China Association of Automobile Manufacturers
中国汽车工业协会
The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (中国汽车工业协会, often abbreviated as 中汽协 or CAAM) is an industry association cited as a source for official Chinese automotive production and sales data. Per a 2021 FreeS Research piece, the association's monthly briefings provided figures showing that new-energy vehicles were forming an incremental market even as the overall auto sector entered stock-market conditions . A 2023 FreeS article likewise referenced a CAAM press conference where association deputy secretary-general Chen Shihua forecast that full-year vehicle production and sales would exceed 27 million units . The association also appeared in 2025 FreeS coverage of China's "Two Sessions" policy roundup, supplying statistics that vehicle trade-in programs in 2024 had driven more than 6.62 million vehicle updates and over RMB 920 billion in auto sales . elsewhere's corpus does not contain further detail on the organization's structure, founding, or governance.
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Venture Capital Lens on the Two Sessions: Six Core Topics and Policy Roundup | FreeS Research --- Every March, China's "Two Sessions" — the annual meetings of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) — draw widespread attention. For investors and entrepreneurs, the government work report and policy signals released during this period serve as a critical compass for the year ahead. In this article, the FreeS Research team examines the 2024 Two Sessions through a venture capital lens, identifying six core topics most relevant to the tech and startup ecosystem: **AI and digital economy, hard tech and advanced manufacturing, new energy and carbon neutrality, biotech and healthcare, consumption and domestic circulation,** and **capital markets and fundraising environment.** We also map out the specific policy measures and investment implications for each. --- ## 1. AI and the Digital Economy: From "Development" to "Application" AI was elevated to a new level of urgency at this year's Two Sessions. The government work report explicitly called for **"deepening R&D and application of AI"** and **"launching the 'AI+' initiative"** — a notable shift from previous years' emphasis on "development" and
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