The China EV100 Forum (2025) was held in Beijing from March 28 to March 30. Su Bo, former Vice Minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, stated that China is currently at a critical turning point in the transition from oil to electricity, and it is urgent to promote the full utilization of fuel vehicle resources.

"In the next two to three years, it will still be a period of rapid development for new energy vehicles, as well as a painful transition phase from oil to electricity," he said, adding that China's automotive industry will enter a new stage where new energy vehicles dominate market development.

However, he emphasized that currently, there are at least over 30 million units of fuel vehicle capacity and over 20 million units of established new energy vehicle capacity. The oil-to-electric conversion has only absorbed two to three million units of fuel vehicle capacity, while most of the new energy vehicle capacity is newly built. At present, the production and sales of fuel vehicles and their profitability have significantly declined, with a large amount of capacity being left idle, facing a major crisis of survival. Some enterprises have already stopped production or gone bankrupt.

Su Bo pointed out that market demand has become the main driver determining the speed and fate of the transition from quantitative to qualitative change in fuel vehicles, making the restructuring of the automotive industry ecosystem urgent. He suggested that relevant authorities should quickly research and formulate policies for guidance and leadership, while vigorously promoting the acceleration of the electrification transformation of fuel vehicle companies. Furthermore, he recommended that new production capacity for new energy vehicles be primarily achieved through mergers and reorganizations of fuel vehicle companies, shareholding reform, and asset acquisitions, rather than large-scale land acquisition for new construction, in order to reduce the potential for greater resource waste that may arise from continuing parallel development.