Mr. Fu, a Beijing resident, has found that more and more friends around him are choosing new energy vehicles when changing cars. Coincidentally, Xiao Cao, who returned from Beijing, noticed that in his hometown, a county-level city in the southwest of Anhui Province, green license plate new energy vehicles can be seen shuttling on the streets everywhere. From first tier cities to county towns and rural areas, the bright "green" of new energy vehicles has changed the lives of many people. The rapid development of new energy vehicles is a microcosm of China's strategic emerging and future industries, forming new productive forces. It is also a vivid footnote to China's industrial structure adjustment and high-quality economic and social development. Independent brands are highly favored by consumers. On the eve of this year's National People's Congress and Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, reporters visited a car 4S dealership in Beijing. The reporter observed that consumers have a high enthusiasm for watching cars, especially showing a strong interest in new energy vehicles. In less than half an hour, four or five groups of consumers came to inquire about prices, features, range, and other issues. According to data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, in 2023, China's automobile production and sales reached 30.161 million and 30.094 million respectively. Among them, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 9.587 million and 9.495 million, respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 35.8% and 37.9%, and a market share of 31.6%. This is another beautiful report card for China's new energy vehicles, following a year-on-year increase of about 1.6 times in production and sales in 2021 and over 90% in production and sales in 2022. At this point, China's production and sales of new energy vehicles have remained the world's top for 9 consecutive years. New energy vehicles not only made positive contributions to the annual production and sales of over 30 million vehicles, but also became a new growth point for automobile exports. Another set of numbers can also illustrate the "speed" of the development of new energy vehicles in China: in September 2020, the cumulative production of new energy vehicles in China exceeded 5 million, and in February 2022, it exceeded 10 million. However, it only took 1 year and 5 months to reach a new level of 20 million vehicles. Industry experts believe that this marks a new stage of high-quality development for new energy vehicles in China, based on industrialization and marketization. Fortunately, domestic brand new energy vehicles are increasingly favored by consumers. Several consumers randomly asked by the reporter all expressed that domestic brand new energy vehicles are more cost-effective. "Among cars of the same price range, some domestic brand new energy vehicles have more advantages in technology, configuration, etc., while others are more competitive in intelligent technology and assisted driving. This is more attractive to us young people," Consumer Xiaohe told reporters. Independent brand new energy vehicles are also making efforts towards the high-end. On January 27th, at the "World Reception Hall" on the North Bund of Shanghai, 16 new energy vehicles from 10 brands were launched on the Binjiang platform. They are representative models on the JLPower list evaluated by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the Automotive Industry Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and the China Price Association. In this 2023 China Intelligent Electric Vehicle New Luxury Ranking, domestic brands account for 70%. Undoubtedly, new energy vehicles are redefining "Made in China". Lv Mingliang, President of the China Price Association, stated that domestic brand new energy vehicles