Beijing Auto Show witnessed Twenty years

　　Since 1990s, Beijing auto show has gone through 20 years. Looking back, there is too much to think about and talk about.

　　The twenty-year journey of Beijing Auto Show is actually a brief reflection of China’s auto industry development during the past two decades. twenty years ago, when the Beijing Auto Show was just started-up, China’s auto industry was basically poverty and blankness that multinationals had not rushed into China like today and red flag was the only self-owned brand. At that time, cars are absolutely unattainable luxury for Chinese people.

　　Nowadays, on one hand, with an annual production of more than 13 million vehicles, China has become the world’s largest auto market. To own a car is no longer a distant dream. In big cities such as Beijing, one in every four individuals owns a car.

　　On the other hand, major multinational companies have been entered into the Chinese market. In this time’s global financial crisis, Chinese auto market has become a place of luckiness for the major transnational enterprises. Chinese domestic self-owned auto brands have been rapidly developing in this fertile land as well as expanding to overseas markets.

　　Along with the development of China’s auto industry, Beijing Auto Show has been grown up and listed in the column of world’s top auto show. From the first Beijing Auto Show in the year of 1990 to the tenth session in 2008, the exhibitors have rose to more than 2100 from 372, models have increased to890 units from 273 and visitors have grown to 680,000 from 100,000.

　　The reason why the numbers of the models and concept cars first launched globally at Beijing Auto Show have been largely rising from zero are talked about so much within Chinese auto industry is just because it is one significant landmark to measure whether Beijing Auto Show is to be among the top international auto show.

　　With the development of China’s auto industry and Beijing Auto Show, SOHU AUTO has been grown up strongly. As a link of China’s auto industry chain, SOHU AUTO has been carried extensive coverage of Beijing auto show. Over the past decade, as the means of media have been constantly innovated and the contents have become abundant, the influence and contributions of SOHU AUTO have been promoted increasingly.

　　As a Chinese ancient saying goes, one becomes an adult when twenty. Through these twenty years, Beijing Auto Show has nearly grown up and China has concentrated all the efforts and strengths to fight for a powerful auto manufacturer. Times flies so fast and the future way will be rather long and rough that the nation should work with stamina and diligence.

　　(Translator: yalong/ Jessie)

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