China's automobile industry has gone through stages such as from manual workshops to state-owned factories, the introduction of technology during reform and opening up, rapid development in the 21st century, and the rise of new energy vehicles. With the rise of independent automobile brands such as BYD, China has become the world's largest automobile market. However, core technologies are still limited, so the focus has shifted to the development of new energy vehicles. With policy support, independent new energy vehicle brands are going global. China's automobile industry is moving towards intelligence and greening, and the story continues.

    Rapid development and internationalization

    By 2000, China's automobile production exceeded 2 million vehicles. A year later, China joined the WTO, and China's automobile industry ushered in a new period of rapid development.

Automobile production and sales grew rapidly, and China soon became the world's largest automobile market.

    The predecessor of Great Wall Motors can be traced back to 1984. At that time, it belonged to a township collective enterprise called Great Wall Industrial Company. It was contracted to Wei Jianjun twice in 1991 and 1995. It was restructured into Great Wall Co., Ltd. in 1998 and changed to a joint-stock company in 2001.

    Great Wall initially mainly made pickup trucks, and later also explored buses, but later it really made Great Wall enter the passenger car field with an SUV called "Sever", which detonated the Chinese SUV market once it was launched.

    In 2003, BYD officially entered the automobile industry, and in 2005, its first sedan, BYD F3, was launched.

    In 2005, China North Industries Group Corporation, in order to promote the optimization and upgrading of the automobile industry structure, implemented professional reorganization of its eight vehicle companies including Changan Automobile and more than 20 auto parts companies, and established China South Automobile (later renamed "Changan Automobile" in 2009).

    In 2007, Qoros Automobile was established, and Chinese automobiles sounded the clarion call to enter the high-end sedan market.

In 2008, the world's first plug-in hybrid car, BYD F3DM, was born, which also symbolized that BYD took the lead in commercializing electric vehicles.

    From 2000 to 2010, with the development of Chinese joint venture automobile companies and independent automobile brands, sales increased from 2.08 million vehicles in 2000 (8th in the world) to 18.06 million vehicles in 2010, becoming the world's largest automobile producer and seller.