On August 20, Di Zhirui, vice president of Changan Automobile, said at the 2026 NEV Global Cooperation and Development Forum that Chinese automobile brands are facing three challenges: the first challenge is the shortfall in brand premium, and affordability is the only widely recognized label for Chinese brands overseas; the second challenge is the quantitative and profit imbalance, where the business viability depends entirely on bicycle profit and loss balance rather than shipment volume; the third challenge is the weak localization base. The production ratio of Chinese companies overseas is far lower than that of Japanese and European competitors.

Zhitongcaijing · 3d ago
On August 20, Di Zhirui, vice president of Changan Automobile, said at the 2026 NEV Global Cooperation and Development Forum that Chinese automobile brands are facing three challenges: the first challenge is the shortfall in brand premium, and affordability is the only widely recognized label for Chinese brands overseas; the second challenge is the quantitative and profit imbalance, where the business viability depends entirely on bicycle profit and loss balance rather than shipment volume; the third challenge is the weak localization base. The production ratio of Chinese companies overseas is far lower than that of Japanese and European competitors.