Opening words: A well-off society is the ideal society that the Chinese nation has longed for since ancient times, and it is also the goal of the struggle of contemporary Chinese Communists and the Chinese people. This year is the year of decisive victory in an all-round well-off society and a decisive battle against poverty.

From the macroeconomic level, the automobile is the "ballast stone" of the national economy and the leader of the manufacturing industry; from the daily life level, the car is not only a money-making machine for running fast, but also an indispensable means of transportation for the people. . The changes of generations of models are a portrayal of the prosperity of our country's economy and a testimony of people moving towards a well-off life.

Starting from this issue, this newspaper has launched the "Towards Our Well-off Life" column, which cuts from multiple angles to deconstruct the well-off life in the automobile society.

Finally, the first century-long goal is about to be achieved, and a country with a population of nearly 1.4 billion will achieve a well-off society in all respects. Standing before an important milestone in the history of human development, we unfolded a long historical scroll and discovered that the automobile industry is indispensable in the process of sustained and steady progress in China’s economy; in the course of continuous social progress and cultural prosperity, the automobile industry Contributions are indispensable; automotive products are everywhere on the road for the people to get rid of poverty and become rich and towards a well-off society.

Automobiles are not only an important support and cornerstone in the building of a moderately prosperous society in my country, but also a more important and active role in achieving the goal of the second centenary. The automobile is a leading industry that represents the comprehensive capability and level of the country's manufacturing industry.

Time is like a song, reborn to usher in great changes

Steady economic development is a major prerequisite for moving towards a well-off society, and in the "troika" that drives China's economic growth, automobiles have played an important role. With its long industrial chain and strong leading role, the automobile industry has always been a popular choice for economic development across the country.

Before 1953, there was no decent automobile manufacturing plant in China; in 1955, my country's automobile production was only 61; by 2019, the output had reached 25.721 million, accounting for nearly 30% of the world's total production. The overall revenue of the automobile manufacturing industry The scale has reached 8084.67 billion yuan, which is a pillar industry of the national economy.

At present, consumption is the "stabilizer" and "ballast stone" of my country's economic growth. As a bulk consumer product, automobiles play an important role in promoting and promoting. From independent brands, joint venture brands to foreign brands; from fuel vehicles to pure electric, hybrid, and hydrogen fuel vehicles; from economy cars to high-end luxury cars... The diversified development of the Chinese automobile market has met the needs of different domestic consumers. So even if it has already stood on a new level of 28 million annual sales, the industry still believes that there is room and potential for growth.

In 1949, my country's total trade import and export volume was only 4.13 billion yuan; by 2019, my country's annual total import and export volume has reached 31.54 trillion yuan, and the scale of imports and exports, exports and imports have all reached record highs. Among them, the import and export scale of automobile products has increased steadily, the trade structure has been continuously optimized, and the quality and efficiency have been significantly improved, which has made important contributions to determining and consolidating my country's status as the world's largest trade in goods.

At the beginning of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, my country’s total economy accounted for less than 5% of the world’s total. Based on a population of 540 million, the per capita national income was only US$44.26, which is 1/11 of the United Kingdom and 1/6 of France, even lower than India. 20%. Today, China is the second largest economy in the world. In 2019, the total economic volume has grown to 99 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 16% of the world's proportion, and its contribution to world economic growth may reach 30%. From "one poor and two white" to standing among the world's powers, the growth and progress of automobiles in investment, consumption and exports are obvious to all.

Do not forget the original intention and drive into the homes of ordinary people

Different from other industries, the role of automobiles in building a well-off society in an all-round way is not only reflected in these cold figures, it gives everyone who enters a well-off life a real sense of gain and happiness.

Trucks are a tool and helper for people to work hard and drive towards a well-off life. "If you want to get rich, build roads first." Since the founding of New China, the mileage of roads in my country has increased from 80,800 kilometers in the early days of the founding of New China to 4,846,500 kilometers. There are 50.48 kilometers of roads per 100 square kilometers of land. Roads and bridges leaped up in the villages and mountains that were once inconvenient and blocked by poverty. Where there is a road, there is a car. For the people living in the mountains, a car can better deliver local agricultural and livestock products and bring in the colorful and colorful scenery outside the mountains. There are more roads and more cars and more life than I have more hope.

The bus is the bridge and link for people to enter a wonderful life full of hope. At the beginning of the founding of New China, only a few cities such as Beijing and Shanghai opened bus routes in China. Until the beginning of reform and opening up, there were still less than 30,000 urban public transport vehicles in China, and the annual passenger volume was only 13.2 billion. Nowadays, in cities, there is a constant flow of buses and intercity long-distance bus lines are densely intertwined; the road mileage in rural areas has exceeded 4 million kilometers, and the rate of completed and qualified organized villages across the country has reached 99.45%, and the rate of passenger traffic in towns and towns is 99.64% (data As of December 2019).

The car is a sign and symbol of people's wealth of food and clothing and the pursuit of a happy life. At the beginning of the founding of New China, the number of cars in the country was only 50,000. Only people living in first-tier cities such as Beijing and Shanghai can often see cars. The main means of transportation for people's daily travel are rickshaws, bicycles and walking. In the early 1990s, high-end imported cars were very rare, and cars were a symbol of one's status. Since then, as China has liberalized the private purchase of small cars, passenger car products have continued to be enriched, and production and sales have increased rapidly. Automobiles are gradually returning from status symbols to ordinary transportation tools. By the end of 2019, according to the National Bureau of Statistics, the number of civilian vehicles in my country reached 260 million (including 7.62 million three-wheeled vehicles and low-speed trucks). It is no exaggeration to say that in today's first- and second-tier cities, it is difficult to find two vehicles. There are families with bicycles, but families with one or two cars abound.

Cars have changed people's transportation methods and their quality of life. From poverty alleviation to prosperity, from food and clothing to well-off, the car is the best partner and the warmest companion.

Carry on the past and open the future

There is rarely a product that can integrate technology and wisdom like a car. As a new generation of intelligent terminals, the automotive industry has a broad prospect and unlimited hope; there is rarely an industry that can be like a car, with such a long industrial chain and driving The economic role is so obvious, and it is so closely connected with people's daily life, and it is closely related to social development.

Standing at the historical intersection of the "two centenary" goals, how to draw the blueprint of the automobile industry is of vital importance. What is certain is that the automobile industry will bear more important responsibilities and responsibilities in the new era of basically realizing socialist modernization and building a prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious and beautiful modern socialist country.

China's economy has entered a new stage of high-quality development with speed-up and gear shifting. How the auto industry can complete the transformation and upgrading through innovation-driven and promote the economy to a new level is a new issue for the industry; Chinese society is moving towards a lower carbon and environmental protection In the process of building a resource-saving and environment-friendly society and advancing the construction of a beautiful China, how the auto industry leads the green revolution is a new issue in the industry; the door of the Chinese market is opening wider and deeper into the world economy is the general trend It is a new challenge for the industry that how independent brands stand firm in the domestic market, open up the international stage, and create a shining business card "Made in China"...

On the new journey, we must strengthen our confidence. After years of accumulation and precipitation, China's automobile industry has achieved world-renowned achievements and created a development achievement that "surprised the world." Today, backed by the world’s largest and most dynamic new car market, the world’s most complete and increasingly mature industrial chain, and the continuous improvement and formation of a strong supportive industry management system, as long as the automotive industry is working hard and courageously forward, it will be able to write Create a brilliant new chapter of a powerful automobile nation and contribute to the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

(Text: Shi Yunyun Editor: Chen Wei)

The online car-hailing life of driver Lao Li

After the rise of online car-hailing, in just a few years, it has become one of the most important travel modes in large and medium-sized cities. In fact, in third- and fourth-tier cities where the technology penetration rate is relatively lagging, there are no subways, intercity trains, etc. as travel tools, and online car-hailing has quickly occupied the market since its appearance, providing convenient and fast travel solutions for these urban residents. It also provides a lot of employment opportunities for these cities, and brings relatively stable income to the group of online car-hailing drivers.

50-year-old ride-hailing driver

"Hello, passenger number 7907, please fasten your seat belts in the car, and we will set off." Li Shuqi (named as a pseudonym in the text at the request of the interviewee) is a Didi Express driver in Beijing, just a year ago. At the age of 50, in the year of destiny, he showed a sunny and upward mentality in life.

He told reporters that he was laid off from the factory where he used to work in 1999. At that time, as a seven-foot man who had just turned 30, when he was faced with reemployment in the society, he discovered that he had no more education than he did. With so much skill in earning a living, being laid off puts his life into trouble. After a period of confusion, he took up the job of a taxi driver.

A few years ago, when the online car-hailing platform first appeared, he heard from friends around him that registering as a driver of an online car-hailing platform earned more than renting a car. Therefore, he became the first batch of drivers in the online car-hailing industry with the mentality of giving it a try.

Lao Li told reporters that despite the long working hours and high intensity of this industry, their family's life has been improved. The "Internet +" has created employment opportunities for him. He always has a heart to give back to the society. Speaking of giving back, Lao Li expressed his understanding, "Nowadays, many people like to go out to restaurants for gatherings and socializing. If you go out to eat, you must drink and not drive. At this time, we should stick to our posts and not let You don’t have a car when you need it."

There is pain and happiness is life

Once Lao Li took an order, and the person in the car was the "CEO" of a business from outside. In the middle of the road, vehicle remnants were scattered on the carriageway. "The head of the state-owned enterprise came down and cleared the roadblocks with me. I was very moved at the time," Li Shuqi said.

Another time on the road, I encountered a girl driving a car with the left tire stuck in a well, and there were many cars on the road. "At that time, I told the passengers in the car, give me some time, I helped her get the car out, but a passenger in the car also came down to help me, we finally pushed the car out." Lao Li said, " The female driver was very moved at the time, and I also felt a sense of accomplishment. At the same time, I felt that the quality of this passenger was relatively high, and she was very considerate of me."

As an online ride-hailing driver, Lao Li also has troubles at work. He said that as a service industry, in addition to providing good service, it is also important to adjust the mentality. After all, passengers with bad attitudes are also individual. "I also often soothe the fellow friends around me."

One morning, Lao Li rushed from Changping, Beijing to a hotel in Chaoyang District to pick up passengers. After arriving on time, the passengers had already left in another car. "If I care about it at this time, I will be more real with myself, and just want to drive." When encountering this kind of situation, Lao Li always comforted himself like this.

However, Lao Li did not get nothing that morning. "I just turned around from the hotel, and the software automatically accepted the order. A passenger got into my car. As a result, she told me about the ride-hailing drivers in different places in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. She said Beijing's Internet The ride-hailing driver is the most enthusiastic, very talkative, and helpful, and the service has nothing to say." Lao Li said happily.

"I like to chat with passengers. I feel that I can meet many different people and things, and hear many stories every day." Lao Li said. Li Shuqi said that he himself is a stubborn person. In the future, he hopes to do a better job as a ride-hailing driver. In fact, during the conversation, the reporter could deeply feel that for Lao Li, driving online car-hailing is no longer just a job to solve his livelihood. Driving a good online car-hailing service and serving passengers has become part of his optimistic life.

In the past few years, I have been suffering from hardship, but I am very stable. Lao Li said that he and most of his peers who were laid off together with online car-hailing were able to do the best income and stable job. As long as he was willing to do it, be diligent and obey the rules, he could earn 10,000 yuan a month, so Treasure it all. Since joining the bank, Lao Li has completed nearly 30,000 orders and has maintained a five-star service evaluation. After taking a day or two of rest a month, what he is looking forward to most now is to make more money. After all, this is about the life and happiness of the family.

(Text/Picture: Han Dong Editor: Guo Chen)

A happy story of a Beijing car driver

Driving in a clean and tidy car, waiting for the prompt sound in the phone to sound, taking orders, picking up passengers, dropping off passengers, and the sound of the software, it is another cycle. Every day, in Beijing, from the core city to the outer suburban counties, online ride-hailing drivers start their own cars and set off on the road, carrying all kinds of passengers on the road. Some people don't understand why so many people want to be online ride-hailing drivers. In fact, they are all people with stories.

From trial to persistence

With a sense of cleverness, this is the intuitive impression given by the "post-90s" Jia Zheng. When the private car driver took the order for more than three months, when he confirmed the pick-up location by phone with the passengers, he still said, "ask the specific location and tell the passengers that I will be there soon." Passengers take the initiative to chat, chatting all over the world, this is also due to his character.

"In the first few days, passengers called me'Master'. I feel uncomfortable." Jia Zhengjue said, "Master" was called by some passengers who were obviously older than him. It was a bit awkward." I always feel that it should be called someone older than myself." Asked why he wanted to be an online taxi driver, he said: “I feel that life now is too boring. Driving online to hail a taxi makes my life much more fulfilling than before.” Jia Zheng said, “I registered and applied on the company’s open platform. Become a special car driver, Beijing locals, we Beijing car, we can do things in Beijing with ease. It is also a good thing for passengers, familiar, happy, safety has also improved a lot, after all, Beijing drivers know how to run. "

Jia Zheng used to do car sales in a 4S shop. After more than 3 years, he can make more than 10,000 yuan a month. I quit last year, and the auto market declined severely. The brand power of the 4S shop agency was relatively weak, and it became increasingly difficult to do it. After resigning, he originally wanted to take a break. At this time, a friend introduced him to him. Anyway, he was still idle. He could make a lot of money in a month, and he could go around. He wondered that this was a serious job, so he tried to apply for registration and got started.

From wanting to make money to doing service

"For Beijingers, the money earned is enough." Jia Zheng earns 7,000 to 8,000 yuan a month as a special car driver, and his daughter-in-law earns 6,000 to 7,000 yuan a month for business in the company. The two are basically enough, and if an 8-year-old child goes to elementary school, the family expenditure is enough, and the body will not be destroyed by doing this. According to Jia Zheng, his family can be regarded as a "demolition household". He has a house and a car, so he doesn't need to be like some