Parts, such as Wuhan, Shanghai, Chongqing, and
Changchun, organized by the China Automotive Technology and
Research Center (CATARC) and Wuhan Economic & Technological
Development Zone Administrative Committee, and co-organized by TÜV
Rheinland Group (hereinafter referred to as “TÜV Rheinland”). This
event was supported by the Ministry of Commerce and National
Development and Reform Commission.
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Holger Huetz, Vice President of TÜV
Rheinland Engineering & Type Approval, introduced the latest
progress in the automotive industry and regulations in the EU.
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Since 2008, 12 separate sessions entitled “Automotive
Regulations and Policies of Exporting Countries” have been held.
Grasping the enterprise demands and hotspots in the automotive
industry, the initiative has been strongly supported by various
export bases and related enterprises, with enthusiastic response,
becoming an important channel for Chinese automotive enterprises to
keep abreast with foreign automotive market and technical
regulations.
Gao Yang, Vice Division Chief of the Foreign Trade Department of
the Ministry of Commerce, pointed out in her speech that the
vehicle is one of China's important export commodities. According
to customs statistics, from January to May this year, China
exported 454,000 vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 1.4%, with
the export amount totaling US$6.03 billion. Despite a slight
decrease of 3.1% in total amount, the export of self-owned brand
vehicles, commercial vehicles, and new energy vehicles has grown
rapidly, and the export structure and rotation of automotive
exports have achieved solid initial results. She also pointed out
that automotive export enterprises must keep pace with the changing
situation, actively adjust their product structure and market
layout, avoid trade and investment risks, and at the same time
continue to strengthen their innovation drive, increase investment
in research and development, promote the transformation of export
scale from speed to quality, and cultivate new competitive
advantages with technology, brand, quality, service, and standards
as the core.
Cheng Kuiyu, Director of the Automotive Technology Information
Research Institute (ATIRI), CATARC stated in his speech that
information management in the automotive industry has always been
one of the core tasks of ATIRI. Over the last 30 years, from the
aspects of policy planning, investment access, energy conservation,
environmental protection, scrap recycling, import and export, and
internationalization, ATIRI has assisted the authorities in
formulating and promulgating a number of important policies, which
have effectively promoted the healthy development of China's
automotive industry and greatly enhanced the influence of ATIRI in
the domestic and global automotive industry. In the future, ATIRI
will strive to build the first information institute in China, and
in the world, providing technical support to the government and
improving consultation service capacity and quality. Today, we are
here to stage the conference and to share the latest trends in
overseas markets and policy changes with the hope that export
products can better meet the needs of target markets, product
quality and service level can be continuously improved, and the
high-quality development of China's automotive industry is
promoted.
Li Lin, Executive Deputy Director of Wuhan Economic &
Technological Development Zone Administrative Committee stated in
his speech that the Wuhan Economic & Technological Development
Zone is a state-level development zone with advanced manufacturing
and comprehensive industrial support. It has gathered more than 200
auto and parts companies on-site, with the headquarters of Dongfeng
Motor included among operations located in this zone. Dongfeng
Honda, Dongfeng Renault, Shenlong, Valeo, Wescast, Yachiyo, Jost
and other foreign-funded joint ventures or wholly-owned brands have
created an industrial cluster for self-owned and joint-venture
automotive brands with significant development character. Under the
strong support and guidance of the Department of Foreign Trade of
the Ministry of Commerce and CATARC, the Wuhan Economic &
Technological Development Zone has actively responded to trade
conflict through the transformation and upgrading of foreign trade
and strengthening of export base construction.”
In response to new changes in international trade and
investment, and to drive the sustainable and healthy development of
Chinese automotive product exports, ten Chinese and international
experts were invited to this conference, from TÜV Rheinland,
CATARC, the China ASEAN Automotive Standards and Regulations
Research Center, Dongfeng Motor Corporation, Great Wall Motor
Company Limited, Tianjin CATARC-Luxcontrol Technical Service Co.,
Ltd., and other organizations and enterprises, introducing and
elaborating on government policies, technical regulations,
certification systems, and the latest in other changes in major
export countries and regions that are Chinese automotive industry
and parts markets, such as the European Union, North America, South
America, ASEAN, and India.
Holger Huetz, Vice President of TÜV Rheinland Engineering &
Type Approval, introduced the latest progress in the automotive
industry and regulations in the EU. Sven-Olaf Steinke, General
Manager of TÜV Rheinland Greater China Electrical, explained safety
guarantees and risk ratings for vehicle power batteries. Mathias
Maerz, Senior Manager of TÜV Rheinland Greater China Industrial
Services, analyzed EU standards for electric vehicle charging
systems. They provided frontier information and professional
guidance from different dimensions, and put forward suggestions for
the sustainable development of China’s automotive enterprises.
Today, new technical regulations and market supervision
mechanisms are bringing unprecedented challenges to the development
and quality management of the automotive industry. At the
conference, Holger Huetz authoritatively interpreted the latest
development of autonomous driving in the EU, from the aspects of
the legal framework for autonomous vehicle, the regulatory approval
of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), and
other hot topics in the industry. He also discussed and answered
questions raised by the participants.
In recent years, with the continuous improvements in the
endurance and performance of new energy electric vehicles, lithium
batteries feature higher energy density and pose a greater danger
of fire and explosion. In his keynote speech themed “Safety
Guarantees and Risk Ratings for Vehicle Power Batteries,” Sven-Olaf
Steinke compared the differences between the newly draft mandatory
national standards and the safety standards worldwide for
electrical vehicle battery, in hopes of the industry adopting the
most stringent testing requirements to ensure product safety.
Based on this, Mathias Maerz interpreted the EU standards for
charging systems of electric vehicles for the participants,
covering charging system components such as plugs, sockets, vehicle
connectors, and vehicle inlet, and introduced the combined charging
system (CCS) in detail. “CCS is a general electric charging system
which integrates the existing AC charging solution and ultra-high
speed DC charging in one system,” he said, “and is an open
international standard system for electric vehicles mainly driven
by Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, GE, Porsche, and
Volkswagen.” Maerz also stated that TÜV Rheinland is one of the
core CharIN (Charging Interface Initiative) members of CCS, and is
dedicated to establishing and developing CCS into a global charging
standard for electric vehicles.
Sven-Olaf Steinke stated: “TÜV Rheinland’s technical services
cover the upstream, midstream, and downstream spectrums of the
whole energy industry chain, with extensive experience and
professional insights into product quality, specifications and
standards pertaining to energy storage, lithium-ion batteries, fuel
cells, new energy vehicles, charging equipment and facilities, and
other segment fields, providing one-stop services for enterprises
covering the whole industry and multi-fields, in an effective
combination of cutting-edge experience overseas and the domestic
market. Our goal is to become a leading provider of safety,
quality, and environmental services and solutions in Greater China,
and to contribute to the sustainable development of society.”
As a leading international third-party testing, inspection, and
certification organization, TÜV Rheinland was also one of the
earliest international certification bodies to enter the Chinese
market. TÜV Rheinland continues to help Chinese enterprises grasp
automotive market frontier information and regulatory trends
worldwide. At the same time, building on its extensive industry
experience and worldwide expert resources and service network, TÜV
Rheinland has built a product testing and certification platform
for Chinese manufacturers, and helped more and more Chinese
enterprises “go global” smoothly through one-stop solutions. In
particular, driven by the “Belt and Road Initiative (BRI),” TÜV
Rheinland has dedicatedly drawn a certification map for the BRI,
extending from the GCC States and the Eurasian Economic Union to
Australia, India, and Indonesia, with a view to helping Chinese
enterprises grasp the development trends in trade laws and
regulations among countries along the route, identify certification
needs, properly deal with trade barriers, and drive the
internationalization of China’s automotive industry.
TÜV Rheinland
TÜV Rheinland is a global leader in independent inspection
services, founded nearly 150 years ago. The group maintains a
worldwide presence of more than 20,000 people; annual turnover is
EUR 2 billion. The independent experts stand for quality and safety
for people, technology and the environment in nearly all aspects of
life. TÜV Rheinland inspects technical equipment, products and
services, oversees projects, and helps to shape processes
and information security for companies. Its experts train people
in a wide range of careers and industries. To this end, TÜV
Rheinland employs a global network of approved labs, testing and
education centers. Since 2006, TÜV Rheinland has been a member of
the United Nations Global Compact to promote sustainability and
combat corruption.
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