In accordance with the spirit of the “Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Issuing the Development Plan for the New Energy Vehicle Industry (2021–2035)” (State Council General Office Document [2020] No. 39), this plan has been formulated to accelerate the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry in Guangxi.
Chapter 1: Current Status and Development Trends
Currently, a new round of global technological revolution and industrial transformation is flourishing. New energy vehicles integrate transformative technologies such as new energy sources, new materials, the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence, thereby promoting the optimization of energy consumption structures and enhancing the intelligence of transportation systems and urban operations. New energy vehicles have become the primary direction for driving the transformation and development of the automotive industry and a key engine for economic growth.
I. Current Status
During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, Guangxi thoroughly implemented the “Industrial Strengthening of Guangxi” strategy and took multiple measures to vigorously promote the high-quality development of the new energy vehicle industry.
Vehicle production has risen rapidly. Starting from scratch, Guangxi’s new energy vehicle industry achieved a cumulative production of 316,000 units during the 13th Five-Year Plan period. In 2020 alone, production reached 189,000 units, accounting for 13.8% of the domestic new energy vehicle market, propelling the region into the ranks of major provinces in new energy vehicle production and sales.
Industrial clusters have taken shape. The new energy vehicle industry in Guangxi is primarily concentrated in Liuzhou, Nanning, and other areas. A preliminary R&D and production landscape for new energy vehicles has been established, led by enterprises such as SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as SAIC-GM-Wuling), Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor), and Guangxi Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Guangxi Automobile Group), with a total of eight new energy vehicle manufacturers.Construction of the Nanning Qianyuan New Energy Passenger Vehicle Project and the Guangxi Ninga New Energy Passenger Vehicle Project is accelerating. The Geely Smart New Energy Vehicle Plant Project is being actively promoted.
The supporting ecosystem is continuously improving. Efforts are underway to accelerate the construction of a new energy vehicle production system and vigorously advance the layout of major projects in the new energy vehicle industry. The local supply chain for new energy vehicle components, with a focus on three core components, is being continuously refined. Regarding power batteries, Penghui Energy has been introduced, and the 5GWh power battery production base project by Guoxuan High-Tech has been completed and put into operation; regarding drive motors, projects such as the new production line for 120,000 sets/year of new energy motors at Liuzhou Wanglin, as well as the motor and motor controller production lines at Wuling Liuji, have been completed and put into operation;Regarding electronic control systems, United Electronics has been introduced; for other key components, companies such as Wuling Industrial, Liuzhou Songzhi Air Conditioning, and Nissin have achieved localized supply of electric brakes, electric air conditioning, and electric steering systems.
Brand advantages are beginning to emerge. The region boasts the SAIC-GM-Wuling New Baojun E100/200/300/300plus platform series, the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV; the Dongfeng Fengxing S50EV and Lingzhi M5EV;the Guangxi Automobile Group’s S100 series of pure-electric light-duty passenger vehicles and EV50 pure-electric van; and Guilin BYD Industrial Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Guilin BYD)’s K-series new energy buses and V3 pure-electric van. Among these, the Wuling Hongguang MINI EV has become the top-selling new energy vehicle model in China for the year.
II. Challenges
Currently, the world is undergoing unprecedented changes unseen in a century, and both domestic and international environments are undergoing profound and complex transformations. Technological innovation and core technologies have become pivotal to the development of the new energy vehicle industry. The development of Guangxi’s new energy vehicle industry faces numerous challenges.
Competition is intensifying. As China further relaxes controls on foreign investment in the automotive industry, the competitive landscape will undergo significant changes. Competitors will increasingly consist of strong international enterprises, and competition has evolved from simple product competition to multi-faceted competition among integrated industrial platforms.
Technological Expansion. Key technologies are gradually extending from complete vehicles to the R&D of critical components and subsystems. While traditional automakers have achieved a certain degree of self-reliance in vehicle manufacturing, they remain relatively weak in the development of key components for new energy vehicles.
Shift in Core Value. In the traditional automotive industry, vehicle manufacturers held significant influence over finished vehicles, which accounted for a high proportion of value in the supply chain. However, in the new energy vehicle sector, their influence is diminishing, and core value is shifting toward key system components as well as upstream and downstream segments.
Transformation of service models. Vehicle manufacturers must transition from being mere product providers to providers of “product + service + mobility” solutions. Service has become a critical competitive factor, placing higher demands on vehicle manufacturers in Guangxi.
III. Development Opportunities
Profound transformations are underway in vehicle design, transportation modes, energy consumption structures, and societal operations, presenting unprecedented development opportunities for the new energy vehicle industry. The national "New Energy Vehicle Industry Development Plan (2021–2035)" has clearly defined the industry’s development goals and tasks, and both the central government and the autonomous region have successively formulated a series of supportive and incentivizing policies, propelling Guangxi’s new energy vehicle industry toward new development opportunities.
The policy environment is favorable. The state attaches great importance to the development of the new energy vehicle industry, creating a development landscape characterized by strong government promotion, active corporate response, and social synergy, with the new energy vehicle market holding immense potential.The implementation of the "Administrative Measures for the Parallel Management of Average Fuel Consumption of Passenger Vehicle Enterprises and New Energy Vehicle Credits" has established a linkage mechanism between the energy efficiency levels of enterprises’ traditional fuel-powered passenger vehicles and the carryover of positive credits for new energy vehicles, thereby strengthening measures to guide energy conservation and emission reduction in traditional passenger vehicles. Through the establishment of a credit trading mechanism, this has accelerated the pace at which traditional automakers are developing new energy vehicles.
The market for integrated industrial development is vast. The development of new energy vehicles is driving deep integration between the automotive industry and sectors such as energy, information and communications, transportation, and the internet. The restructuring and extension of the overall industrial chain will provide a vast market for parts manufacturers.
Technological transformation is expanding development opportunities. New technologies such as electrification, intelligent systems, connectivity, and shared mobility will open up new avenues for the development of the new energy vehicle industry.
Innovation-driven transformation is reshaping business models. Innovation driven by new energy, intelligent systems, and connectivity is transforming business models. The entry of new internet-based automotive players has injected fresh momentum into the automotive revolution, bringing new concepts, technologies, and business models. The expansion of the automotive industry and the transition between old and new models are creating new development opportunities.
Emerging markets are generating new growth. As urbanization continues to advance, social logistics demand related to consumption—such as e-commerce, cold chain logistics, express delivery, and distribution—will maintain medium-to-high growth, providing a market foundation for the growth of new energy vehicle sales.
Chapter 2: General Requirements
I. Guiding Principles
Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we will thoroughly implement the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and all plenary sessions of the 19th Central Committee. We will thoroughly implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important speech delivered during his inspection of Guangxi on April 27 and his series of important instructions regarding Guangxi’s work. We will earnestly implement the spirit of the 12th Party Congress of the Autonomous Region. Grounded in the new stage of development,we will fully, accurately, and comprehensively implement the new development philosophy, serve and integrate into the new development paradigm, take promoting high-quality development as the theme, and deepening supply-side structural reform as the main line. We will adhere to the principles of prioritizing policy, valuing projects, and focusing on the environment,innovation as the priority, market-oriented, innovation-driven, and guided by electrification, intelligence, and connectivity. We will strengthen leading enterprises, fill gaps in industrial chains, and foster industrial clusters to build a new ecosystem of high-quality manufacturing and high-end services, thereby accelerating the high-quality development of Guangxi’s new energy vehicle industry.
II. Basic Principles
Market-led, Innovation-driven. Guided by market demand, we will implement an innovation-driven development strategy. We will strengthen innovation capabilities in vehicle integration technology, establish development advantages based on cost leadership and scale-driven growth, build modular and flexible product platforms, meet users’ differentiated product needs, and enhance core competitiveness.
Leading Enterprises as Drivers, Focused Breakthroughs. We will adhere to the principles of strengthening leading enterprises, filling supply chain gaps, and fostering industrial clusters. With strong and competitive enterprises at the forefront, we will improve the supply chain for core components, prioritize key areas, and concentrate resources to provide support. We will build four major industrial bases in Liuzhou, Nanning, Guilin, and Yugui (Yulin and Guigang), and cultivate new energy vehicle industrial clusters.
Government Guidance and Policy Leadership. We will strengthen top-level design and adopt a policy-oriented approach, fully leveraging the decisive role of the market in resource allocation. We will refine support policies, optimize industrial layout, reinforce the leading role of enterprises, stimulate corporate vitality and creativity, and foster a favorable environment for industrial chain development.
Open cooperation and coordinated development. Leveraging the geographical advantage of being oriented toward ASEAN, we will innovate strategic cooperation models between vehicle manufacturers and parts suppliers to promote coordinated development across the entire industrial chain; strengthen cross-industry collaboration and vertical integration; and comprehensively advance the deep integration of the new energy vehicle industry with energy, transportation, network information, and logistics services to build a new industrial ecosystem.
III. Main Objectives
By 2025, establish a major domestic production base for new energy vehicles, a research and development hub, and a core component manufacturing base for the industrial chain.
Production scale will rank among the top in the country. Annual production and sales of new energy vehicles will exceed 1 million units, accounting for approximately 30% of the total new vehicle production and sales.
The industrial chain system will be essentially established. A comprehensive supply system for core new energy vehicle components will be fully developed. The local supply rate for components will reach over 70%, and a full-industry-chain production system layout—from components to complete vehicles—will be preliminarily formed.
R&D capabilities will be significantly enhanced. The industrial innovation system will be continuously improved, with corporate innovation capabilities and testing/inspection capabilities significantly strengthened; key core technologies for NEV R&D will reach a leading domestic level. In accordance with national access requirements for intelligent connected vehicles, testing capabilities will be established to cover three major scenarios: simulation and testing for interaction with external entities, closed-course testing, and real-road testing.
Domestic leadership in intelligent connected vehicles. Breakthroughs have been achieved in cross-industry integration within the Internet of Vehicles (intelligent connected vehicles) sector. Level 3 (Level 3) intelligent vehicles have achieved widespread application and mass production, with a penetration rate in new vehicles exceeding 50%. The development level of the intelligent connected vehicle industry remains on par with international advanced standards. Highly automated vehicles have achieved commercial application in designated areas and specific scenarios.
The supporting ecosystem will be progressively improved. The charging and battery-swapping service network will become more convenient and efficient. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, 80,000 new public charging stations and 147,000 new private charging facilities will be constructed; the stock of new energy vehicles will increase by more than 450,000 units (of which more than 282,000 units will be added by the end of 2023); the proportion of new energy vehicles among newly added or replaced vehicles in the public sector—including buses, sanitation vehicles, taxis, and urban logistics delivery vehicles—will increase year by year;The level of smart road infrastructure will be significantly enhanced, and a new smart ecosystem integrating automobiles with next-generation information technology, intelligent transportation, and energy and environmental protection will be basically established in key cities.
Looking ahead to 2035, Guangxi’s technological innovation capabilities in new energy vehicles will have significantly improved, with product quality and brands possessing strong competitiveness, and a relatively complete full industrial chain for new energy vehicles will have been established. The full electrification of vehicles in the public sector will be largely achieved, a charging and battery-swapping service network will be largely in place, and the development of a hydrogen fuel supply system will be steadily advancing, effectively promoting improvements in energy conservation, emissions reduction, and social operational efficiency.
Chapter 3: Industrial Layout
Support the construction of new energy vehicle bases, with a focus on the Liuzhou New Energy Vehicle City (Base), the Nanning New Energy Vehicle City (Base), the Guilin New Energy Commercial Vehicle Base, and the Yugui (Yulin, Guigang) New Energy Commercial Vehicle Base.With vehicle manufacturing as the leading sector, drive the development of a supporting new energy vehicle parts supply system. At the appropriate time, establish new energy vehicle bases that integrate vehicle manufacturing, parts production, and charging infrastructure, thereby forming Guangxi’s “Four Bases and One Chain” (four major vehicle manufacturing bases plus a full industrial chain for core components) new energy vehicle industrial cluster layout.
Box 1: New Energy Vehicle “Four Bases and One Chain” Industrial Layout
Liuzhou
Centered on the Guangxi Liuzhou Automobile City, we will build a new energy vehicle hub. We will vigorously develop pure electric vehicles, hybrid vehicles, and fuel cell vehicles; establish the Guangxi Automobile R&D and Design Center; significantly enhance the R&D capabilities for intelligent connected vehicles; improve smart manufacturing standards; expand the automotive aftermarket; and build a complete automotive industrial chain. We aim to establish a major domestic “passenger and commercial vehicle integrated” new energy vehicle production base and a southern automotive export manufacturing base oriented toward ASEAN.
Nanning
Build the Nanning New Energy Vehicle City. Focus on fostering new energy passenger vehicle enterprises such as Geely, Ninda, and Qianyuan.Vigorously support the development of Shenlong New Energy’s buses, public transport vehicles, logistics vehicles, and trucks; support the export of automotive complete sets and components; and establish a southern new energy vehicle export manufacturing base oriented toward ASEAN. Relying on leading enterprises, build a new energy vehicle R&D center at the forefront of domestic standards; develop key core technologies for new energy vehicles, such as “three-electric systems” and intelligent connectivity; and form a cross-industry technological innovation alliance centered on vehicle manufacturers, universities, research institutes, and key component enterprises.We will build the Nanning New Energy Vehicle City, an integrated hub for new energy vehicle manufacturing, components, and charging infrastructure. Leveraging the policy advantages of the Nanning Area of the China (Guangxi) Pilot Free Trade Zone, we will cultivate a group of leading enterprises in the automotive aftermarket sector, transforming Nanning into an automotive aftermarket cluster that serves Guangxi and extends its influence to ASEAN.
Guilin
Focus on developing the Guilin New Energy Commercial Vehicle Base. Led by Guilin Bus Development Co., Ltd. and Guilin BYD, this initiative will center on the R&D, production, and manufacturing of complete vehicles, supported by key components such as new energy vehicle engines, drive motors, control systems, and powertrains, and complemented by specialized materials including new automotive materials and battery materials, to build a complete industrial chain for new energy commercial vehicles.
Yulin and Guigang
Leveraging the automotive industry foundations of Yulin and Guigang, we will establish a major domestic production base for new energy commercial vehicles. Products will include new energy buses, as well as complete vehicles ranging from micro, light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks, along with specialized vehicle models. We will develop pure electric platforms for micro, light, and medium-duty specialized vehicles, while expanding production capacity and product offerings for fuel cell trucks.
Leveraging the Yulin Integrated Industrial Base for Lithium-Ion New Energy Materials, vigorously develop the industry for ternary cathode materials used in new energy lithium-ion batteries. Capitalize on its material resource advantages to drive the development of the new energy power battery industry.
Key Industrial Chains
Prioritize the introduction of enterprises specializing in new energy vehicle power battery components—including cathode and anode materials, electrolytes, separators, and battery management systems (BMS)—to establish a new energy vehicle power battery industrial chain; prioritize the introduction of manufacturers of drive motor components—such as permanent magnets, stators, rotors, and motor controllers (MCU)—to establish a new energy vehicle drive motor industrial chain.
Chapter 4: Building a New Ecosystem for New Energy Vehicles
I. Cluster-Based Development Ecosystem
With vehicle manufacturing as the leading sector and core components as the foundation, we will build an efficient, high-quality, and reliable new energy vehicle industrial chain system, foster new energy vehicle industrial clusters, and enhance Guangxi’s competitiveness in the new energy vehicle market.
Promote high-quality development of passenger vehicles. Maintain competitive advantages and actively develop micro and small pure-electric passenger vehicles to achieve global leadership. Positioned for high quality and high value-added, prioritize improving product quality and develop mid-to-high-end new energy passenger vehicles with high technological content and strong profitability. Strengthen collaboration with leading domestic and international automotive enterprises and attract well-known companies and new vehicle brands to establish operations in Guangxi.
Pursue distinctive development of commercial and special-purpose vehicles.Accelerate the electrification of urban buses and urban logistics vehicles, with a focus on developing pure-electric buses and a variety of pure-electric and hybrid-powered special-purpose vehicles for urban logistics, sanitation, municipal services, and sightseeing, as well as passenger and freight vehicles for specific regions; strengthen technological R&D to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies such as fuel cells and hydrogen storage; prioritize the application of long-distance and heavy-duty models; plan and construct fuel cell vehicle application demonstration city clusters; and accelerate the commercialization of fuel cell vehicles.
Expand the key components industry cluster. Support key component manufacturers in developing core components for new energy vehicles, including “all-electric commercial vehicle electric motors combined with multi-speed automatic transmissions” drive systems, high-energy-density battery systems, automotive electronics and vehicle control systems, and high-efficiency charging equipment, to build a low-cost key components industry cluster.
II. Collaborative Innovation Ecosystem
Leverage the leading role of flagship enterprises to establish a collaborative innovation mechanism among upstream and downstream enterprises, and promote cross-sectoral collaboration among companies in the automotive, energy, transportation, and information and communications technology sectors.
Enhance the R&D capabilities of leading enterprises. Strengthen the development of new vehicle models, promote open collaboration, and support Guangxi’s automotive enterprises in strengthening ties with renowned international automotive firms through industrial internationalization and the creation of technical exchange platforms, with the aim of attracting their global innovation and R&D centers and high-end manufacturing projects to Guangxi.
Build collaborative innovation technology platforms. Improve the technology innovation system centered on enterprises, market-oriented, and integrating industry, academia, research, and application. Support key Guangxi automotive enterprises in establishing national-level innovation platforms. Establish new energy vehicle R&D platforms in Liuzhou, Nanning, and other locations.
Focus on breakthroughs in key core technologies. Improve the integration capabilities of vehicle manufacturers and enhance their technical proficiency in vehicle design, vehicle control, and energy efficiency. Elevate manufacturing standards for high-end components such as drive motor assemblies, transmissions, electronic control systems, and lightweight parts; resolve core technical challenges in the “three-electric systems” of new energy vehicles; expand the supporting industrial chains for power batteries, drive motors, and electronic control systems; and steadily expand the scale of the new energy vehicle industry.
III. Intelligent Sharing Ecosystem
Based on the development of fifth-generation mobile communication (5G) vehicle-road-network systems and leveraging the four-dimensional synergy of “vehicle-road-network-cloud,” we will build a shared ecosystem.
Develop intelligent connected vehicles. Accelerate the development of intelligent vehicles and, through vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication technology, enable information exchange between vehicle on-board units (OBUs), roadside units (RSUs), pedestrians, and V2X platforms.
Build Smart Roads. Construct integrated roadside intelligent infrastructure for the Internet of Vehicles (IoV). This primarily includes: building communication infrastructure such as 5G cellular base stations and Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything (C-V2X); constructing roadside intelligent facilities such as traffic signals, signs, markings, and guardrails; and deploying cameras, millimeter-wave radars, lidars, various environmental sensing devices, and mobile edge computing devices along the roadside.
Enhancing Network Capabilities. Promote the deep integration of 5G-oriented mobile edge computing technology with V2X to provide flexible, stable, and robust network capabilities for C-V2X.
Building a robust cloud infrastructure. Establish an integrated, open public data service platform and cloud control platform to provide services such as high-concurrency access, real-time computing, application hosting, data sharing, and decision-making control for in-vehicle terminals, integrated roadside intelligent facilities, and third-party V2X application platforms.
IV. Application Service Ecosystem
Encourage Green Mobility. Further formulate preferential policies and improve the new energy vehicle application ecosystem. Encourage the use of new energy vehicles by planning dedicated parking spaces, opening bus-only lanes, and implementing policy measures such as priority road rights, priority vehicle registration, and tax and fee reductions.
Prioritize Public Transportation. Gradually phase out fuel-powered buses in the public transportation sector, vigorously develop all-electric buses, and accelerate the electrification of urban public transportation.
Innovate Application Environments. Vigorously develop applications such as urban logistics and distribution, corporate logistics, municipal sanitation, Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems, automated valet parking, and passenger and freight transport in specific locations, all utilizing intelligent connected vehicles as the platform.
Improve infrastructure. Strengthen the construction of charging, battery-swapping, and hydrogen refueling infrastructure, and accelerate the formation of a public charging network—primarily consisting of fast-charging stations—along highways and in urban and rural areas. Encourage the application of battery-swapping models.
Improve the service system. Innovate service models and establish a shared service system. Promote mobility services such as car-sharing, battery leasing, and mobile information sharing, and create a shared service ecosystem encompassing transportation and logistics, daily life services, information services, and connected entertainment. Accelerate the development of the aftermarket service chain for new energy vehicles, including vehicle display, logistics, finance, insurance, used car trading, maintenance and repair, parts distribution, and interior customization.
Chapter 5: Implementation of Six Major Projects
I. Key R&D Project for Core Technologies
Further develop a technology innovation system centered on enterprises and integrating industry, academia, research, and application to tackle core new energy vehicle technologies. Prioritize support for the establishment of new energy vehicle R&D bases in Liuzhou, Nanning, and other locations; promote industry-academia-research collaboration; support enterprises in “going global”; strengthen cooperation with renowned domestic and international research institutions and automotive companies; and build international cooperation platforms for scientific and technological innovation.
Box 2: Research and Development of New Energy Vehicle Core Technologies
Vehicle Integration Technology: Master the optimized design technology for new energy vehicle systems, improve system integration and product development capabilities, accelerate the application of information and intelligent technologies in vehicles, and lay a core technological foundation for the R&D and industrialization of next-generation new energy vehicles.
Vehicle Control Technology: Focusing on the needs of new energy vehicles, prioritize the development of vehicle electronic control technology, vehicle matching technology, drive motor and system control technology, power battery and management system technology, on-board charging technology, electric air conditioning technology, electric steering technology, and electric braking technology. Actively develop engine technology, power coupling technology, and automatic transmission technology for new energy vehicles.
Powertrain Integration Technology: Prioritize mastering optimization design technologies for powertrain systems, variable-frequency drive technologies in the drive motor sector, thermal management technologies, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) technologies, vibration and noise reduction technologies, reliability design technologies, and integrated control technologies.
Automotive Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology: Enhance stack integration and system integration technologies; focus on developing low-cost, high-power, long-life commercial fuel cell stacks; and tackle the integration and control technologies for fuel cell vehicles.
Integrated Development of Intelligent and Connected Technologies: Centered on the development goals of automotive intelligence and connectivity, accelerate the convergence of automotive technologies with those in the energy, transportation, and information and communications sectors. Intensify R&D efforts on intelligent connected vehicles and their key components, and promote the research and application of core technologies for key intelligent connectivity components such as in-vehicle vision systems, automotive-grade chips, lidar, millimeter-wave radar, and high-definition cameras. Prioritize the development of intelligent connected cloud control platform systems,intelligent connected vehicle-road coordination communication systems, intelligent perception systems, artificial intelligence planning and decision-making systems, and intelligent simulation and testing systems.
II. Project to Strengthen and Expand Industrial Clusters and Supply Chains
Prioritize the development of the “three-electric systems” (power batteries, drive motors, and electronic control systems) as well as “New Four Modernizations” components such as autonomous driving systems, smart connected vehicle infotainment systems, controllers, and displays.
Column 3: Key Development Priorities for Strengthening and Supplementing Industrial Chains
Development of Electric Motors and Control Systems: Accelerate the development of key technologies for electric drive systems, including high-efficiency, high-power drive motors, hub motors, centrally integrated motor drive axles, multi-function controllers, and modular accessories. Prioritize the development of key component assemblies such as “pure electric commercial vehicle motors + multi-speed automatic transmissions” drive systems, high-voltage powertrains, automotive electronics and vehicle control systems, high-efficiency charging equipment, and high-power, intelligent motor controllers.
Breakthroughs in Power Batteries: Prioritize support for the development of high-nickel ternary cathode materials and separator materials for new energy lithium batteries, using the materials industry to drive the development of downstream battery cell industries. Relying on leading enterprises, enhance battery R&D and production capabilities, improve power battery packaging and integration capabilities, optimize power battery management systems, and strengthen the domestic competitiveness of the battery industry.
Strengthening Powertrain Systems: Relying on internal combustion engine powertrain enterprises in Liuzhou and Yulin, we will develop new high-efficiency turbocharged engines specifically designed for hybrid vehicles, and advance key powertrain systems such as plug-in hybrid systems, range-extended hybrid systems, 48-volt mild-hybrid systems, and fuel cells.
Develop other key components: Build a domestically leading new energy vehicle chassis systems industry; accelerate the development of automotive-grade MCU chips, artificial intelligence (AI) chips, and in-vehicle logic chips to overcome bottleneck technologies in automotive chips. Vigorously develop key components for new energy vehicles, including transmissions, steering systems, air conditioning units, water pumps, and battery thermal management systems.
III. Smart and Efficient Infrastructure Construction Project
Accelerate the deployment of charging and battery-swapping infrastructure. Through coordinated planning and rational layout with a moderately forward-looking approach, accelerate the construction of NEV charging and battery-swapping facilities and dedicated parking spaces. Expedite the integrated development of charging facilities in public parking lots and support enterprises, institutions, and residential communities in installing charging facilities according to their needs. Encourage vehicle manufacturers and third-party operators to explore the construction of a batch of battery-swapping stations and pilot battery-swapping operations.
Coordinated Advancement of Smart Road Network Infrastructure. Establish a vehicle-road coordination environment that supports autonomous driving, and accelerate the implementation of smart highway network construction projects and smart upgrades to urban road networks. To meet the needs of intelligent driving, build an integrated “vehicle-road-network-cloud” cloud-based control platform, and leverage 5G to establish the technological foundation for collaborative decision-making and control in smart vehicles.
Orderly deployment of hydrogen infrastructure. Strengthen overall industrial development planning and systematically plan the development of fuel cell vehicles and the construction of supporting infrastructure. Cultivate leading enterprises in the fuel cell vehicle industry chain that can drive industrial growth, and vigorously promote fuel cell vehicles. Encourage various market entities to actively participate in the construction and operation of hydrogen refueling stations.
Box 4: Infrastructure Construction Initiative
Improve and expand charging infrastructure: Accelerate the construction of charging infrastructure. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, install 80,000 new public charging stations and 147,000 new private charging facilities. Enhance the intelligent information service platform to achieve integrated and standardized applications of charging station basic information and operational data, meeting the requirements for precise, full-lifecycle management, and improving the intelligence level of charging services.
Intelligent Connected Vehicle Testing Facilities: Construct intelligent connected vehicle test tracks in Liuzhou and Nanning, improve road testing conditions for autonomous driving, and provide support for the iterative upgrading of autonomous driving technology.
Planning and Deployment of Hydrogen Energy Infrastructure: Fully leverage the hydrogen resources of existing chemical enterprises and actively carry out pilot projects for hydrogen production from renewable energy. Research hydrogen storage system configurations, plan liquid hydrogen storage and transportation systems, and deploy hydrogen energy infrastructure.
IV. Cross-Sectoral Integration and Collaborative Innovation Project
Seize the trend of integrated development in the new energy vehicle sector and vigorously promote cross-industry, cross-system, and cross-domain integrated innovation. Encourage industry enterprises to engage in cross-sector cooperation with companies in transportation, energy, the internet, environmental protection, finance, and other fields. Accelerate the development of new business models and formats. Explore pilot projects for integrated development in regions with advantages in the new energy vehicle industry, and cultivate a group of integrated demonstration enterprises with strong service capabilities and significant industry influence.
Box 5: Action Plan for the Integrated Development of the New Energy Vehicle Industry
Promote the integrated development of new energy vehicles and the energy sector: Coordinate the charging and battery-swapping needs of new energy vehicles with power dispatch requirements; comprehensively utilize policies such as peak-off-peak electricity pricing and charging incentives for new energy vehicles to advance the demonstration and application of vehicle-grid integration technology;Leveraging the development foundation of the smart photovoltaic industry in industrial parks, transportation, buildings, and urban areas, carry out demonstration projects for microgrids featuring complementary energy sources such as “wind/solar power—energy storage—charging and discharging,” construct smart charging piles and charging/swapping stations, achieve coordinated scheduling of vehicle charging/discharging with wind and solar power, and promote the use of green energy sources such as solar, wind, and hydropower in new energy vehicles.
Promote the integrated development of new energy vehicles and transportation: Implement digital upgrades of transportation infrastructure, accelerate the digitization and intelligent transformation of highways, and build intelligent transportation infrastructure along major highway corridors; accelerate the application of new energy vehicles in car-sharing, urban public transit, taxis, and site-specific vehicles, and further optimize the operating environment for new energy vehicles in the public service sector.
Promote the integrated development of new energy vehicles and information and communications technology: Attract component manufacturers specializing in autonomous driving and vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology to foster the growth of the automotive electronics industry. Seize the opportunity presented by smart city development to create application scenarios for intelligent connected vehicles, with a focus on integrating these vehicles with information technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G, thereby promoting the integrated development of urban infrastructure, inter-city intelligent transportation, and communication networks.
V. Innovation, Application, and Service Expansion Project
Vigorously develop the automotive service industry, optimize the operating environment for new energy vehicles, continuously unlock consumer potential, and accelerate the renewal and upgrading of automotive consumption. Develop new business models such as car-sharing, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) connectivity, and user information services; encourage private capital to participate in the construction of new energy vehicle charging infrastructure and charging service platforms; accelerate the establishment of an automotive financial services system; and accelerate the development of aftermarket services including logistics, automotive marketing and after-sales service, power battery recycling and reuse, and automotive exhibitions to form a complete new energy vehicle industrial chain.
Box 6: Action Plan for Expanding Innovative Applications and Services
Accelerate the development of industrial chain finance: Relying on core enterprises such as vehicle manufacturers, build an automotive supply chain financial information platform that includes suppliers, vehicle manufacturers, dealers, financial institutions, and third-party guarantee agencies. Support the development of automotive financial services centered on vehicle manufacturers. Encourage qualified investors to initiate and establish various industrial funds in accordance with market principles, and encourage financial institutions to provide Guangxi’s vehicle manufacturers with a variety of financial services, such as inventory pledge loans and accounts receivable loans.
Innovate Business Models: Support enterprises in developing car-sharing, long- and short-term rentals, ride-hailing, and other new business models. Support Liuzhou City in establishing a used-car trading market oriented toward ASEAN.
Promote the Secondary Use of Batteries: Encourage enterprises engaged in secondary battery use to collaborate with new energy vehicle manufacturers, power battery producers, and end-of-life vehicle recycling and dismantling companies. Prioritize the secondary use of waste power batteries at the pack (group) and module levels, and research and develop secondary-use products suitable for base station backup power, energy storage, and charging/swapping applications. Efficiently recycle waste power batteries for secondary use to promote the healthy and sustainable development of the new energy vehicle industry.
VI. 100 Key Investment Projects
Focusing on key links in the industrial chain—such as vehicle manufacturing, power batteries and management systems, drive motors and electronic controls, and intelligent and connected systems—we will vigorously advance a batch of major industrial projects characterized by high technological content, strong driving force, and significant economic benefits. Addressing weak links in the industry—such as high-end vehicle manufacturing, high-energy-density power batteries, and high-efficiency drive motors—we will actively conduct targeted investment promotion along the industrial chain to attract a batch of major industrial projects that are leading, forward-looking, and landmark in nature.Accelerate the implementation of infrastructure projects focusing on charging stations, smart road network facilities, and hydrogen refueling stations. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period, plan and implement 116 key projects in the new energy vehicle sector, striving to achieve project investments exceeding 170 billion yuan.
Box 7: Action Plan for Promoting Major New Energy Vehicle Projects
Vehicle and Special-Purpose Vehicle Manufacturing Sector: Accelerate the development of vehicle manufacturers. Prioritize the construction of projects such as the Geely Smart New Energy Vehicle Plant, Guangxi Ninga New Energy Passenger Vehicles, Nanning Qianyuan New Energy Passenger Vehicles, and the Guangxi Shenlong production base with an annual capacity of 10,000 new energy buses and 30,000 new energy logistics vehicles; vigorously develop distinctive special-purpose vehicles.
Power Battery System Sector: Leveraging the autonomous region’s existing foundation in positive and negative electrode materials for power batteries to drive the development of the new energy battery industry. Prioritize the construction of projects such as the Duofu Duo 20GWh lithium-ion battery plant and Penghui New Energy Vehicle Power Battery plant.
Drive Motor and Powertrain Sector: Focusing on the integrated development of electric drive systems, we will prioritize the construction of projects such as Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor’s series-parallel dual-motor hybrid products, Yuchai’s new energy hybrid powertrains, vehicle controllers, and electric drive axles, as well as the third phase of United Electronics’ new energy project, to accelerate the formation of supporting capabilities for drive motors and powertrains.
Intelligent and Connected Systems Sector: Support the establishment of the Guangxi (Liuzhou) National-Level Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) Pilot Zone to significantly enhance the level of connected and intelligent development. Prioritize the advancement of projects such as SAIC-GM-Wuling’s “Intelligent Connectivity” initiative, the Smart Transportation Demonstration Pilot Zone, Dongfeng Liuzhou Automobile’s autonomous driving project on the Liunan Expressway, Liuzhou Smart Transportation, and Shanghai Botai’s intelligent in-vehicle infotainment systems.
Infrastructure Support Sector: Prioritize the development of projects such as the SAIC-GM-Wuling Guangxi Mobility Service Platform.
Chapter 6: Support Measures
I. Strengthening Organizational Leadership
The Guangxi Three-Year Action Command Center for Industrial Revitalization will coordinate and advance the development of the new energy vehicle industry. Each member unit shall perform its duties in accordance with its assigned responsibilities, collaborate closely, implement major projects, key policies, and important special tasks, strengthen supervision and evaluation, and ensure that objectives and tasks are fully accomplished.
II. Increasing Financial Support
Actively leverage the roles of policy-based and commercial finance to increase financial support for the development of the new energy vehicle industry. Financial institutions are encouraged to provide financial services across the entire new energy vehicle industry chain, offering financing to core vehicle manufacturers as well as upstream small, medium, and micro-sized automotive parts and components enterprises, and to establish an end-to-end online supply chain financing model that integrates industry and finance.Strengthen coordination among government, financial institutions, and enterprises; consolidate financing needs across the entire new energy vehicle industry chain; establish cooperative mechanisms with financial institutions; expand credit support for the development of the new energy vehicle industry; and guide financial institutions within the jurisdiction to process preferential-rate loans such as the “Guihui Loan” for eligible enterprises in the new energy sector in accordance with the principles of the rule of law and market orientation, thereby reducing corporate financing costs. Encourage new energy vehicle enterprises to utilize multi-tiered capital markets to expand their direct financing channels.
III. Strengthening Talent Support
Increase efforts to recruit, cultivate, and support talent for the new energy vehicle industry; improve the talent evaluation system; refine talent incentive mechanisms; optimize talent mobility mechanisms; improve the talent ecosystem; and establish a competitive talent system. Focus on implementing high-level talent recruitment initiatives in the fields of new energy and intelligent vehicles.We encourage universities and research institutes to deepen cooperation with leading enterprises, strengthen the development of disciplines related to the new energy vehicle sector, reform talent cultivation models for innovation, enhance vocational education and skills training, and establish pathways for mobility between general education and vocational education. We will focus on cultivating teams of urgently needed talent, such as leading scientific and technological experts and entrepreneurs, and train more highly skilled craftsmen and professionals.
IV. Innovation in Public Platforms
Encourage vehicle manufacturers, universities, research institutes, and key component manufacturers to establish cross-industry technology innovation alliances, build R&D platforms for common new energy vehicle technologies, integrate resources, and strengthen cooperation. Jointly conduct R&D on key common technologies for new energy vehicles, promote joint technical breakthroughs between enterprises, universities, and research institutions, and accelerate the industrialization of key core technologies. Encourage the introduction of major domestic testing agencies to enhance testing capabilities and expand testing qualifications.
V. Strengthening Land Supply Management
Effectively strengthen land use guarantees by prioritizing new energy vehicle industry chain projects and platforms when allocating annual new construction land quotas.Improve post-allocation supervision of industrial land development and utilization. Establish and improve regulatory mechanisms, clarify departmental responsibilities, and urge enterprises to commence construction and commence operations in accordance with land grant contracts or investment agreements; handle enterprises in breach of contract—such as those with idle land, failure to commence or complete construction as required, or failure to meet investment intensity requirements—in accordance with laws and regulations. Guide enterprises to shift from “land grabbing for development” to “intensive land use planning,” maximize the revitalization of existing land resources, and fully enhance the intensive and efficient utilization of land.
VI. Accelerate the Promotion and Application
Innovate commercial operating models, encourage private capital investment in new energy vehicle (NEV) operation services, and introduce and cultivate NEV operators with mature market operation experience. In the public service sector, explore financing lease models for NEVs in buses, taxis, and government vehicles; in the private sector, explore models such as car-sharing, ride-sharing, and whole-vehicle leasing to accelerate the promotion and application of NEVs.
