China, one of the world's leading automotive manufacturing markets is in transition due to changing customer behavior and growing trends such as e-commerce, mobile payment and new mobility services.
To take a closer look at these trends and their impact on the market, the Drees & Sommer Shanghai automotive team organized a roundtable with relevant industry representatives on October 26. Dennis Schulz, Director at Drees & Sommer Shanghai and Head of Automotive Asia Pacific, moderated the event which was attended by Sebastian Mueller (Bosch), Mao Zhigang (Schaeffler), Frank Ye (Hasco), Dennis Kautz (Mann+Hummel), Shen Jie (Continental), Joerg Lonkwitz (Gensler) and Lexy Rae (Ukoo).
The discussion focused on current hot topics that are impacting the Chinese automotive industry:
- Demands of Chinese customers
- Autonomous Driving
- Ownership of cars
- Changing social habits
- Impacts from current energy cuts
- Changing relations between OEM’s and suppliers
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