On June 26, the 2026 Automobile-Tire Cross-Border Development Summit Forum was officially held in Beijing. With the core theme of “Moving towards the new and working together for win-win results”, this forum focused on the new cycles, new opportunities, and new challenges faced by the automobile and tire industries, and gathered the forces of government, industry, academia, and research to jointly explore new paths for upstream and downstream coordinated development.
The morning session of the forum was hosted by senior experts in the industry. Relevant persons in charge of the China Automotive Industry Advisory Committee and Sinopec Beijing Research Institute of Chemical Industry delivered speeches at the forum, pointing out that the current pace of electrification, intelligence, and globalization of the automobile industry is accelerating. The tire industry, as a core supporting component, is also facing a critical window period for technological upgrading and green transformation. Strengthening linkage and forming synergy between upstream and downstream industries is the core direction to respond to market changes and seize development opportunities.
Subsequently, Dr. Wang Yuanhong, a researcher at the National Information Center, conducted an in-depth analysis and trend outlook on the current macroeconomic situation and related policies, providing professional reference for the companies present to judge the industrial development environment; the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment analyzed the breakout path of tire companies around the two core issues of corporate environmental compliance construction and green barriers in the international market, and put forward specific action suggestions for the high-quality development of the tire industry under the new situation.
At the end of the morning agenda, the 2026 “Tire Star” award ceremony was officially held. A total of 19 outstanding companies from the tire and upstream and downstream industry chains won this award for their outstanding performance in technological innovation, market performance, social responsibility and other dimensions and took the stage to receive the award.
The afternoon session of the forum was hosted by Yan Jianlai, deputy secretary-general of the Society of Automotive Engineers of China. A number of industry heavyweight guests brought topic sharing: Xu Changming, a senior economist at the National Information Center, conducted an in-depth analysis of the three structural changes that will occur in the automobile market during the “15th Five-Year Plan” period.
Hidden behind the scenes are new opportunities in the market; Hai Bo, senior consultant of the Global Relations Secretariat of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in China, provided professional guidance for Chinese tire and automobile companies in their overseas layout and alignment with global rules on the topic of “The Functions of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the Globalization of China’s Industries”;
Xu Haidong, deputy secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, conducted a comprehensive analysis of the current development status of China’s automobile industry and future international development trends based on the latest industry operation data; the relevant person in charge of China Automotive Parts Technology (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. shared the latest progress in the field of tire testing research, providing technical reference for tire companies’ product iterations and upgrades; Beijing University of Chemical Technology’s business instructor Xun Shanglun shared the research and development and industrial application of electromagnetic heating energy-saving technology for rubber and plastic machinery, providing a new technical path for tire companies to reduce green costs.
This forum also set up a roundtable discussion session, where representatives from automobile companies, leading tire manufacturers, and core supply chain companies had a dialogue on the same stage. They conducted in-depth discussions on hot topics such as overseas supply chain collaboration, unification of green product standards, and upgrading of supporting tire technology for intelligent connected vehicles that are generally concerned by the industry. A number of industry consensuses with implementation value were output.
It is understood that this forum attracted more than 100 industry professionals to participate, setting up an efficient communication and docking platform for the two related industries of automobiles and tires, and also laying a good foundation for the subsequent collaborative development of the industry.
