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SAIC Motor to sell 1.5m vehicles overseas in 2025 chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-02-01 15:59 A SAIC model is driven into a cargo ship headed to Europe. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
China s largest carmaker SAIC Motor Corporation is planning to scale up its overseas sales to 1.5 million by 2025, almost four times last year s figure, according to senior executives.
SAIC, partner of US carmaker General Motors and Germany s Volkswagen, sold 390,000 vehicles in overseas markets in 2020, up 11.3 percent from 2019, despite the COVID-19 pandemic. They accounted for over one third of Chinese carmakers total overseas deliveries in the year. To be honest, the overseas markets are huge, said Yu De, managing director of SAIC Motor International Business Department, in an interview on Friday.
Opposition Leader On Pre-Budget Report
The Opposition Leader and Shadow Minister of Finance Cole Simons commented on Bermuda’s 2021/2022 Pre-Budget Report, and provided a list of initiatives that the “OBA would immediately implement to change the trajectory of the 2021-22 Budget.”
Mr Simons said, “The Progressive Labour Party Government’s 2021-22 Pre-Budget Report tells Bermuda a graphic story of their direction and priorities. Unfortunately, the picture they paint is a bleak one for Bermuda.
COVID-19
“On the matter of COVID-19, the Opposition recognizes that the pandemic has had a cataclysmic impact on Bermuda’s culture and economy. We recognize that a balance must be struck between mitigating the health risk that this pandemic brings and supporting those most impacted.
SAIC Motor s popularity grows in overseas markets chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-01-08 17:12 A SAIC model is driven into a cargo ship headed to Europe. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
In spite of the COVID-19 pandemic, SAIC Motor Corporation saw its overseas deliveries in 2020 soar 11.3 percent year-on-year to 390,000 vehicles, accounting for roughly one third of China s total vehicle exports in the year.
SAIC, China s largest carmaker and a partner of General Motors and Volkswagen, has set a goal of selling 1 million vehicles in overseas markets in 2025.
SAIC established its international business unit in 2011. It s now present in over 60 countries and regions, with a sales network of over 810 dealerships. It has nine markets in which annual sales can reach 10,000 vehicles.
The making of sustainable smart cities
As Indonesia leaps into the Smart City 4.0 platform, Jakarta is seeking to fulfill the needs of its citizens through a solid framework that combines technology and innovation with collaboration and co-creation, for a sustainable city of tomorrow.
Jakarta had a glimpse of a better way of life during the nationwide lockdown in April this year. At the peak of the Covid-19 outbreak, its 10 million residents enjoyed clean air and smooth traffic in a city notorious for its clogged roads.
But it need not take a pandemic for urban dwellers to seek better living conditions. In the long run, smart cities are key to enhancing the quality of life, promoting economic growth and building a sustainable environment, panelists of the Philippines-Japan Business Investment Virtual Forum 2020 say.