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Friday, May 8, 2009

General Motors and convey junction project in China 37 Shanghai Auto display forms

By Zou Frbiz

April twenty at the opportunity of the Shanghai International Motor Show in 2009, the General Motors with its partnership in China to the public exhibit of a total of 37 presentation and idea cars, wrapping corporations in China Buick, Chevrolet, Kaidi Iraq, Saab and Wuling marks five, encompassing the world's first 1 and 5, the first Asia-Pacific model.

In the area of 4900 square meters of area, these models to the Chinese public exhibition to display the General Motors full product design, advanced technology and fuel economy of excellence in the field of strength.

GM China President and Managing Director Kevin E. Wale, said: the essence of "a foothold in China, simultaneously China, the Chinese intentions," the firm promise of General Motors in the auto display brandish for the Chinese buyers a full variety of living high-quality goods and several imminent the records of new goods, which completely illustrates the Chinese market for General Motors goods of better conceive capabilities, as well as in the Chinese market for long-term firm promise and self-assurance development.

Star model underscores the General Motors R & D concentrate on regional capacity-building

As a General Motors auto display in this first form of the world, Buick notion vehicle enterprise is no question become the 2009 Shanghai auto display, one of the large-scale brilliant spot. It is described that this Buick notion vehicle enterprise a blend of international Buick conceive notion and the desires of the Chinese market by the General Motors junction project in China by Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center directed by R & D. This is furthermore following the "Buick Riviera Buick future" notion vehicle, the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center directed the world's second Buick notion car.

Our commerce idea car Buick Buick "dynamic silken, silence and comfortable," the spirit of the plan and devise a fresh generation of the Buick plan vocabulary, so Buick GL8 "land-based commerce class" idea has been further sublimation and detect luxury MPV future plan instruction of the spearheading models.

Asia-Pacific the first model: the entire new lifetime of Buick LaCrosse, Buick's another pattern to conceive a new masterpiece. As this year's imminent heavyweight new forms, all new-generation Buick LaCrosse will be the aim of public anxiety show. Many conceive components from its premier pan-Asian conceive notion vehicles Looking Buick Invicta, Buick LaCrosse entire new lifetime of both dynamic and dignified up to date conceive method and a powerful going by car force for glossy and effective command, the integration is not only going by car expertise forward-looking , drivers can furthermore conceive a luxurious and snug going by car experience.

Buick notion vehicle enterprise and the entire new lifetime of Buick LaCrosse GM displays the power of the localized R & D firm promise to teaching, as well as localized market demand for attention. At the identical time, as General Motors in China, automotive technology and conceive junction project, Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center of General Motors in international R & D mesh in an significant place at the auto display has been verified one time again.

Large energy networks with fresh models of approached unified arrival

GM's auto illustrate in this exhibition with a figure of approached energy system engineering models, these models bottled in GM's approached energy networks and ecological engineering leadership in the industry.

Hailed as "the era of electrical car pioneer" of the mass presentation edition of Chevrolet Volt prolonged range electrical car at this auto illustrate debut, this is fresh in the automotive industry milestone in the history of the growth of approached models and among the Chinese public The first "zero distance" contact. Chevrolet Volt to a "zero fuel consumption and zero emissions" beneath the condition of relying on pure electrical powering mileage of 64 kilometers and have the patience volume of a figure of hundred kilometers, it is academic that this approached models shall be registered in China in 2011, China This shall be the United States, the world's first to introduce a Chevrolet Volt prolonged range electrical car markets.

As General Motors in China with the introduction of the first turbocharged car engines, the Asia-Pacific first model - a new generation of Buick Regal current 2.0T Auto Show debut. Regal power a new generation of 2.0T and the performance will be in the same sub-market level to establish a new benchmark, the 0 ~ 100km / h to accelerate the use of only 7.7 seconds, top speed of up to 232 kilometers, while the 90 km speed fuel consumption of just 7.2L.

Whole new lifetime of Cadillac's SRX luxury SUV will debut at the culmination of its Asia-Pacific. Brand new Cadillac SRX is a luxury SUV market for new goods, the largest horsepower up to 260hp (193 kW), a powerful going by car force in the blew at the identical time decrease fuel utilisation and emissions, in specific, the largest cold-start hydrocarbon emissions can be decreased by 25%, lift fuel finances 10 to 15 per hundred, mirroring the very good presentation and ecological balance. It is described that the new Cadillac SRX is anticipated to be in the fourth quarter of this year in the household market.

While at the same time display the Cadillac brand's another masterpiece - Escalade two-mode hybrid vehicles, it is following the Buick LaCrosse Eco-Hybrid hybrid car, the General Motors launched the second in China hybrid-type section. As the world's first dual-mode hybrid technology to use the full-size luxury SUV, Cadillac Escalade's innovative dual-mode hybrid technology GM represents the strong leader in the field of the level of mixing. It is learned that the Cadillac Escalade hybrid SUV will be sold in China this year.

Concern the other two forms the first Asia-Pacific: CruzeWTCC Chevrolet rushing type and the mass output type of Chevrolet Camaro will furthermore be on brandish at the auto show. This two-star form completely reflects the Chevrolet emblem of vehicles behind the classic components of heritage and inspiration: Chevrolet vehicle CruzeWTCC play a full type of the spectacular presentation and Cruze athleticism, is anticipated to rush for five successive years to take part in WTCC achievement of the Chevrolet group win; "Transformers Hornet" type of the 2010 output Camaro part is a dedicated fanatical followers, high-performance sports vehicle, with this year's imminent movie "Transformers 2", Chevron Lan Camaro will undoubtedly one time afresh won many worship.

GM China family "letting a hundred flowers bloom"

In addition to the world's first and Asia's first car model, the GM China family members of other exhibitors is also a lot of bright, shining star.

GM's global strategy as a new generation of models, the new generation of performance Chevrolet - Chevrolet Cruze at the Shanghai auto show on the eve of the formal market in the country and in this show on the display. Chevrolet Cruze has a "dynamic sports car" body-style ratio of a perfect interpretation of the campaign-style design, and equipped with GM's new 1.6 liters, 1.8 liters engine and Ecotec DVVT six-speed manual gearboxes S6. In addition, desirable cars with the driving pleasure is also derived from GM's most advanced digital all-GM-LAN bus architecture, and integration of the structure of the frame BFI has a higher hardness than the body of its class structure, to enhance the vehicle safety. Chevrolet Cruze practice the "Fun to Drive" performance of the manipulation, movement and style of design experience to maximize the value of these three core concepts Chevrolet products.

In addition, the Chevrolet brand's Spark Chevrolet Spark, Aveo Chevrolet Aveo, Chevrolet Lova Lova, Epica Chevrolet Epica, Chevrolet Captiva, Buick's Buick Excelle , a new generation of Buick Regal, Buick luxury SUV and the Buick Park Avenue by a series of high-level cars are familiar with the Chinese public and the favorite models in the auto show debut collective.

Cadillac brand's other five illustrate the same models democratic in the illustrate, namely, Cadillac CTS luxury sedan, Cadillac CTS-V, Cadillac SLS luxury commerce cars, Cadillac Escalade, Carlyle German luxury SUV and the Cadillac XLR luxury roadster, and the Saab brand is also on exhibit at the Motor Show Saab 9-3 games sedan, Saab 9-3 Cabriolet Saab 9-3 station wagon and the Saab 9 -3XWD.

Another General Motors junction project in China - the market foremost in mini-commercial vehicles, SAIC-GM-Wuling Auto Show brandish in the Wuling emblem in its most well liked sequence of three forms, encompassing "China in 2008 best-selling form "- a innovation in sales of 400,000 light-Wuling, and Wuling Wuling dangled glory and passers-by. - 21393

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China for the "loans-for-oil" has been the total funding up to 45 billion U.S. dollars

By Professional editor working for himfr.

China National Petroleum Corporation (China National Petroleum Corp, for short: China National Petroleum Corporation) broadcast Friday that the state-owned oil and gas Kazakhstan has marked a structure affirmation on oil-for-loans, will use the total allowance of five billion U.S. dollars of borrowings for with the Central Asian nations to elaborate oil and gas possibilities for collaboration between industries.

This is the year in China since the marking of the fifth lend affirmation for oil. As part of the affirmation, China National Petroleum Corporation will be another oil and gas output in Kazakhstan's part of the shares. CNPC did not supply more data on the minutia of the acquisition transaction.

Since the innovation of this year, China has signalled with three places higher to the total measure of 39 billion U.S. dollars of loans-for-oil agreement. February 17 this year, China and Russia signalled a total finance of 25 billion U.S. dollars for the loans-for-oil agreement. China's State Development Bank is engrossed to the Russian oil industry businesses (Rosneft) and the Russian pipeline carrying business (Transneft) deliver 15 billion and 100 million dollars worth of hires adapted to encourage oil and natural gas resources in Siberia to the Chinese suppliers.

February 18, China and Brazil signed a 10 billion U.S. dollars of loans-for-oil agreement, China's State Development Bank, the Brazilian state-owned oil company Petrobras to provide 10 billion U.S. dollars of loans in exchange for a steady supply of the future. Under the agreement, Petrobras will be the market price of exports to China every day 100000-160000 barrels of crude oil.

February 21, China and Venezuela signed four billion U.S. dollars the amount of the loans-for-oil agreement. China's State Development Bank of Venezuela state oil company PDVSA to four billion U.S. dollars to provide loans in exchange for a commitment to a stable supply of the latter.

March 13 between China and Angola signed a one billion U.S. dollars the amount of the loans-for-oil agreement. Angola since the end of 2002 lasted for 22 years since the civil war, China has provided to Angola a total of about five billion U.S. dollars of oil-related loans.

Kazakhstan signed together with five billion U.S. dollars of loans-for-oil agreement, this year China used oil on the loans for a total funding of up to 45 billion U.S. dollars - 21393

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New energy vehicles, "China's power" of new energy sources 3 Hom

By Zou cheaponsale

In early March, the West Lake in the jump to glimpse a body there are several "EV" Thailand Focus 2008 logo, a new permit plate suspending out, long-standing rumors of untainted electric driven vehicles Thai persons, numerous of China's electric driven vehicles , the first vehicle to get a license.

As early as November 10, 2008 note released by the Department of Public Notice No. 179, Chung-tai on the untainted electric driven traveller vehicles has been made in the permit, is furthermore the first homeland to get an authorized vehicle license.

In item, Thailand is not only the public, embracing BYD, Chery, Universal and other manufacturers have ushered in their own at the commencing of electrical vehicles, a time more Chinese motor vehicle costs, new vitality in the worldwide automotive scenery has become the fastest advance in the might of forces .

Government Pushing Hands

April 10, "electric vehicles in 2009 China International Forum on Industrial Development" (hereinafter cited to as "Forum") was held in Beijing, Vice Minister of Public Works message MIAO YU said that the Public Works Department will step up the message with the Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Development and Reform Committee co-operation with other pertinent sections in rank to energy-saving and new vitality vehicle type request for paid job as an possibility to accelerate the method of industrialization of electrical vehicles.

Almost at the matching time, Ministry of Science and Technology Minister Wan Gang said in a dialogue, as in 2012, there will be 10% of in the household new motor vehicle goods produced is energy-saving and new vitality vehicle. The prevailing annual goods produced scope for of the in the household automobile 10,000,000 dollars for one million.

One is the first person in accuse of Dongfeng Motor, a first head of Tongji University Automotive Institute, supplies from the government, the selection of two authorities representatives, the midpoint government has been mirrored in the value of new vitality automobiles.

To move into the "Tenth Five-Year Plan", the Ministry of Science and Technology on the implementation of a 863 arrange to start collecting vitality with the new greatest systematic and technological extraordinary car. This extraordinary gain, embracing SAIC, Dongfeng, FAW, embracing the three greatest gatherings, the venture in addition set up Changan, Chery, Geely and other unconnected brands.

In 2008, the Ministry of Science and Technology in the Department of Public Works letter, also launched the "1000 Ten City" program, 10 cities in the urban public transport system, the first bus procurement of new energy sources.

January 23, 2009, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Science and Technology jointly issued the "energy-saving and new energy vehicle demonstration funds to promote financial assistance Interim Measures for the Administration." A clear focus on the central finance pilot cities for the purchase of hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles and other energy-saving and new energy vehicle to give a one-time grant fixed.

In the above-mentioned policy, the various vendors into a hurricane sudden, not only for their own product cards place to consider and, more importantly, the national policy support, loan support, the right words can be more.

Including public road electric vehicles, such as Thai series of events that marked the policy of the driving force, as reflected in the operational level to the specific. "Electric vehicles to the real market sales, also need to create safe, convenient and reliable use of the environment, it must rely on the support of national policy." MIAO YU, said at the forum.

"China Team"

Chery Automobile in March this year launched a pure electric vehicles S18, this car did not announce the price of the market, but the "1 million will be electric car to go home," the press speculation has given way to instant fame S18. "We hope in the future of government procurement, to enjoy a greater share." Assistant president of Chery Automobile, told reporters.

The future of the country as a result of new energy vehicles will be on Government Procurement of the subsidies kicked off car, city bus, rental, service, sanitation and postal and other public services to promote the use of the first energy-saving and new energy vehicles, therefore, not difficult to understand the many manufacturers in the policy next spring, have the initiative's momentum.

Chery Automobile presented this year the most costly hybrid Chery A5BSG, for A5 hybrid type, traded at 74,800 yuan, contrasted with the A5 the distinction between 20,000 yuan cost, and the first cab in the Wuhu procurement. Echoed this, in mid-December last year, BYD's first mass output hybrid F3 DM, low-cost 149,800 yuan to come to the market, higher than the cost of gasoline type of 50,000 yuan, but furthermore aim on Government Procurement .

Three assemblies of new power vehicles are furthermore often hand, new power, "China Team" has been set up. Whether SAIC, Chery, Geely, Changan, Lifan, hippocampus and other "local team", or the public overseas, Honda, Nissan, General Motors, Toyota, Citroen and other "foreign aid", have commenced hybrid, untainted designs for electric driven vehicles.

However, weighed against to the circumstances of manufacturers of letting a 100 blooms bloom, the actual mass-market hybrid motor vehicle manufacturers, but only Shanghai GM, FAW Toyota, Chery, BYD, and four manufacturers. Which, after two, but in addition the face of separate someone users can not only purpose on government procurement.

Tsinghua University, and Control of Atmospheric Pollution Phillipson, chief director of the Institute in an interview with reporters, said the prevailing development of new vitality vehicles articulated worry about the pattern. "Now many of environmentally congenial motor vehicles are still in the conceptual stage. These so-called environmentally-friendly vehicle to tenacity the restricted small-scale toxic waste, but not in the long run, in the long run is not a best way, the accurate should be deliberated environmentally-friendly motor vehicle goods produced method, method should in addition be deliberated abandoned. "

The product is environmentally friendly, for the continued strong Chinese team of new energy automobiles is just one of the following problems. "The next 10 years the global annual output of from 50 to 60 million vehicles, the traditional internal combustion engine vehicle will also be dominated. Therefore, the global automotive industry through the winter, down-to-earth to enhance the overall technical level of the traditional car is still out move to the pragmatic difficulties. "Analysts said the automotive industry.

The three new vitality Hom

Prospects for new energy vehicles are described as various manufacturers generally better, remains to be seen. And on the facilities the most difficult problems, many manufacturers still continue to put through to "gamble" all over the central and the rapid introduction of the policy.

First of all, the new energy vehicle will suffer the pain of the cost, as the technology is still belong to high-cost R & D phase, in particular pure electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle, the manufacturers have no hope at the cost of production fell to 100,000 in production and marketing of the scale, the new energy cost of cars much better than the traditional car was nearly doubled.

In addition, new energy sources, vehicle maintenance, service and other measures of input costs, although the country has a policy of grant funds, is still living beyond their means. "We do not count on state aid to help the development of an industry or enterprise in which the dominant." Yin, chairman of Chery Automobile said with the jump.

As the household automotive market evolving more comparable, earnings are weak, on this cornerstone, the expansion of output scale, advance service grades, expanding R & D efforts, cash is everywhere. Therefore, the household charges of numerous vehicles into the new power method, it is essential to bypass "window-shattering" situation.

In addition, the technology itself, the use of certain advanced technology, will produce waste. Volkswagen of Germany as an example, in the new area of energy, has been based on conventional diesel, gasoline engine technology upgrade, took three years to implement "powertrain strategy," has begun harvesting the results of the domestic. As of 2010, the annual output of more than one million products in general to reduce the overall fuel consumption and emissions by 20%.

In contrast, domestic, in addition to Geely, Brilliance, Chery and a small number of own brands are still the traditional engine of technical innovation, the vast majority of enterprises in new energy technology development, has focused on hybrid and electric field of.

As a technical system, hybrid and electric assembly only in the parts system, battery, etc., there are many problems yet to be resolved. "In the case of electric group, including synergies, for the discharge management and issues such as battery life, are not overcome." Tongji University Automotive College Professor Guohui Chang told reporters that a lot of technical details have resulted in prices of domestic-made vehicles like cars easily , volume production car difficult situation.

Li Shufu, person in accuse of Geely Automobile and in addition advised reporters: "Do not just like an electrical car. Whether it is methanol, ethanol, or natural gas, oil, diesel oil, as long as the use of less, what will do. The surviving inside combustion motor is 35% waste of vitality , first inside combustion motor technical knowledge to enhance surviving, do not waste vitality, which is the most realistic. - 21393

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China's iron and steel industry trade again

By Professional editor working for frbiz.

April 8, seven U.S. oil pipe constructing enterprises iron alloy employees amalgamation and the United States on China's trade items to the United States oil pipe (OCTG) to the U.S. Department of Commerce and U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) against anti-dumping and countervailing proceedings, the allowance of litigation up to 2.7 billion U.S. dollars. If the document effectively, it will be the United States since 2006 the Chinese commenced the first 14 in twos of counter-investigation.

According to Bloomberg report bureau, representing the U.S. iron alloy manufacturers and iron alloy employees unions Shagrin solicitors said that the United States is by far the biggest of China's one of the anti-dumping accusations, it may be a sequence of discarding against Chinese iron alloy the starting of the complaint. He said: "I believe there will be numerous future metal and iron alloy and non-steel trade activity against China."

This reporter has knowledgeable that since last year, the United States, European Union, Canada has dominate of our pipeline, stainless iron pressure pipe, iron pipe seamless iron pipe and else models of dual-launched anti-dumping or anti-merger investigations. However, the U.S. reaction towards the oil pipe is the biggest category of pipe, and its exports allowing for approximately halves of China's iron exports.

Europe and the United States suspects that China's iron products, there are a lot of government subsidy. As a matter of fact, China's exports of plate-type species has been compiled prior towards tall tariffs.

"As China's steel exports increase in market share increase this trade friction is inevitable. With the recent economic recession, this phenomenon is even more serious." Well-known experts in the iron and steel, "the Sankei Shimbun in China," press said in an interview that, once lost in China, China's steel will be to impose high anti-dumping duties, the price advantage will cease to exist, that basically means that the Chinese steel market will have to withdraw from the United States.

"With the future of the international iron alloy market to shrink, will boost the number of alike problems." Lange Steel Information Research Center, deputy controller of the "Sankei Shimbun China", said that China should discover to use worldwide trade guidelines, defence of China's own interests. At present, most little and medium-sized seamless personal part, productivity dispersion, we should work simultaneously to pattern a answer to the lawsuit.

All China Lawyers Association Jian Zhou advisors were of the outlook that whereas this kind of prosecution is the perform of business-to-business, enterprises should dynamically reply to. However, such a case the Government should be to discuss for the identical, or even lawful activity against the WTO and the United States.

It is reported that the instance has alerted the Ministry of Commerce, China Iron and Steel Association was commissioned towards the coordination of businesses towards actively respond. Branch of the Chinese iron Steel Association onto April ten the Secretary-General remarked the China Iron and Steel Association has branded an emergency 14 principal exporters, is tentatively scheduled towards greet April 15 towards confer countermeasures.

It is worth citing that, in outlook of the European Union will be in China before the seamless iron alloy pipe provisional anti-dumping obligations enforced, the Commerce Department in ascribe of applicable agencies have apparently conveyed their opponents to this. The authorized worried, WTO Anti-Dumping Agreement presents that the risk of damage to a very firm, be founded on details, other than solely on the cornerstone of accusations, conjecture and the likelihood of a very little, the impairment should furthermore be adept to apparently foreseen and imminent. - 21393

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Auto perspective of the expansion command of the green automotive industry

By Zou Frbiz

The economic turmoil sweeping the globe in the background, April 22 (today's date for the media) in Shanghai New International Expo Center, Shanghai Auto Show is the "unlimited spring": the total elevation of this demonstrate higher to 170,000 square meters, with demonstrate growth through the beforehand 20%

And there are 13 models unveiled the world's first. In the global economy under the shadow of the Shanghai auto show why much of the major car manufacturers attach great importance to? This is due to the global automobile market under the pattern of fissile position highlights the focus of the Chinese market to seize the Chinese market, grasped the last straw to save lives is no longer an empty talk. Global auto giants including domestic automakers to compete in the future getting a head start and find a way out, not only have faster speed, positive attitude, and more importantly, "new thinking."

Decision thinking way out, the novel judgement on the novel way of thinking! Shanghai Auto Show this gives us the mainstream car production plants to learn come seal the population, labels, goods, marketing, strategy and so the area to demonstrate novel thinking.

1, the lively Shanghai auto display is one of the world automobile market in the doldrums like an oasis, and possibly some doubt that only the illusion of a mirage, the Chinese automobile market is the principle of the virtual hand contain China. But one thing is certain that the annals of each will be escorted by financial urgent position in a new technological transformation, each technical and technological transformation will be a new around of financial development and an significant motor of prosperity. And development of energy-saving and new power vehicles should be the alternative of history.

This demonstrate, both small and many production plants, close to every family have launched a couple novel energy motor vehicles, surrounding electric-powered cars, hybrid, fuel cell motor vehicles and so on. SAIC and Shanghai Automotive to promote novel energy directing assembly office signalled a contract for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo will deliver more than 1000 cubicles of novel energy vehicles; Shanghai GM to reach playing the "Green transferring ahead," banner, the introduction of high-end hybrid SUV; Honda come higher with their have hybrid Insiht housekeeping weapons and so on.

2, green, green is the eternal theme. From the auto demonstrate to show in public novel mechanical supplies goods of close to all the demonstrates in a color that is "green." From this point of outlook, with the subject of this demonstrate referred to "technology" is "a novel realm," was also in line.

Ministry of Science and Technology Minister Wan Gang in the show in front of an open forum to promote new energy sources for the healthy development of automobile, Ministry of Science and Technology will work in four areas:

First, continue to increase R & D investment, to promote the technology continues to improve, and promote electric cars, plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and its key components of the industry.

Second, the Joint Science and Technology Ministry of Finance and other applicable agencies to together coordinate the implementation of nationwide energy-saving and new power causes, encourage the use of large-scale automotive technology, to encourage power conservation and new power causes, encourage the use of large-scale vehicle.

Third, learn from the United States, Japan and Europe to promote energy conservation and new energy vehicle of good practices and experience, in particular, is a good policy tool to promote the implementation of energy saving and new energy vehicles, and incentive policies to support.

Fourth, the establishment of our organization with novel energy accumulating mechanical supplies advance and the League of the automobile industry, and promote research with official cooperation.

3, the new energy is the opportunity of China's own brands. Many enterprises in 20,30 that the traditional internal combustion engine is impossible to withdraw from the years of dominance, the traditional internal combustion engine there is a great scientific and technological space, than the so-called new energy sources is now unrealistic to expect more cars to be realistic, to be effective the number of the current development should be focused on the traditional internal combustion engine fuel efficiency improvement of environmental performance.

Indeed, the new energy now applauded not only the latter will focus on the traditional internal combustion engine is, after all, a strategy for preservation. But conservative too often resulted in the loss of the pulse to seize the opportunity. - 21393

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