In order to implement the "Notice of the General Office of the State Council on Issuing the Implementation Plan for the Extension of Producer Responsibility System" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice") and guide automobile manufacturers to fulfill their producer responsibilities, on October 20, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology and other four ministries and commissions jointly announced the list of 11 pilot enterprises for the extension of responsibility of automobile products, including many passenger car manufacturers such as Geely , Dongfeng , etc.
What aspects does the extension of responsibility include? What are the effects of
on the automobile consumer market?
Is it related to the personal interests of car owners?
"China Consumer News " reporter interviewed
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Establish and improve the recycling system
In recent years, the annual sales of my country's automobile market have been stable at more than 25 million vehicles. Against this background, it is particularly important to explore the establishment of a recycling network and management system for scrapped automobiles and scrap parts in accordance with the law through independent recycling or commissioned recycling models by automobile manufacturers.
The latest statistics from the Ministry of Public Security show that as of the end of September 2022, the national car ownership reached 315 million vehicles. The average monthly new car ownership in the third quarter was significantly higher than the first half of the year, with more than 2 million vehicles added for three consecutive months, maintaining a stable development momentum. At present, 82 cities in my country have more than 1 million vehicles in their car ownership. Among them, Beijing ranks first with more than 6 million cars.
China Automobile Industry Association Secretary-General Fu Bingfeng told the China Consumer News reporter that considering factors such as the number of cars owned by thousands of people in my country and the demand for consumer market, my country's automobile market will maintain a steady development pace in the future, and the annual car sales exceeding the 30 million mark or even higher target is just around the corner.
guides automobile manufacturers to fulfill their producer responsibilities. Wu Bofeng/photo
Therefore, how automobile companies can adapt to the development trend of the domestic auto market, maintain the extension system of producer responsibility , and further achieve high-quality development is a challenge facing all auto companies.
In May last year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Science and Technology and other ministries jointly issued the "Pilot Implementation Plan for Extended Responsibility of Automobile Products" (hereinafter referred to as the "Plan"), proposing to establish a number of benchmark enterprises for extending responsibility of automobile products through pilot work and form an implementation model for extending responsibility of automobile products that suits China's national conditions. By 2023, a number of scrapped automobile recycling and utilization models will be formed with a group of replicable and popularizable automobile manufacturers as the responsible entities, and the comprehensive utilization rate of scrapped automobile renewable resources will reach 75%.
On this basis, the "Notice" further proposes to implement the detailed rules on "standardized recycling and utilization", which is enough to reflect the practical significance of automobile manufacturers in establishing recycling networks and improving the standardized recycling level.
The "Plan" proposes ➱ Automobile manufacturers may entrust other relevant companies to recycle their scrapped cars and scrap parts, and encourage joint establishment of scrapped cars recycling industry organizations with third-party institutions to jointly build and share recycling service networks.
Among them, automobile manufacturers build their own recycling network to engage in scrapped motor vehicle recycling activities, they should obtain qualification certification in accordance with the law. Without qualification certification, they shall not engage in scrapped motor vehicle recycling activities.
reporter noticed that among the 11 pilot entities announced this time, all of them adopted the method of jointly establishing scrapped cars recycling with third-party institutions.
Take Geely Auto as an example
It works with third-party companies such as Anhui Jifeng Vehicle Recycling and Utilization Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Ruiqi Motor Vehicle Disassembly Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Recycling Hand-to-Hand Auto Parts Co., Ltd. and other third-party companies to complete the extension of the responsibility of automobile product producers.
Wang Zhe, who has been engaged in the recycling of automobile parts for more than 10 years, revealed to the China Consumer News reporter that by cooperating with professional automobile recycling companies, car companies can significantly reduce the difficulty coefficient and pressure of extending the responsibility of automobile product manufacturers, which is the most cost-effective option. Generally speaking, car companies have a high market share, so there are more vehicles in use, and there are more companies that need to be joined by them.
In the eyes of many consumers, car recycling has no much connection with itself. In fact, this work is closely related to the vital interests of every car owner.
The "Plan" clearly requires that automobile manufacturers establish maintenance files for automobile products and key components, remind users of the scrapping and recycling process, and encourage the standardized transfer of scrapped cars and scrapped parts through incentive measures such as old exchange, points exchange, and maintenance discounts.
In other words, if the vehicle in the consumer chooses to scrap or replace key components, the file information of the scrapped vehicles or scrapped components will be clearer and transparent, which will help standardize the vehicle scrapping process.
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Improve the comprehensive utilization level
For a long time, the value of automobiles in my country has remained high compared to , especially luxury brand models, which have been criticized repeatedly. The so-called car fraction ratio is the percentage obtained by dividing the price of accessories after disassembly of a new car by the price of the car. The higher the value, the higher the cost of vehicle maintenance that consumers need to bear.
"Affected by the rapid development of the automobile market, since 2010, the relevant standards, regulations and systems in the new car field in my country have become clearer, but the market rules system is still constantly improving and is in a relatively scattered state, and it needs to be paid attention to it." Zeng Biqiang, general manager of the technical department of China Insurance Industry Automobile Technology Research Co., Ltd., said in an interview with a reporter from China Consumer News that how to make domestic automobile fraction return to a reasonable level, and accessories of the same quality can provide more choices for automobile consumers.
When it comes to the automotive aftermarket, some people use "high" and "large" to summarize it. The so-called "high" means that the maintenance costs of some models remain high; the so-called "big" means that the consumer market has huge demand for vehicle maintenance, which has led to a tilt of the focus of the development of the automobile market to the back market.
Zeng Biqiang believes that reducing vehicle maintenance costs is the main task of the domestic automotive aftermarket in the future. In order to change this situation, in addition to the need for automobile companies to improve product quality at the R&D and production end, increasing the usage rate of accessories of the same quality is an important solution to reduce consumer repair costs.
"Plan" shows that ➱ Encourage the expansion of supply and demand information release channels for reused parts and remanufactured parts through online trading platforms and other means, promote and promote the use of reused parts and remanufactured parts; build a reverse recycling system for second-hand parts, and increase the proportion of second-hand parts in the automobile maintenance process.
During daily use, due to the lack of scientific disposal methods, a large number of used car parts that were originally valuable could not enter the market again and could only be discarded, resulting in a huge waste of resources and pushing up the cost of repairing vehicles for consumers.
"Plan" requires ➱ By 2023, the green supply chain system for automobiles will be fully built and the recycling of automobiles will reach 95%. This will also make it possible for consumers to use automotive parts of the same quality and at a lower price.
According to Zeng Biqiang, quality certification can determine whether components of the same quality have the value of reuse, thereby extending the service life of related components and achieving rational resource configuration.
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promotes standardized maintenance of automobile products
In real life, consumer disputes caused by opacity in automobile repairs still occur from time to time. In response to this phenomenon, strengthening information disclosure is a good way to untie consumers' knots.
The "Plan" proposes ➱ In accordance with relevant policies and national standards, formulate and publicly publish guidance manuals for motor vehicle repair and automobile dismantling, promote standardized maintenance of automobile products, and guide scrapped motor vehicle recycling and dismantling enterprises to safely and standardize the implementation of scrapped automobile dismantling. At the same time, around the field of information disclosure, we will accelerate the establishment of a supporting standard system for extending the responsibility of automobile products producers, and give full play to the basic and guiding role of standards.
In recent years, driven by favorable policies, the consumption market for new energy vehicles has grown rapidly. Data from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology shows that as of September this year, my country's new energy vehicle ownership was close to 12 million, showing a rapid growth momentum.
As the market recognition of new energy vehicles continues to increase, the recycling and utilization of power batteries, which are related to product quality and safety, has become a new topic facing car companies.
The "Plan" proposes that automobile manufacturers should strengthen the traceability management of key components, fulfill the main responsibility for the traceability management of battery recycling and utilization in accordance with relevant regulations, strengthen the awareness of information disclosure, and rely on information and networking means to establish an information disclosure and sharing mechanism for the fulfillment of producer responsibilities in the automobile industry.
For a long time, retired power batteries of new energy vehicles are facing difficulties in recycling. As the battery recycling system is gradually established, the entire process traceability system will be realized, and the recycling level of power batteries will be greatly improved.
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Reporter/Wu Bofeng
Source: China Consumer News
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