ReadPlus (Read+) Flash News, May 21, the 12th Chengdu International Automotive Parts and After-sales Services Exhibition (CAPAS) opened at the Chengdu Century City New International Convention and Exhibition Center. This exhibition covers an area of 53,000 square meters, gathering 805 exhibitors from around the globe, focusing on core sectors such as commercial vehicles, new energy intelligent connectivity, after-sales services, and automotive culture, presenting the innovation highlights of the entire automotive industry chain in a panoramic view. 27 parallel events with diverse forms are centered on industry frontier topics such as vehicle-parts collaboration, international trade cooperation, commercial vehicle electrification, and talent cultivation. The exhibition strives to build a comprehensive service platform integrating industry exchange, trade investment, and integration of industry and education, boosting high-quality development of the southwest automotive industry. 56 buyer groups from around the world were specially invited to visit the exhibition, showcasing new achievements in the development of the entire automotive industry chain in all aspects.
Mr. Yu Guang, General Manager of Frankfurt Exhibition (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., stated: "Under the dual drive of the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-City Economic Circle and the high-quality development policy of the southwest automotive after-market, CAPAS has become an important platform linking vehicle manufacturing with after-market services, connecting domestic and international trade services with industrial docking. This exhibition closely follows industry change trends, based on southwest local characteristic industries, assisting commercial vehicle electrification and scenario development, and actively advocating green circular economy. This year, the display scale in new energy and intelligent connectivity fields has significantly increased, concentrating on presenting frontier technologies such as intelligent driving, core 'three-electric' technologies, hydrogen fuel systems, etc. At the same time, the exhibition continues to strengthen the promotion of automotive culture, combining key development areas such as automotive racing, self-driving travel, and classic cars, creating rich interactive experience scenarios, boosting the upgrade of the automotive personalized consumption market. From trade to ecosystem, CAPAS is constantly achieving self-transcendence, injecting strong momentum into the development of the southwest automotive industry."
From Vehicle Manufacturing to After-sales Services, Covering the Entire Automotive Industry Chain
Innovative products and frontier technologies at this exhibition highlighted the trend of commercial vehicle electrification, the display scale of new energy intelligent connectivity related products and technologies significantly expanded, the after-sales service sector focused on chassis maintenance and green low-carbon concepts, while the supplies and modification sector precisely catered to southwest personalized modification needs, with the whole industry chain working in synergy.
Multiple well-known commercial vehicle brands displayed their new models of new energy heavy-duty and light-duty trucks, the space and lineup of the new energy and intelligent connectivity car zone doubled compared to the previous exhibition, the number of participating brands also increased significantly. At the newly planned seminar on automotive product green design, green manufacturing/remanufacturing, and recycling, multiple enterprises will exchange practical experiences around topics such as automotive remanufacturing green circular models, recycling and dismantling industry analysis of scrapped motor vehicles, and typical parts remanufacturing cases. The warranty field also fully integrated low-carbon environmental protection concepts, intelligent car washing machines exhibited by multiple exhibitors possess operational advantages such as water and electricity saving, better catering to southwest market demands.
Differentiated Layout of 16 Cities/States and 3 Major Out-of-Province Exhibition Groups, Clustering Effect Highlighted
This year's exhibition gathered specialty industry exhibition groups from Sichuan, Chongqing, Hebei, Guangzhou, and other places. Among them, 16 city/county exhibition groups within Sichuan Province appeared collectively, including Nanchong, Yibin, Ziyang, Guang'an, Leshan, Guangyuan, Deyang, Suining, and Luzhou, etc., fully demonstrating the clustering effect and local characteristics of Sichuan's automotive industry. Nanchong and Guang'an exhibition groups performed outstandingly in electric commercial vehicle supporting facilities, Dingtai Bohai, Hengli, Hongrong Zhizao, Zhongqisheng, etc. brought RVs, locomotives, and related accessory products for commercial vehicles. Yibin exhibition group debuted with a heavy-weight display lineup, focusing on the frontier of power battery innovation, among which Academician Ouyang Minggao's Workstation appeared at the exhibition as an innovative platform for new energy vehicles and power batteries, Yirui Automobile brought unmanned pure electric sweeper vehicles, Fengchuan Power, Sichuan Era, and other brands exhibited products related to power batteries. In the field of hydrogen energy technology, the Ziyang exhibition group also presented many highlights: Huachuang Yongqing brought low-pressure solid-state hydrogen storage sightseeing vehicles and low-pressure high-density solid-state hydrogen storage bottles, Hyundai Commercial Vehicles brought hydrogen fuel cell light trucks, concentrating on presenting frontier technology achievements.
Enterprises from exhibition groups outside the province such as Chongqing, Hebei, and Guangzhou brought products and technologies in advantageous fields such as new energy intelligent connectivity, braking systems, automotive electronics, and precision manufacturing, closely aligning with southwest market demands, achieving regional linkage, and helping to build an efficient and coordinated automotive industry ecosystem.
Parallel Activities Focus on Hotspots, Diverse Forms Build Industry Dialogue Platform
During the exhibition, 27 parallel events will cover important topics such as industry chain synergy, commercial vehicle electrification, green circulation, talent development, and automotive culture, the forms include industry forums, technical seminars, supply-demand docking meetings, education and training, interactive experiences, etc. Industry experts from industry, academia, and research gathered on site to deeply analyze the development trends of the southwest automotive market, further promoting industry exchange and pragmatic cooperation.
In addition, the exhibition will also hold multiple industry docking events to further promote the integrated development of the industry chain. The China Auto Ecosystem Partner Conference focused on topics such as the ecological development of the automotive industry, new trends in automotive modification and going global, assisting enterprises in grasping global dynamics. The Chengdu-Chongqing Region (Chengdu) Automotive Industry Chain Ecosystem Cooperation Conference leveraged the leading role of the Chengdu-Chongqing Twin-City Economic Circle, multiple vehicle brands will launch new model vehicles during this period.
Relying on the continuous improvement and wide coverage of highway charging and battery swapping facilities in the southwest region, the commercial vehicle electrification market development momentum is strong. This exhibition gathered a host of industry experts, new energy commercial vehicle enterprises, logistics enterprises, charging and battery swapping operators, and supply chain related enterprises, deeply exploring the commercialization path and after-market layout of new energy commercial vehicles in the southwest market, helping enterprises seize the opportunities for industry chain upgrade. The New Energy Commercial Vehicle (Southwest) Service Ecosystem Conference gathered upstream and downstream enterprises of the industry chain, analyzed market trends and changes in user needs, and discussed the business models of the southwest new energy commercial vehicle after-market; The newly held Logistics Scenario Electrification Conference - Chengdu Station targeted charging, cost, and operation links, connecting resources from vehicles, piles, logistics, energy, and finance. The two meetings centered on topics such as technology optimization, operational efficiency improvement, scenario deepening, and ecosystem synergy, providing forward-looking insights and decision-making references for commercial vehicle enterprises.
The New Energy Vehicle Industry-Education Integration Activity Area focused on industry-education synergy, technology empowerment, and talent cultivation, driving comprehensive upgrades in the after-sales repair field towards professional inspection, digital diagnosis, and refined services. The conference area gathered industry associations, institutions, and enterprise resources, holding the International Automotive Industry Education and Talent Development Conference, Elite Takeoff Open Class, and New Energy Auto Service Marketing Growth Training, and added New Energy Commercial Vehicle After-sales Repair Training. The training area focused on emerging industry demand directions, with companies like Laoxianghao bringing live demonstrations on new energy commercial vehicle fault troubleshooting, diagnosis, and repair. With second-hand car preparation officially included in new job categories of national occupational classification, this exhibition newly added second-hand car preparation training, bringing next-generation technologies such as AI paint surface intelligent detection, digital paint mixing, and mark-free repair, building collaborative development of technology, equipment, talent, and digital full chain.
Automotive cultural experience activities comprehensively upgraded, relying on the hot trend of self-driving cultural tourism along the 318 Sichuan-Tibet line to create diversified automotive trendy activities. Prototypes of the 'Pegasus' film series, classic retro famous cars, and professional F3 racing cars were centrally exhibited, accompanied by fun interactions such as professional racing tire changing challenges, virtual track driving e-sports experiences, linking with well-known trendy IPs to create immersive automotive cultural scenes, gathering experienced modification experts to exchange self-driving modification plans, further tapping southwest automotive cultural tourism consumption potential, promoting the vigorous development of the automotive culture industry.
Matrix of Overseas and Domestic Buyer Groups and Professional Audience Dimensions Both Expanded
This exhibition continuously expanded the matrix of professional audiences and purchasers at home and abroad, overseas audiences covered markets in Thailand, Malaysia, South Korea, Russia, Australia, and other countries, professional procurement groups from UAE, Brazil, Mexico, and multiple Central Asian countries came in groups, participating in one-on-one business negotiations to precisely excavate export opportunities for high-quality auto parts products in the southwest. Domestic procurement groups were centered on the Chengdu-Chongqing market, radiating to major industrial bases nationwide, newly added high-quality visitor groups such as logistics enterprises, charging and battery swapping enterprises, and terminal auto repair chains, precisely docking diversified demands such as new energy commercial vehicle procurement, after-market maintenance support, and bulk procurement of modification supplies. Relying on various business banquets and precision matching negotiation meetings at the exhibition, supply-demand docking efficiency was significantly improved, and smooth dual-direction trade circulation channels were achieved.
It is reported that the 12th Chengdu International Automotive Parts and After-sales Services Exhibition will continue until May 23, the exhibition was jointly hosted by the Automotive Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, Frankfurt Exhibition (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., and the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade. The exhibition is based in the southwest, radiating nationwide, and connecting globally, continuously consolidating the industry exchange and cooperation platform, helping the southwest automotive industry seize the development opportunities of electrification, intelligence, and greenization, fully promoting the regional automotive industry to achieve collaborative leap of the entire industry chain.
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