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As a biennial major domestic auto show, the Beijing International Auto Show announced today that it will do a good job in epidemic prevention and control and effectively protect the health and safety of exhibitors and audiences. This year, the 16th Beijing International Auto Show will be postponed.

According to a joint statement issued by the Automotive Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, China Machinery International Cooperation Co., Ltd., China International Exhibition Center Group and the China Society of Automotive Engineering, the 2020 (16th) Beijing International Automobile Show (AUTO CHINA 2020), originally scheduled to be held at the new and old pavilions of the China International Exhibition Center from April 21 to April 30, 2020, was postponed. The specific time after the extension of the adjustment will be notified separately.

According to the notice, according to the need to prevent and control the epidemic of COVID-19, the Beijing Municipal people's Government has launched a first-level response mechanism for major public health emergencies. In order to do a good job in epidemic prevention and control, and effectively protect the health and safety of exhibitors and visitors, the Beijing Auto Show was postponed.

In fact, a few days ago, some industry insiders revealed that the organizers had informed exhibitors to postpone the auto show, and the specific restart time would be notified separately. "this is unofficial, but it is certain that at least there will be no auto show in April," the industry insider said. " And now it has been officially announced.

Obviously, the spread of the epidemic is still relatively severe and has not been reasonably controlled, so that domestic car sales will plummet in February and even in the first quarter of this year.

According to the statistics of the Federation of passengers, sales in the domestic narrow passenger car market reached 1.721 million in January, down 20.4% from the same period last year and 19.6% from the previous month. Among them, new energy narrow passenger car sales of 41000, down 57.9% from the same period last year, down 68.4% month-on-month; the major mainstream automakers have declined sharply to varying degrees.

The domestic auto market, which has been suffering from a continuous decline for two consecutive years, will decline slightly or reverse under the forecast of a number of auto agencies this year. Coupled with the upcoming biennial Beijing International Auto Show, car companies that were afraid to participate in the exhibition will seize the opportunity to bring a number of blockbuster models to stimulate a rebound in sales in the domestic auto market.

Although the Beijing International Auto Show is held every two years, it is actually held alternately with the Shanghai International Auto Show, and the postponement of the show will undoubtedly bring certain losses to the organizers or manufacturers. And Beijing, as a restricted area, it may not be ideal to attract local consumers to buy cars, but it has a greater radiation effect on the provinces and cities around Beijing, compared with auto shows in other regions, the nearest auto show is more valuable to the brand.

As a well-known international auto show, Beijing Auto Show has a great influence not only on the domestic region, but also on the global automobile industry, receiving about 800000 visitors every year, of which about 5500 are from overseas and hosting about 1200 exhibitors from 14 regions. What's more, China is also the world's largest car selling country, accelerating the layout of the Chinese market has become an important plan of the global mainstream car companies.

The auto show is an activity that tens of thousands of people often participate in, and the impact of the novel coronavirus epidemic is mainly caused by transmission, so reducing related crowd gathering activities is the best prevention and control measure, and positive response should be taken.

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