Using data from the Economic Advisory Center of the State Information Center(SIC), we examined the spatial patterns of car sales in China at the prefectural level in 2012. We first analyzed the spatial distributions o...Using data from the Economic Advisory Center of the State Information Center(SIC), we examined the spatial patterns of car sales in China at the prefectural level in 2012. We first analyzed the spatial distributions of car sales of different kinds of automakers(foreign automakers, Sino-foreign joint automakers, and Chinese automakers), and then identified spatial clusters using the local Moran's indexes. Location quotient analysis was applied to examine the relative advantage of each type of automaker in the local markets. To explain the variations of car sales across cities, we collected several socioeconomic variables and conducted regression analyses. Further, factor analysis was used to extract independent variables to avoid the problem of multicollinearity. By incorporating a spatial lag or spatial error in the models, we calibrated our spatial regression models to address the spatial dependence problem. The analytical results show that car sales varied significantly across cities in China, and most of the cities with higher car sales were the developed cities. Different automakers exhibit diverse spatial patterns in terms of car sales volume, spatial clusters, and location quotients. The scale and incomes factor were extracted and verified as the two most significant and positive factors that shape the spatial distributions of car sales, and together with the spatial effect, explained most of the variations of car sales across cities.展开更多
Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile said its exports quadrupled in the first half of the year, with overseas sales likely to top 100,000 vehicles for the whole year.
The paper analyses the changes in the China＇s auto industry, showing how the rapid growth in production and sales between 2000 and 2008 came largely from the economic growth. The emergence of homegrown assemblers str...The paper analyses the changes in the China＇s auto industry, showing how the rapid growth in production and sales between 2000 and 2008 came largely from the economic growth. The emergence of homegrown assemblers strengthened fierce competition for all assemblers and resulted in the spreading of regional auto production networks with linkage to leading international automakers. This move integrated China＇s major regional production into the global chain and speeded up technology spillovers in the automobile industry. The paper reveals how the relationships between homegrown makers and joint ventures have been coordinated within the framework of local production networks, which turn out to have a highly localized production capacity. Furthermore, the results stand testimony for the fact that China＇s auto industry is becoming competitive through learning-by-doing. In the future outlook, the growing economy in China will be the most influential driving force to shift the global auto industry into China, which will turn out to be a super auto giant in the coming decade.展开更多
Auto-Making Plan China is aiming to become an automaking powerhouse in a decade,boosting the development of newenergy vehicles(NEVs)and relaxing restrictions on foreign ownership.The strategy is to achieve breakthroug...Auto-Making Plan China is aiming to become an automaking powerhouse in a decade,boosting the development of newenergy vehicles(NEVs)and relaxing restrictions on foreign ownership.The strategy is to achieve breakthroughs in key technologies and increase the share of Chinese brands in the international auto market by 2025,according to an auto industry development plan released on April 25 by three government departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.展开更多
基金Under the auspices of National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.41301143)
文摘Using data from the Economic Advisory Center of the State Information Center(SIC), we examined the spatial patterns of car sales in China at the prefectural level in 2012. We first analyzed the spatial distributions of car sales of different kinds of automakers(foreign automakers, Sino-foreign joint automakers, and Chinese automakers), and then identified spatial clusters using the local Moran's indexes. Location quotient analysis was applied to examine the relative advantage of each type of automaker in the local markets. To explain the variations of car sales across cities, we collected several socioeconomic variables and conducted regression analyses. Further, factor analysis was used to extract independent variables to avoid the problem of multicollinearity. By incorporating a spatial lag or spatial error in the models, we calibrated our spatial regression models to address the spatial dependence problem. The analytical results show that car sales varied significantly across cities in China, and most of the cities with higher car sales were the developed cities. Different automakers exhibit diverse spatial patterns in terms of car sales volume, spatial clusters, and location quotients. The scale and incomes factor were extracted and verified as the two most significant and positive factors that shape the spatial distributions of car sales, and together with the spatial effect, explained most of the variations of car sales across cities.
文摘Chinese carmaker Chery Automobile said its exports quadrupled in the first half of the year, with overseas sales likely to top 100,000 vehicles for the whole year.
文摘The paper analyses the changes in the China＇s auto industry, showing how the rapid growth in production and sales between 2000 and 2008 came largely from the economic growth. The emergence of homegrown assemblers strengthened fierce competition for all assemblers and resulted in the spreading of regional auto production networks with linkage to leading international automakers. This move integrated China＇s major regional production into the global chain and speeded up technology spillovers in the automobile industry. The paper reveals how the relationships between homegrown makers and joint ventures have been coordinated within the framework of local production networks, which turn out to have a highly localized production capacity. Furthermore, the results stand testimony for the fact that China＇s auto industry is becoming competitive through learning-by-doing. In the future outlook, the growing economy in China will be the most influential driving force to shift the global auto industry into China, which will turn out to be a super auto giant in the coming decade.
文摘Auto-Making Plan China is aiming to become an automaking powerhouse in a decade,boosting the development of newenergy vehicles(NEVs)and relaxing restrictions on foreign ownership.The strategy is to achieve breakthroughs in key technologies and increase the share of Chinese brands in the international auto market by 2025,according to an auto industry development plan released on April 25 by three government departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
