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<ul><li>China granted a six-month grace period for carmakers and dealers to sell off as many as 2 million new vehicles that will be out of compliance with new emission standards taking effect July 1.</li><li>The move is intended to ease pressure on the auto market amid slowing sales and a brutal price war.</li><li>The government said it will allow sales of vehicles produced under the old pollution standards to continue until Dec. 31, though automakers will have to apply more stringent requirements to newly built autos starting July 1.</li></ul>

China granted a six-month grace period for carmakers and dealers to sell off as many as 2 million new vehicles that will be out of compliance with new emission standards taking effect July 1.The move is intended to ease pressure on the auto market amid slowing sales and a brutal price war.The government said it will allow sales of vehicles produced under the old pollution standards to continue until Dec. 31, though automakers will have to apply more stringent requirements to newly built autos starting July 1.

China Cuts Automakers a Break on New Emission Rules

Thematic (Sector/Industry)

<ul><li>Several major automakers in China are racing to slash prices on both new-energy (NEV) or conventionally powered vehicles, hoping to survive an escalating price war as consumer demand weakens amid policy changes.</li><li>The price war intensified at the start of March, when state-owned Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. launched a promotion in its home province of Hubei by offering steep discounts on some of its models</li><li>The promotion, which came two months after U.S. electric-vehicle (EV) giant Tesla Inc.’s eye-catching price cuts, set off a chain reaction across the industry</li></ul>

Several major automakers in China are racing to slash prices on both new-energy (NEV) or conventionally powered vehicles, hoping to survive an escalating price war as consumer demand weakens amid policy changes.The price war intensified at the start of March, when state-owned Dongfeng Motor Group Co. Ltd. launched a promotion in its home province of Hubei by offering steep discounts on some of its modelsThe promotion, which came two months after U.S. electric-vehicle (EV) giant Tesla Inc.’s eye-catching price cuts, set off a chain reaction across the industry

Automakers in China Are Racing to Slash Prices

China Specialist, Auto and Industrial Specialist

Victoria Li

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<li>Dongfeng announced 12%-35% subsidy on its retail price to reverse weak sales which has seen most of its factories suspending production</li>
<li>This has triggered a price war with more than 30 brands joining with similar ranges of price discounts/subsidies, most of which are JV brands - some upto 50%</li>
<li>We see a possibility that some of the JV brands exit China this year</li>
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Dongfeng announced 12%-35% subsidy on its retail price to reverse weak sales which has seen most of its factories suspending production
This has triggered a price war with more than 30 brands joining with similar ranges of price discounts/subsidies, most of which are JV brands - some upto 50%
We see a possibility that some of the JV brands exit China this year


China Auto: ICE Price War Triggered by Dongfeng, JV Players Under Pressure

External broker reports(aggregated public sources), CMB International

CMB International

External broker reports(aggregated public sources)

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<ul><li>China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume fell 3% YoY in 2022 with weaker-than-expected sales in Nov and Dec.</li><li>Wholesale volume rose 10% YoY in 2022, aided by exports and inventory restocking.</li><li>Automakers cut about 0.49mn units of inventories in their dealers’ showrooms in Dec 2022, lower than our expectation, as new-energy vehicle (NEV) makers only cut their inventories by 17,000 units in Dec. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume fell 3% YoY in 2022 with weaker-than-expected sales in Nov and Dec.Wholesale volume rose 10% YoY in 2022, aided by exports and inventory restocking.Automakers cut about 0.49mn units of inventories in their dealers’ showrooms in Dec 2022, lower than our expectation, as new-energy vehicle (NEV) makers only cut their inventories by 17,000 units in Dec. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

China Auto Sector – Weak ending of 2022 provides a glimpse of hope

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal, Shenton Research

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

Asia Pac ECM and Index Rebal

Asia Pac IPO & Placement Research, China Biotech

Shenton Research

Shenton Research is an independent Asia Pacific equity specialist. Our quantitative research covers index rebalancing flows, alongside exchange data analytics accross Asia Pacific. On the equity capital markets side, we focus on Asia Pacific ECM, especially biotech and TMT. Our lead analyst is frequently cited by international media.

Quantitative Analysis

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<li>We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of CSI 300 in the past month.</li>
<li>We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.</li>
<li>We highlighted EPS revision on ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT, GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE, INDUSTRIAL BANK, Longi Green, SERES, ZIJIN MINING, PING AN INSURANCE, GIGADEVICE SEMICONDUCTOR.</li>
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We analysed the earning revision of component stocks of CSI 300 in the past month.
We tabulated stocks with the top impact on index's EPS, stocks' EPS revision, and revenue revision.
We highlighted EPS revision on ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT, GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE, INDUSTRIAL BANK, Longi Green, SERES, ZIJIN MINING, PING AN INSURANCE, GIGADEVICE SEMICONDUCTOR.


CSI 300 Index Earning Revision (Jul): ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT, GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE, INDUSTRIAL BANK

China

Chongqing Changan Automobile Company Limited develops, manufactures, and markets mini cars, mini sedans, full size sedans, and engines.

Chongqing Changan Automobile C (000625 CH)

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China Cuts Automakers a Break on New Emission Rules

China granted a six-month grace period for carmakers and dealers to sell off as many as 2 million new vehicles that will be out of compliance with...

Caixin Global

Automakers in China Are Racing to Slash Prices

Several major automakers in China are racing to slash prices on both new-energy (NEV) or conventionally powered vehicles, hoping to survive an...

Caixin Global

China Auto: ICE Price War Triggered by Dongfeng, JV Players Under Pressure

Dongfeng's irrational sales promitions announced last weekend has triggered a price war with more than 30 brands joining with similar ranges of...

Victoria Li

China Auto Sector – Weak ending of 2022 provides a glimpse of hope

China’s passenger-vehicle (PV) retail sales volume fell 3% YoY in 2022 with weaker-than-expected sales in Nov and Dec. Wholesale volume rose 10%...

CMB International

CSI 300 Index Earning Revision (Jul): ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT, GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE, INDUSTRIAL BANK

We analyzed CSI 300's consensus for Jul 2026 and highlighted changes of EPS in ZHONGJI INNOLIGHT (300308 CH), GUANGZHOU AUTOMOBILE (601238 CH),...

Ke Yan, CFA, FRM

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