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In response to the pneumonia epidemic infected by novel coronavirus, various industries have taken actions to fight the epidemic, and donation support from the automobile industry is still continuing. on January 31st, more Chinese and foreign car companies announced their support for the prevention and control of the national epidemic, and made actions to donate funds and materials, including Honda, SAIC, SAIC-Volkswagen, SAIC-GM, Fuyao, and so on.

Since the second day of the Lunar New year on January 26, the campaign of automobile enterprises led by Mercedes-Benz, BMW, and GAC GROUP to donate money to fight the epidemic has continued, and many Chinese and foreign car companies have responded one after another to support the anti-epidemic work in the form of donations, materials, medical vehicles, and so on. However, some car companies have been criticized by netizens for donating little money or not donating money. Although some netizens think that "donating money is a good intention, not an obligation, and moral kidnapping is not necessary," the voice of questioning has not dissipated. Until January 23, Honda, SAIC-Volkswagen, SAIC-GM and other companies announced donations.

Honda China announced today that Honda Technology Research Industry Co., Ltd. and Honda Technology Research Industry (China) Investment Co., Ltd. have donated 10 million yuan to the Red Cross Society of Hubei Province to fight the COVID-19 epidemic. Among them, Honda Technology Research Industry Co., Ltd. donated 5 million yuan, Honda Technology Research Industry (China) Investment Co., Ltd. donated 5 million yuan.

Honda Executive Director and Chinese Minister Taixiu Mizuno said that COVID-19 has caused serious losses in China and other regions, and Honda expresses its most heartfelt condolences to all those affected by the epidemic. As an enterprise rooted in China, Honda is willing to make a modest contribution to tide over the difficulties with the Chinese people. In the future, Honda will make joint efforts with the community to pay attention to and support the prevention and control of the national epidemic, and actively implement corporate social responsibility.

Honda's terminal sales in China were 155.4 in 2019, up 8.5 per cent from a year earlier. Among them, Guangzhou Auto Honda sold 765517 vehicles, up 4.1% from the same period last year, while Dongfeng Honda sold 788916 vehicles, up 13.2% from the same period last year.

Honda Motor announced that it has decided to suspend production activities at its Chinese factories in view of novel coronavirus's spread and compliance with Chinese government directions. production of the company's motorcycles in Tianjin and Suzhou and cars in Guangzhou and Wuhan will be suspended until February 9.

Honda's joint venture in China, Dongfeng Honda, has three factories in Wuhan with a total capacity of 632000 vehicles per year and about 12500 employees, mainly producing Civic, CR-V and other leading models.

Honda said on January 27th that as the epidemic spread, a total of about 30 people stationed in Wuhan, China, family members and business travelers were allowed to return home on chartered flights, and several more would stay there in the future to prepare for smooth production at the factory.

As the largest automobile group in China, SAIC announced today that SAIC, together with its subordinate enterprises, has donated 22 million in cash and medical supplies to actively fulfill its social responsibility and contribute to the fight against novel coronavirus's epidemic.

Among them, SAIC will donate 20 negative pressure ambulances worth 6 million yuan to give priority to epidemic prevention and control in Shanghai.

SAIC Volkswagen Automobile Co., Ltd. through Shanghai charities donated 8 million yuan to the severely affected areas of the country to support the prevention and control of the epidemic.

SAIC General Motors Co., Ltd. donated 5 million yuan to Wuhan and 3 million yuan to Jiangxia District, where SAIC General Motors Wuhan Branch is located, totaling 8 million yuan, to help Wuhan to fight the epidemic.

SAIC sold 6.238 million vehicles for the year, down 11.5 per cent from a year earlier, according to the 2019 sales report. Among its subsidiaries, SAIC-Volkswagen sold 2 million vehicles for the year, down 3 per cent from a year earlier. SAIC GM (Buick, Chevrolet and Cadillac brands) sold 1.6 million vehicles for the year, down 18.8 per cent from a year earlier. SAIC sold 673000 passenger cars, down 4 per cent from a year earlier. SAIC GM Wuling sold 1.66 million vehicles for the year, down 19.5% from a year earlier.

SAIC expects net profit of about 25.6 billion yuan in 2019, down 28.9 percent from a year earlier, or as much as 10.4 billion yuan, due to a double-digit decline in sales.

In addition to donations, some car companies have carried out follow-up support operations to supply medical supplies for the pneumonia epidemic infected by novel coronavirus. Today, BYD announced that on the basis of donating 10 million yuan, BYD's overseas branch will purchase N95 masks worth 1 million yuan to "bring goods" overseas as soon as possible to provide necessary help and support. Geely official said that the first batch of 250000 medical masks purchased from Sweden had been arranged to be sent to China as soon as possible; the first batch of medical gloves, N95 masks, medical protective clothing and other medical materials purchased by Geely Belarus's team had been classified, packed and about to be sent to China; at the same time, Geely Motor donated 50 MPV models to Wuhan COVID-19 Prevention and Control headquarters, which would be deployed by the Prevention and Control headquarters.

In addition to the above-mentioned car companies, Hyundai Motor Group, a Korean car company with an average performance in China in 2019, donated 5 million yuan worth of medical supplies and 10 million yuan in cash to the Red Cross Society of Hubei Province. used for ward operation, manpower support and medical facilities and other materials procurement.

BYD, Mercedes-Benz, Chery Automobile, China FAW and Ningde Times donated 10 million yuan respectively. Volvo set up 1 million special funds in Shanghai to support the research and development of new virus vaccines and donated 10 million medical supplies. Jaguar Land Rover China and Chery Jaguar Land Rover jointly donated 8 million yuan; FAW-Volkswagen donated 6 million yuan; BMW, Great Wall Motor, Dongfeng well-off donated 5 million yuan.

Dongfeng Motor Group donated a total of 36 million yuan, including 10 million yuan each to Wuhan Charity Federation, Shiyan City and Xiangyang City, and 3 million yuan respectively from Dongfeng Co., Ltd. and Dongfeng Honda to Wuhan Economic and technological Development Zone.

Geely Motor set up a 200 million yuan special fund for the prevention and control of the new pneumonia epidemic, and the Heren Charitable Foundation founded by Cao Dewang, chairman of Fuyao, donated 100 million yuan. It is specially used to support Hubei Province (70 million yuan) and Fujian Province (30 million yuan) to fight the pneumonia epidemic infected by novel coronavirus.

Again, the automobile industry entered its third year of hard operation. under the pneumonia epidemic infected by novel coronavirus, almost all enterprises responded to the request of the national government and suspended the production and operation of their factories, and the automobile industry immediately entered a short period of suspension. At the same time, major automobile companies and multinational corporations have donated money to support the prevention and control of the national epidemic and make contributions to society, which is worthy of recognition in the eyes of consumers.

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