{"id":75301,"date":"2025-09-20T13:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T13:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/75301\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T13:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T13:07:07","slug":"china-targets-car-aftermarket-barriers-in-bid-to-boost-consumer-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/75301\/","title":{"rendered":"China targets car aftermarket barriers in bid to boost consumer spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s Ministry of Commerce has brought together auto industry representatives to discuss dismantling barriers in the car aftermarket as part of broader efforts to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/economy\/china-economy\/article\/3317312\/how-can-china-get-consumers-spending-here-are-5-ideas-being-floated-beijing?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">boost spending<\/a> in the world\u2019s largest automobile market.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Commerce vice-minister Sheng Qiuping said the ministry would launch pilot reforms in car sales and distribution, encouraging qualified cities to conduct trials to boost consumption in the automotive aftermarket, according to a statement released on Friday following a recent symposium.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cThe Ministry of Commerce will work with relevant departments to remove restrictive measures in the automotive aftermarket, further unleashing its consumption potential,\u201d the statement quoted Sheng as telling the symposium.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Representatives from local governments, enterprises and industry associations attended the meeting in Beijing on Wednesday, which covered topics including car modification, recreational vehicle camping, motor sports, classic cars and automobile museums.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Sheng noted that the reforms were in line with a proposal released in March aimed at boosting consumption and driving economic growth. It called for expanding automobile-related spending, including car modification, leasing and motor sports, while strengthening the used car market through streamlined registration and improved data sharing.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to Wang Liusheng, chief automobile analyst at China Merchants Securities, regional disparities in vehicle emission standards are a major barrier to used car circulation.<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/business\/china-evs\/article\/3312001\/beijing-asks-carmakers-trading-platforms-clean-used-vehicle-market-amid-price-war?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">used car market<\/a> remains relatively small compared to its total vehicle ownership, Wang said, noting that in other major auto markets such as the United States, used car sales were twice those of new vehicles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s Ministry of Commerce has brought together auto industry representatives to discuss dismantling barriers in the car aftermarket&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[51206,1793,79,51204,51205,51212,51207,51213,179,18,43554,19,17,51211,51203,51210,2792,51208,51202,51201,51209],"class_list":{"0":"post-75301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-automobile-museums","9":"tag-beijing","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-car-modification","12":"tag-china-association-of-automobile-manufacturers","13":"tag-china-merchants-securities","14":"tag-chinas-ministry-of-commerce","15":"tag-classic-cars","16":"tag-economy","17":"tag-eire","18":"tag-guangzhou","19":"tag-ie","20":"tag-ireland","21":"tag-motor-sports","22":"tag-new-energy-vehicles","23":"tag-recreational-vehicle-camping","24":"tag-shanghai","25":"tag-sheng-qiuping","26":"tag-used-car-market","27":"tag-used-cars","28":"tag-wang-liusheng"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}