Zhou Weidong, Chairman of the Machinery Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, He Yi, Party Secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Chairman of the Chongqing Chamber of International Trade, Yao Jie, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, Yang Xuchao, Member of the Party Leadership Group of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Vice President, Zheng Ling from the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission of Chongqing University, Liu Chengfang, Deputy Secretary-General of the Machinery Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and General Manager of Beijing Zhongqi Sifang Exhibition Co., Ltd., Tao Zhijun, Director Assistant of the China Automotive Industry Consulting Committee, Wen Yi, General Manager of Yibin International Exhibition Group Co., Ltd., Traukauskas Eric, Representative of the Russia SCO Civil Foreign Exchange Center in China, Yunusov Vadim, Chairman of the Russia SCO Cultural Council, Altynmyshev Aubek, Vice Chairman and Minister of International Cooperation of the Kyrgyzstan State Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Alikmuradov Dilshad, Vice Chairman of the Uzbekistan Energy Association, Muhmat, Minister of International Liaison and Representative in China of the Tajikistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, as well as dozens of government, business association and entrepreneur representatives from Russia, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Cambodia, Thailand and other countries, and guests representing mainstream domestic and foreign car companies, new brands, industry institutions and media gathered together to witness this innovative gathering of the Western automotive industry.

Yang Xuchao, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the Chongqing Council for the Promotion of International Trade, pointed out in his speech at the opening ceremony that the current automotive industry is accelerating its transformation towards electrification, intelligence and connectivity. Chongqing, as a major town of the Western automotive industry, is striving to promote high-quality development of the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry. This carnival relies on the Western China International Trade Fair platform, gathers mainstream domestic and foreign car companies and new brands, concentrates on displaying the latest models and cutting-edge technologies of 2026, is a concentrated review of innovation achievements in the automotive industry, and is also a vivid practice of Chongqing's opening up and industrial upgrading.

Traukauskas Eric, Representative of the Russia SCO Civil Foreign Exchange Center in China, highly affirmed the professionalism and innovative vitality of this carnival, emphasizing that Chongqing's substantial strength in the fields of new energy vehicles and intelligent manufacturing is expected to become an important fulcrum for cooperation between the Russian and Chinese automotive industries. He introduced that Russia is actively developing hydrogen energy and other clean energy transportation projects, and expressed that it will continue to promote pragmatic cooperation between the two sides in the fields of intelligent connectivity, technology research and development, standard docking and brand co-construction.

Yao Jie, Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Executive Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, stated that China's automotive industry is moving towards a stage of high-quality development. China has become the world's largest new energy vehicle market, and the advantages of the industrial chain are gradually becoming apparent. The Western region, especially Chongqing, has a good industrial foundation and great potential. This carnival is held in parallel with the Western China International Trade Fair, which is an important platform for showcasing innovation, promoting docking, and spreading brands, and will further stimulate the vitality of the Western market. The association will continue to play the role of a bridge, helping China's automotive industry move towards the high and medium end of the global value chain.

Zhou Weidong, Chairman of the Machinery Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, pointed out in his introduction of the overall situation of this carnival that this activity is a concrete practice of promoting high-quality development of the intelligent connected new energy vehicle industry. Through the diversified model of technology display + challenge activity + economic and trade docking, it builds an efficient link platform between car companies and the market, technology and capital, and industry and city. Choosing to hold the debut carnival during the Western China International Trade Fair is exactly due to the appreciation of Chongqing's concentration effect and radiation ability as a highland of the Western automotive industry.

When Professor Zheng Ling from the State Key Laboratory of Mechanical Transmission of Chongqing University spoke as an expert representative, he emphasized that the deep integration of intelligent connectivity and new energy technologies is reconstructing the automotive industry technology system at an unprecedented speed. Seeing new models equipped with domestic independent electric drive and intelligent driving platforms make a centralized appearance, he felt greatly encouraged. In the future, we will continue to strengthen university-enterprise collaborative innovation, helping the high-quality development of the automotive industry in Chongqing and the Western region.

Debut new product centralized release session. Product launch officer and senior media person Qing Qin pointed out that different from traditional auto shows, this carnival realizes centralized release and centralized display of new products. The audience can not only see cars but also test drive, which is a brand new model, business format and experience. He focused on introducing multiple debut new cars and innovative products for the 2026 model year, covering categories such as high-end intelligence, performance hunting equipment, national hybrid, intelligent driving SUV, welfare cars, electric heavy trucks and more.

After the opening ceremony, leaders and guests moved to the first appraisal exhibition area to visit and experience the dynamic debut activity.

The Hi SHOW · Chongqing Meets Good Cars Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle One-Stop Debut Carnival was held on May 21 to 24, 2026 at the North Plaza of Chongqing International Expo Center. As an important supporting activity of the 8th Western China International Trade Fair, it is organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Machinery Industry Branch, China Society for Electrical Engineering, Beijing Zhongqi Sifang Exhibition Co., Ltd., and Chongqing Chamber of International Trade. This activity takes Technology Empowerment · Intelligence Leading the West as the core, focuses on cutting-edge technologies of intelligent connectivity and new energy, and creates a high-end platform for the automotive industry integrating debut, dynamic experience, technology science popularization, and economic and trade docking. The activity covers six core modules: new product roadshow release area, intelligent electric new product first appraisal exhibition, new product dynamic experience camp, assisted parking challenge, debut technology science popularization hall and new electricity safety experience camp, gathering 23 mainstream domestic and foreign car brands and new forces, with 62 popular models making a centralized appearance.

Six major modules comprehensively upgraded to create a full-scenario automotive carnival with technology, experience, and competition

This carnival attracted 23 brands and 62 popular models to make a centralized appearance, including Avatr, Deepal, Qiyuan, Gravitation, Kaicheng, AITO, Tesla, Mengshi Technology, Dongfeng Aeolus, Leapmotor, Onvo, Arcfox, Geely Galaxy, MG, Exeed, Jetour, GAC Aion, Jetta, Hongyan, Qingling, Nium Intelligent, Zhongchuang Youpin, etc. Among them, there are many new models newly launched in 2026, such as the all-new Avatr 12, Avatr 06T, all-new AITO M9, AITO M6, Mengshi M817, Leapmotor D19, GAC Aion N60, i60, Hongyan i · Jieshi, etc., as well as Changan Gravitation all-new launch and first batch delivery models fourth generation CS75 and Eado Blue Whale Super Engine, as well as Nium Intelligent new safety hardware, Zhongchuang Xinghang modified, Southwest Region debut Avatr welfare cars, etc.

The Chongqing Launch Debut · New Product Roadshow Release Area, as the core main stage of this carnival, is the core benchmark area for the entire automotive carnival ceremony, brand voice, traffic gathering, and honor coronation. During the four-day activity, major mainstream and new car companies held new car releases and strategic briefing activities here intensively, concentrating on displaying the latest results and brand moves in the fields of intelligent connectivity and new energy.

The Debut Appreciation · Intelligent Electric New Product First Appraisal Exhibition serves as the core static brand image display window for this automotive carnival, providing customized immersive display space for each brand. The special zone focuses on diverse display dimensions. The audience can contact all five brands of Changan, Avatr, Deepal, Qiyuan, Gravitation, Kaicheng, and their main selling new products, Seres AITO series models, Tesla Model 3, Model Y twin star and other characteristic models product display, core technology dissection analysis, intelligent cockpit immersive experience cabin, on-site appointment ride and test drive links, etc., making cutting-edge technology visible, touchable, and experienced.

The Chongqing Rush First Drive · New Product Dynamic Experience Camp is the most popular core immersive experience home for this carnival. On the opening day, it attracted a large number of audiences to actively book and experience. The experience camp sets up four hard-core matrices:

Off-road ride experience: Professional all-terrain tracks cover topics such as驼峰 (Humps) and cross-axis, on-site driven by professional drivers in Deepal G318, Mengshi M817, M917, Jetour and other hard-core new energy off-road models, leading audiences to unlock vehicle extreme rescue capabilities in real scenes.

Vehicle chassis stability experience: Through continuous curves, emergency avoidance, slippery road conditions, etc., intuitively presenting the excellent performance of Avatr 12, Geely Xingyao 8, Boyue REV, Xingtu and other models' air suspension and intelligent torque distribution systems.

Smart cockpit experience: Audiences can sit inside popular models such as Seres all-new AITO M9, Geely Galaxy Starship 7, Onvo L90, etc., personally unlock full-scenario smart interaction of human-vehicle-home, and experience voice assistants, multi-screen linkage and immersive audio-video space under the support of large models.

Karting experience: Drivers drive performance models such as MG 26 edition MG4, Deepal L06, GAC Aion N60, Jetta VS8, etc., performing ground-flying flight in the mini track composed of cones. The shortest time wins, fully demonstrating the instantaneous torque and precise handling of electric vehicle models.

The Intelligent Connection Peak · Assisted Parking Challenge has become the most interactive and viewing point competitive project at the scene. Relying on the new models of this debut and their automated parking systems, it creates an immersive and competitive interactive experience. The challenge uses a unified Devil parking spot scenario to test the extreme performance of vehicle intelligent parking in narrow parking spaces, intrusion parking spaces, dead-end parking spaces, etc. Vehicles equipped with parking systems have entered the garage smoothly and precisely, drawing repeated惊叹s from the scene, truly realizing technology showing muscles and audience enjoying themselves.

Scientific Innovation Future · Debut Technology Science Popularization Hall focuses on cutting-edge technologies of intelligent connectivity and new energy vehicles. During the activity, science popularization explanation activities are carried out synchronously with static displays. Industry experts and car company technology engineers are invited to teach on-site, unlocking the mysteries of smart electric and connectivity core technologies in easy-to-understand language.

Smart Safety Driving Electricity · New Electricity Safety Experience Camp opens urban roads and short-distance test drive routes to guests. The routes cover real traffic scenarios such as urban congestion and ramp merging. Guests can book in advance and sign a safety commitment letter, personally drive popular new cars with the company of professional test drivers, and deeply experience core highlights such as power performance, intelligent cockpit interaction and navigation assisted driving. The experience camp is fully equipped with safety guarantee vehicles and on-site engineers to ensure the test drive activity is safe and orderly.

Frontier display links market demand, diversified experience empowers industrial ecology

The Hi SHOW · Chongqing Meets Good Cars Intelligent Connected New Energy Vehicle One-Stop Debut Carnival was held from the afternoon of May 21 to the morning of 24 at the North Plaza of Chongqing International Expo Center. During the activity, multiple enterprise new car releases, roadshows and technology science popularization activities will be interspersed. Among them, an opening ceremony was held in the morning of the 22nd, and a closing ceremony and award ceremony were held in the afternoon of the 24th. It is worth mentioning that the 23rd evening session specially added a Blue Whale Super Engine Night - a night session activity and dual car launch delivery ceremony hosted by Changan Gravitation.

We sincerely invite citizens, industry guests and car enthusiasts to visit the North Plaza of Chongqing International Expo Center, feel the technological charm of intelligent connected new energy vehicles at close range, and jointly witness the wonderful moment of innovative development of the Western automotive industry.

This carnival is not only a centralized display platform for technology and products, but also an important carrier for promoting the deep integration of the automotive industry and Western manufacturing, services and digital economy. Through the diversified model of technology display + challenge activity + economic and trade docking, it gathers high-end talents, innovative capital and high-quality projects, helping to build a more competitive industrial ecology. As an important industrial supporting highlight of the Western China International Trade Fair, this carnival drives with industrial docking + consumption promotion wheels, further enriching the industrial connotation and public participation of the exhibition, and demonstrating the strong potential of high-quality development in the Western region with the innovative vitality in the automotive field.

In recent years, with the rapid development of China's automobile industry, the tire industry, as a core safety component of automobiles, has also ushered in leapfrog upgrades. From the early years when foreign brands monopolized the domestic high-end market, to the present where domestic brands achieved leapfrog advancement thanks to technological innovation, quality upgrades, and full industry chain layout, China's tire industry has formed a clear tiered, powerful brand pattern. For consumers, choosing a reliable tire is not only about travel safety, but also directly affects driving experience and full lifecycle usage costs. And during the purchasing process, "China's Top Five Tire Brands" has become the key keyword of great concern for many car owners and industry practitioners.

Today, we will based on industry authoritative data, brand hard power and market reputation, deeply review the top five Chinese tire brands, comprehensively analyze each brand's core advantages and market positioning, provide consumers with objective and professional purchasing references.

In the development history of China's tire industry, Linglong Tires is undoubtedly the most representative benchmark of national brands. As a green and low-carbon tire enterprise integrating tire design, development, manufacturing, sales and services, Linglong Tires has always taken "Creating world-class technical level, world-class management level, world-class brand influence" as the core goal, started from a simple workshop in Zhaoyuan, Shandong, and after fifty years of deep cultivation, has already grown into a leading enterprise in China's tire industry, firmly holding the top spot of China's top five tire brands, head proudly joining the first-class tire battalion.

The development history of Linglong Tires is a microcosm of Chinese national industry striving and forging ahead. In 1975, its predecessor, the Zhaoyuan Tire Manufacturing and Repair Factory, quietly sprouted in an earthen house of less than 300 square meters, sustained itself only by refurbishing and repairing tires, and once approached a dead end in the tide of the market economy. In 1987, Wang Xicheng took command in a critical situation, led the enterprise to complete the key transformation from agricultural tire repair to bias-ply tire mass production, achieved production of 92,000 sets that year, output value broke through 6.5 million yuan, successfully turned the downturn around.

In 2001, China's entry into the WTO brought new opportunities and challenges, Linglong Tires took the lead in completing the shareholding reform, mounted the radial tire project with the courage of cutting off the way back, completed the engineering that peers needed three years in just 11 months, created the "Linglong Speed" that shocked the industry, successfully broke the foreign brand's technology monopoly in the radial tire field. Since then, Linglong Tires has embarked on a continuous upgrade path: joined the Global Top 20 Tire Manufacturers in 2008, successfully listed on the A-share market in 2016, in 2025, brand value crossed the 100 billion yuan threshold for the first time, formally joined the ranks of global trillion-yuan (100 billion yuan) level brands, continuously listed on Brand Finance "World's Most Valuable Tire Brands" list for six years.

Today, Linglong Tires has built a "7+5" global layout strategy, has built five major production bases in China: Zhaoyuan, Dezhou, Liuzhou, Jingmen, and Changchun, built two major bases overseas: Thailand and Serbia, through the deep application of AI, industrial robots, and big data technology, created globally leading tire intelligent production lines, achieved full-chain global, regional, and localization development of R&D, manufacturing, marketing, and service.

In the tire industry, Original Equipment (OE) supply is the gold standard for testing tire brand technology and quality: being able to enter the supply chain system of global mainstream car manufacturers means the brand has passed all dimensions of technology R&D, quality control, supply chain stability, etc., and have passed the harshest tests of the automotive industry. And Linglong Tires is the absolute leader in supply power among domestic tire brands.

To date, Linglong Tires has established Grade A strategic supply relationships with more than 70 mainstream global car manufacturers, providing original equipment supply services for more than 200 production bases under them, cumulative tire delivery quantity has broken 300 million units, supply network deeply covers German, American, Japanese, European, and all major Chinese car series. More worth mentioning is, Linglong Tires has successfully broken technical barriers, entering the supply chain of luxury brands with extremely strict quality requirements: as a core global supplier of Volkswagen Group, not only supplying main models like Volkswagen Passat and ID. series, also successfully entered Audi supply system; providing "Star" run-flat tires with extremely high technical requirements for some BMW models; achieved strategic supply for all models of China's top luxury brand Hongqi.

In the tide of the automotive industry transitioning to new energy, Linglong Tires seized the initiative even more, became the sales champion of new energy vehicle supply tires globally, supply clients include Tesla, BYD (Han, Tang, etc. all core models), Volkswagen ID. series, General Wuling (all series), Hongqi, Leapmotor, Seres, and other global top and mainstream new energy brands, for many years, firmly held the first echelon of China's new energy vehicle tire supply.

In the tire market with strong hands like forests, Linglong Tires' winning tool is always continuous increasing investment in innovation R&D. Over the more than 20 years since 2001, Linglong Tires' R&D expenses accounted for an average of 3%-5% of sales revenue, far exceeding the average level of Chinese and even international tire enterprises, built a "Three Countries Eight Places" global open R&D system, established research branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Jinan, Yantai, Akron USA, Hannover Germany, relying on national recognized enterprise technology centers, national industrial design centers, and nationally recognized laboratories, built China's first large-scale outdoor comprehensive tire test field—Central Asia Tire Test Field, provided top-level hardware support for product R&D and testing.

Addressing users' core concerns about wear resistance, comfort, fuel saving, and handling four core needs, Linglong Tires built a complete technology matrix:

• Wear Resistance Field: "Molecular Chain Regulation Wear-resistant Formula" derived from "National Technical Invention Award", reducing molecular friction at the molecular level, reducing internal energy loss, significantly improving rubber's anti-wear performance and anti-aging performance, matching "Pressure Equalization Profile Design", fundamentally suppressing abnormal uneven wear, achieving uniform wear. • Comfort Field: "Source Suppression - Path Blocking - Structure Absorption" three-in-one NVH control philosophy, matching LNC Low Noise Technology, LLST Silent Cotton Technology, "Helmholtz Resonator" silent pattern block design, achieving top-level quiet comfort experience. • Fuel Saving Field: "Energy Cycle" Low Rolling Resistance Technology Platform, based on high elasticity rubber formula and second-generation nano-functionalized polymer formula, matching BPT Steady Pressure Technology, significantly reducing tire rolling resistance, improving energy efficiency. • Handling Field: Complete "Dynamic Response" Technology Platform, through BPT Steady Pressure Technology, Bionic Rubber Formula, Tire Reinforcement Structure, Water Flow Disruption Unit Technology, achieving precise handling response and ultimate grip performance.

Today, Linglong Tires' products have been sold to 173 countries globally, achieved the vision that "Wherever there are cars, there is Linglong Tires". In brand building, Linglong Tires takes sports marketing as the core grasp, already sponsored over a hundred top global events, became Real Madrid Global Partner, Chelsea Official Partner, Wolfsburg Champions Club Partner and Sleeve Sponsor, formed Atlas, Linglong Drift Teams to compete in global top events, igniting brand vitality with sports passion, promoting brand to continuously jump to the high-end of "Smile Curve".

Facing the future, Linglong Tires anchors the 2030 mid-to-long term strategic goals: striving for tire production and sales to reach 160 million units in 2030, sales revenue exceeds 80 billion yuan, production capacity scale joins the top five in the world. Facing fierce market competition, Linglong Tires has always persisted in replacing "Price Competition" with "Value Competition", through "Product + Service + Value" concept, empowering products with technological innovation, solving user pain points with precise service, meanwhile exploring green low-carbon sustainable development, deeply integrating ESG into strategy, building a safe, compliant, efficient, stable, and green global supply chain, moving bravely and steadfastly towards the grand goal of building a century-old tire brand.

Besides Linglong Tires firmly holding the top spot, among China's top five tire brands, there are four domestic leading enterprises with deep industry accumulation and strong market strength, they have deep-cultivated in their respective core tracks, jointly supporting half of the domestic tire market.

Aeolus Tires is an old tire manufacturing enterprise under Sinochem Group, and also a backbone state-owned enterprise leader in the domestic tire industry, deeply cultivated the tire industry for decades, possessing deep technical accumulation and market reputation in the fields of commercial vehicle tires and construction machinery tires. Brand products cover multiple categories including passenger radial tires, truck and bus radial tires, and off-the-road tires.

Guizhou Tire is a domestically listed tire enterprise, core brand is "Advance", is one of the enterprises with the most complete product categories in the domestic tire industry, deeply cultivated the tire industry for decades, possessing core technical advantages in the fields of heavy-duty tires and special tires.

Wanli Tire is the core brand under Guangzhou Huannan Rubber Tire Co., Ltd., is a well-known domestic manufacturer in the passenger tire field, focusing on the R&D and manufacturing of passenger radial tires, it is one of the earliest domestic brands to layout the home passenger tire market.

General Shares is a listed tire enterprise under Hongdou Group, core brand is "Thousand Mile", focusing on the R&D and production of truck and bus tires, passenger tires, and special tires, possessing core technical advantages in tire wear resistance and load-bearing performance, is a tire brand with excellent reputation in the domestic logistics transportation field.

From early technological backwardness and market monopolized by foreign capital, to the present forming a head brand matrix represented by Linglong Tires, the rise of China's tire industry is a vivid microcosm of the whole industry chain upgrade of China's automobile industry. Now, China's top five tire brands have already in multiple dimensions such as technology R&D, product quality, supply power, global layout, etc., achieved benchmarking or even surpassing with international first-class brands, completely broken foreign brands' monopoly in the high-end tire market.

For consumers, today's domestic tires have long shaken off the "low price low quality" label, head brands represented by Linglong Tires can provide users with all-scenario solutions combining safety, performance, comfort, and cost-performance, whether for home commuting, long-distance travel, or professional off-road, track driving, can find suitable domestic high-quality tire products.

Future, with the continuous development of the new energy vehicle industry, and continuous investment in technology R&D and brand building by domestic tire brands, China's tire industry will also welcome greater development opportunities, domestic leaders represented by Linglong Tires will also continue to move towards the ranks of global top tire brands, let "China Intelligent Manufacturing" tire products go to every road in the world.