The 3rd Global Automotive Development Trend Forum was successfully held at the Shanghai National Convention and Exhibition Center on November 7, 2020, during the 3rd CIIE.

Based on the success of the previous two "Global Automotive Development Trends Forum", this forum was focused on the theme of "How the New Energy Automobile Industry Goes from the Region to the Global". Topics included building new energy vehicles and core parts industry clusters, new energy vehicle strategy and development, and building a diversified, professional, authoritative, shared and win-win international exchange platform. The purpose of the forum is to promote exchanges and cooperation between domestic and foreign automobiles and related enterprises, accelerate the innovation and development of the new energy automobile industry, promote the accelerated rise of industrial clusters, and strive to achieve a qualitative leap in economic development.

This forum was supported by the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China, hosted by the China-Europe Association for Economic and Technical Cooperation, and co-organized by the People's Government of Gaoping City, Shanxi Province, Beijing DaguoHuigu Technology Co., Ltd., and Aiways Automobile Co., Ltd. It witnessed the attendance of Mr. Ren Hongbin, Assistant Minister of MOFCOM, Academician C.C. Chan, Academician of Chinese Academy of Engneering, and Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering,  Dr.Thomas Meurers, General Manager VDA China, Mr. Robert Herzner, Chief Representative of German Federal Agency for Foreign Trade and Investment(GTAI) in China, Dr. Andrzej Juchniewicz,  China Chief Representative of Polish Investment and Trade Agency.

At the forum, CEATEC and the People's Government of Gaoping City held a signing ceremony for the strategic cooperation of China-Europe Industrial Park. In the future, the two parties will jointly build and manage the China-Europe Industrial Park, jointly build an international advanced technology transaction service center, and jointly initiate the establishment of a China-Europe Industrial Fund with provincial and municipal industrial funds and related capital at home and abroad, with a fund size of 10 billion yuan. The in-depth cooperation between the two parties will undoubtedly boost the economic development of Gaoping City and create a new development model for Gaoping.