Ministry of Commerce: Promote the transition of automotive consumption from purchasing management to usage management.

On September 13, Geng Hongzhou, a first-level inspector of the Market Operations and Consumer Promotion Department of the Ministry of Commerce, stated at the 2025 International Forum on the Development of the Chinese Automobile Industry that the automotive industry is undergoing profound changes as a result of the accelerated evolution of a new round of technological revolution and industrial revolution. In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will focus on the implementation of the "trade-in old for new" policy in the automobile industry, continuously optimize platform functions, empower data to ensure that subsidy funds reach consumers in a timely and convenient manner. At the same time, the Ministry of Commerce will also deepen and solidify the pilot reform of automobile circulation consumption, using reform measures to eliminate constraints on automobile consumption, promote the transformation of automobile consumption from purchase management to use management, and cultivate new growth points in automobile consumption with innovative thinking.