[Chebaihui Zhang Yongwei: During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the overall scale of the auto market needs to be maintained at 35 million-40 million vehicles] September 15th, Zhang Yongwei, chairman of the Chebaihui Research Institute, said today at the media communication meeting of the Auto Centenary Conference and Intelligent Electric Vehicle Development Forum (2027) that maintaining the stability of the auto market is an important task to support economic development. During the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the overall annual sales volume of the auto market needs to be maintained at 35 million-40 million units. Among them, 25 million vehicles in the domestic market is an important task to stabilize the domestic cycle; export + overseas production has shifted from speed to quality, with a reasonable target of 10 million-15 million vehicles per year. Chebaihui predicts that overall car sales will decline slightly by 3% to about 33.4 million units in 2026, but will still be higher than sales in 2024; new energy vehicle sales are expected to be 18.4 million units for the whole year, a year-on-year increase of 12%, and the full-scale penetration rate is about 55%. Chebaihui also stated that in 2027, the Chinese automobile market will enter a recovery period. (Reporter Liu Yang)