Hong Kong Industrialist Aug Oct 2021

Despite the plunge in the early stage of COVID-19 outbreak, the global automobile industry picked up quickly in the later half of 2020 while some manufacturers have seen record-high level of production. As one of the world’s major automobile markets, the sales of automobile in the mainland China reached over 8 million units in the first four months of 2021, with an increase of 4.5% compared to the same period in 2019. Meanwhile, national and local administrations’ subsidies for new energy vehicles have boosted the sales of such vehicles to 732,000 units in the first quarter. Furthermore, the global sales of electric vehicle have grown against the odds in 2020. According to the International Energy Agency’s “Global EV Outlook 2021 Technology Report”, the number of new EV registrations worldwide has reached 3 million in 2020, increased by 41% per year. With 1.4 million new vehicle registrations, Europe has become the world's largest EV market for the first time and is expected to continue to grow steadily. Under the worldwide trend on carbon reduction and developing smarter cities, EV and new energy vehicles are expected to become one of the focal points of the R&D of global automotive engineering. Multiple international automobile brands, including Volve, Jaguar and Bentley, has announced earlier to terminate the sales of fossil fuel vehicles. Locally, the Hong Kong Government launched the “Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles” to set out the long-term plans to promote the adoption of EVs and their associated supporting facilities in Hong Kong. The industry will strive to capture the opportunities arising from new energy vehicles and associated sectors through R&D and to develop automotive parts and materials that are more lightweight, digitised, electronic and environmentally friendly to bolster long-term competitiveness. 雖然環球汽車市場在新冠肺炎疫情初期大受 影響，但汽車銷量在去年下半年已逐漸回 升，部份廠商的產量更勝過從前。內地作為 全球汽車的一個主要市場，2021年首四個月 的汽車銷量達874.8萬輛，與2019年同期比 增長4.5%；同時，中央與各地方政府對新能 源汽車的補貼政策陸續出台，拉動其首季銷 量飆升至73.2萬輛。2020年電動汽車的銷 量更是逆勢增長，據國際能源署《2021年全 球電動汽車展望》報告顯示，2020年全球的 電動車新車註冊量達到300萬輛，按年增長 41%。其中歐洲以140萬的新車註冊量，首 次成為全球最大的電動汽車市場，有望繼續 保持穩健增長。 在各國的減排及智慧城市策略下，預計未來 電動車及新能源汽車將成為全球汽車工程研 發的焦點。多個國際知名高級汽車品牌，包 括富豪、積架及賓利等，先後宣布將會全面 停止銷售化石燃料汽車。香港政府亦於2021 年初推出《香港電動車普及化路線圖》，闡 述香港推動採用電動車及其所需配套的長 遠政策計劃。業界應加快開拓新能源汽車及 相關產業的機遇，並投入技術創新，朝着輕 量化、數位化、電子化和環保化四個方向發 展零部件材料及技術，提升未來產品的競 爭力。 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING SUPPLEMENT | 周年大會特輯 Chairman: Ricky Chan 主席:陳偉聰 | Vice-Chairman: Catherine Chan 副主席:陳珏然 Automobile, aeronautical and advance components 汽車、航空及精密零部件 GROUP 27 分組 第 84 | 8-10/2021