Chinas NEV sales beat expectations

(Xinhua)15:17, January 13, 2021

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Sales of new energy vehicles (NEV) in China went up 10.9 percent year on year in 2020 amid government efforts to encourage their use and ease pressure on the environment, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Wednesday.

NEV sales amounted to 1.37 million units last year. In December alone, NEV sales surged 49.5 percent year on year to 248,000 units, the data showed.

In November last year, China unveiled a development plan for its NEV industry in 2021-2035 that aims to accelerate the countrys transition into an automotive powerhouse.

The proportion of new NEVs in the sales of new vehicles is expected to rise to 20 percent by 2025, and vehicles used in public transportation will be completely electrified by 2035, according to the plan.

Chinas auto exports down 2.9 pct in 2020

(Xinhua)16:04, January 13, 2021

BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — Chinas automobile exports dropped 2.9 percent year on year in 2020 due to the impact of COVID-19, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed on Wednesday.

Last year, Chinese auto firms exported a total of 995,000 cars, the data showed.

Of the total, exports of passenger cars stood at 760,000 units, up 4.8 percent from the previous year, and exports of commercial vehicles declined 21.4 percent to 235,000 units.

Auto exports in the country began to recover since September, ending weak performance in the first eight months.

In December, Chinas auto exports surged 35.5 percent year on year to 145,000 units, notching a historic high, according to the association.

Commentary Responsible China contributes to global development

(Xinhua)09:33, January 11, 2021

BEIJING, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) — China has seen considerable growth in its economic, technological and composite national strength.

The rise of a responsible country like China does not threaten others or pose danger to the world. Instead, it has contributed more to global prosperity and the common well-being of humanity.

A white paper issued Sunday by Chinas State Council Information Office testifies to that.

The mission of Chinas international development cooperation in the new era is to promote a global community of shared future.

China has expanded the scale of its international development cooperation. In terms of foreign assistance, it allocated 270.2 billion yuan (about 41.4 billion U.S. dollars) in the forms of grants, interest-free loans, and concessional loans from 2013 to 2018.

And the cooperation has been carried out in various forms from complete projects to goods and materials, technical cooperation, South-South Cooperation Assistance Fund, medical teams and outbound volunteers.

The least developed countries in Asia and Africa are among the major beneficiaries.

China has also been helping other developing countries realize the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development goals, from reducing poverty, enhancing food security, improving health care, to promoting gender equality and eco-environmental protection.

And it is not just the government. Chinese medical teams and volunteers spread out across the world to help people in need; Chinese technicians and agricultural professionals taught their counterparts in developing countries viable new technologies and skills to increase income.

Last year, in the face of the ravaging COVID-19 pandemic, China launched the most intensive and largest-scale emergency humanitarian assistance mission since 1949 and did all it could to aid and assist more than 150 countries and international organizations.

China has also pledged to make COVID-19 vaccines available as a global public good once they have been developed and applied in the country.

The white paper reaffirmed Chinas commitment to doing all we can to support developing countries in the fight against COVID-19.

All these speak volumes about Chinas will and the actions it takes as a responsible country.

At present, China has entered a new development phase and is embarking on a journey to fully build itself into a modern socialist country.

But it will always consider its own growth in the context of the common development of all humanity.

No matter how strong it grows, China will remain a builder of world peace, a contributor to global prosperity and a defender of international order, contributing even more to the common well-being of humanity.