On 10 May, the seminar themed "Challenges and Solutions for the High-Quality Export of New Energy Vehicles under New Circumstances", hosted by the Shenzhen Commerce Development Promotion Center and organised by NTEK Group, was successfully held at the Days Hotel International in Shenzhen. The seminar brought together more than one hundred representatives of enterprises across the new energy vehicle industry chain as well as experts and friends, who jointly conducted an in-depth analysis of the export situation for new energy vehicles, the corresponding regulations and technical barriers to trade.

Amid the global wave of automotive electrification, China's new energy vehicles are accelerating their journey abroad and exploring new global routes. This seminar was designed precisely to build a global industrial chain for new energy vehicles, stimulate interaction between high-quality resources at home and abroad, share the new opportunities of China's modernisation, and create a new ecosystem and a new future for new energy vehicle brands.

Welcome address by the host

Yang Pei, Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Commerce Development Promotion Center

At the opening of the conference, Yang Pei, Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Commerce Development Promotion Center, delivered the opening address. Director Yang noted that the new energy industry has already become one of the new quality productive forces driving China's green industrial development, a new momentum for high-quality growth and a new engine of economic expansion. In recent years, a series of regulations and policies issued by the EU and other countries have exposed new energy vehicle exports to numerous risks and challenges. This seminar plays a very important role in supporting the export of new energy vehicles and in building a new ecosystem for brands.

The internationalisation of China's new energy vehicles: situation and outlook

Ye Shengji, Chief Engineer of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers

Mr Ye explained that the new energy vehicle industry has become the defining trend of automotive development, and that China's new energy vehicle industry has built a complete industrial chain and supply chain system covering a number of key links. As China's new energy vehicles explore international markets with both passenger and commercial vehicles advancing together, the industry must maintain its leading advantage in battery technology, practise openness, attach great importance to optimised international development, and strengthen cooperation and exchange. Only by enhancing enterprise competitiveness and international recognition can Chinese companies grow bigger and stronger.

Interpretation of the EU's new battery law

Zhang Tongzhu, Senior Researcher of the China Automotive Standardization Research Institute

Dr Zhang Tongzhu analysed the basic content of the EU Batteries and Waste Batteries Regulation, including the core technical requirements on hazardous substances, carbon footprint, sustainability and safety, the provisions on labels, marking and information, the battery due diligence obligations, the management of waste batteries and the requirements of the digital battery passport. In response to these regulations, China should build a standards, regulations and policy system consistent with sustainable automotive development, and mobilise all stakeholders to drive the automotive industry chain towards green, low-carbon and circular sustainable development.

The 3.0 ultra-clean healthy cabin technology for new energy vehicles

Li Junxian, Chief Engineer of the BAIC Research Institute

Li Junxian, Chief Engineer of the BAIC Research Institute, noted that the launch of the 3.0 ultra-clean healthy cabin technology for new energy vehicles is based on a strong emphasis on health and safety inside the vehicle. Under current circumstances, respiratory health has become an important issue that cannot be ignored. The arrival of the ultra-clean healthy cabin marks a new stage in the ultra-clean health system. Through the application of the Respiratory Health V3.0 technical system, the company leads the industry and provides passengers with a safer and more comfortable driving environment, giving better protection and attention to their health.

Responding to EU chemical and battery regulations for new energy vehicle exports

Liang Hui, Manager of Overseas Vehicle Performance Integration at Voyah

Manager Liang presented the background and mission of Voyah. Regarding REACH and its restrictions on prohibited and restricted substances, a restricted-substance solution must be established to ensure that automotive products meet the relevant requirements and to safeguard user health and safety. At the same time, in response to the EU Battery Regulation, the company has implemented a digital design for easy recycling and built a complete recycling channel and traceability management system, so as to ensure the timely recovery of batteries and the reuse of resources and to fulfil its environmental obligations.

Environmental compliance for new energy vehicle exports

Zhou Chuncheng, Head of the Regulatory Division of Shanghai Murui Technology Service Co., Ltd.

Zhou Chuncheng, Head of the Regulatory Division of Shanghai Murui Technology Service Co., Ltd., pointed out that meeting the environmental compliance needs of new energy vehicle exports requires strategic and policy objectives aligned with environmental regulations and confirmation that the scope of REACH covers all relevant fields. This includes a comprehensive introduction to the regulation and case analysis so that enterprises and their suppliers fully understand the requirements. Training internal and external suppliers on REACH helps companies and suppliers build regulatory awareness and improve compliance capability, thereby raising work efficiency. Establishing an EU automotive regulation assessment and response process also enables companies to deal effectively with a complex regulatory environment, ensuring product compliance and smooth export.

Data compliance risks across the full lifecycle of vehicle exports in the intelligent era

Chen Kun, International Compliance Expert of the NTEK Research Institute

Chen Kun, International Compliance Expert of the NTEK Research Institute, pointed out that in the intelligent era Chinese automakers face complex data compliance challenges when going global. These include unifying the configuration of global resources to address security compliance in different regions, understanding market demand to achieve refined operations, and driving intelligent innovation in product exports with the rapid integration of new technologies. Privacy protection is particularly important in the field of intelligent electric vehicles. Chinese automakers need to pay attention to global data compliance standards such as the GDPR. Data compliance runs through the entire globalisation process of automakers and will broadly affect the image of Chinese intelligent manufacturing, so both companies and governments need to build compliance concepts adapted to the global market.

Overseas markets have become the second growth curve of China's auto market

Zhou Xiaoying, CEO of Gasgoo

Ms Zhou presented the outlook for China's passenger vehicle market and the situation of China's passenger vehicle export market. The domestic passenger vehicle market has gone through three major development stages, and the domestic market has now entered a stage of low-speed growth from a large base, while the export market continues to grow rapidly; 2024 is expected to maintain low-speed growth. Exports and new energy remain the core contributors of incremental growth. The domestic passenger vehicle market has entered a stage of low-speed growth from a large base, and export destinations are clearly diversifying. Whole-vehicle trade exports need to advance in parallel with localised construction, which will accelerate supply chain companies related to power batteries going abroad.

Technical barriers to trade facing new energy vehicle exports and countermeasures

Zhang Manman, Researcher of the NTEK Group Research Institute

Dr Zhang Manman shared research on the global market overview for new energy vehicles and the export situation in Shenzhen, including trade barrier risks and case analysis, the requirements, characteristics and trends of trade measures in major export markets, recommendations for responses, and suggestions for measures by government departments.

Capability building requirements for intelligent connected vehicle cybersecurity

Li Cheng, Deputy General Manager of Shanghai Yishi Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd.

Mr Li introduced the background of vehicle cybersecurity and the related regulatory requirements, such as the automotive cybersecurity regulation and the export requirements R155 and VTA. Companies should master the technical requirements of mandatory whole-vehicle standards and their correspondence with GB standards, establish a sound cybersecurity management system, promote engineering development and distributed development of cybersecurity for vehicle models, and define a roadmap to ensure continuous improvement of cybersecurity capabilities.

Global market access requirements for intelligent electronics in new energy vehicles

Wan Jiangkun, Manager of the International Department of NTEK Group

Manager Wan Jiangkun shared an overview of the main markets for new energy vehicle exports and automotive electronics access, the current status of NTEK's service capabilities, and the three core dimensions of global market access. As more and more intelligent components are fitted to new energy vehicles, they have become a major source of confusion during market access. Market access for wireless intelligent automotive components differs from that for traditional fuel vehicles, which is a new problem automakers encounter under the new circumstances. New energy vehicle exports typically face five major issues: safety, EMC, energy efficiency, wireless and environmental protection. Around 90% of countries worldwide have their own regulatory requirements for wireless. NTEK's advantages in testing capability, qualification accreditation and customer recognition enable it to help automotive customers resolve market access issues related to wireless regulations.

Product quality certification for automotive electronic components: AEC-Q and AEC-Q+

Du Run, Technical Director of Jiangsu NTEK New Energy Research Co., Ltd.

Du Run, Technical Director of Jiangsu NTEK New Energy Research Co., Ltd., mentioned that compared with traditional fuel vehicles, new energy vehicles have shifted to electronic control. Electronic components are the smallest granular unit of the vehicle's head unit system, and the quantity used and the quality control requirements in new energy vehicles are becoming ever higher. As intelligent vehicles become more intelligent, requirements on automotive chips and components keep rising, and AEC-Q certification has become the international threshold for automotive electronics. AEC-Q+ represents the optimised and advanced version of the requirements.

The seminar on "Challenges and Solutions for the High-Quality Export of New Energy Vehicles under New Circumstances" then concluded successfully. The seminar offered many highlights, the atmosphere on site was lively and guests were highly engaged. Representatives of participating enterprises said that they had gained a clearer understanding of the export issues and future development trends of the new energy vehicle industry, and gave the event unanimous praise and high recognition. Going forward, we will continue to explore new models for serving the new energy vehicle industry. Through a variety of exchange and learning activities and NTEK's technical service capabilities, we will improve the quality and competitiveness of new energy vehicle products, safeguard and enhance the influence and competitiveness of Chinese new energy vehicle brands in international markets, and strongly promote the high-quality development of China's new energy vehicle industry.