2025 China Commercial Vehicles Show Opens in Wuhan

The 2025 China Commercial Vehicles Show (CCVS), themed "Premier, Intelligent, Green," opened today in Wuhan. This event serves as a crucial platform for collaborative innovation across the commercial vehicle industry chain, launching at a pivotal moment as China's sector reaches a new energy tipping point and enters a period of global expansion. By championing innovation to drive industrial transformation, the exhibition is set to significantly advance the high-quality development of China's commercial vehicle industry.

Industry Transformation and Current Market Landscape

Since the 14th Five-Year Plan period, China's commercial vehicle industry has undergone a critical transition from rapid growth to high-quality development. Guided by innovation and focused on developing new quality productive forces, the shift in energy structure is propelling comprehensive upgrades across the entire industrial chain.

This year represents a pivotal bridge in China's economic development. Structural growth trends within the Chinese commercial vehicle market are particularly pronounced, with new energy commercial vehicles and exports showing sustained growth that is steering the entire industry toward steady and positive development. Concurrently, slowing demand, product mix adjustments, the transition between old and new growth drivers, and ongoing transformation challenges are testing the sector's overall profitability. Mergers, acquisitions, and market consolidation are becoming more frequent and intense. New players, products, and business models continually emerge while industrial chain boundaries expand and the ecosystem grows increasingly robust, leading to profound changes within the commercial vehicle landscape.

From January to September 2025, China's commercial vehicle sales reached 3.117 million units, a year-on-year increase of 7.8%. Sales of new energy commercial vehicles continued their upward trajectory, with domestic sales hitting 566,000 units in the first nine months—a surge of 61.4% year-on-year. The market penetration rate reached 23.9%, with the annual rate expected to exceed 30%. This marks a substantive inflection point, indicating the industry's new energy transition is shifting from policy-driven to market-driven.

Exhibition Highlights: New Energy Takes Center Stage

This edition features 23 global debut vehicles and 30 China debut models. The ratio of new energy exhibition vehicles to traditional fuel-powered vehicles stands at 2:1, firmly establishing new energy and intelligent vehicles as the main attractions. Pure electric, hydrogen fuel cell, and hybrid commercial vehicles shared the stage, highlighting diverse technological pathways. The exhibited products cover a wider range of categories and are adapted for more application scenarios than ever before.

Numerous exhibitors brought forth new technologies, products, and ideas centered on themes like "Green, High-End, Intelligent, Innovative, Future, Breakthrough." The new energy trend is extending into the specialized vehicle segment, with globally debuted products such as the integrated tractor-trailer unit setting new benchmarks for manufacturers. New truck makers and technology companies demonstrated world-leading Level 4 autonomous urban delivery vehicles and mature commercialized unmanned driving solutions. The latest innovations in unmanned light truck line-controlled chassis, air compressors, controllers, steering pumps, and electric drive systems provided attendees with numerous novel experiences.

Participation from component suppliers increased significantly, with strong involvement from companies specializing in new energy and smart technologies, further enhancing the exhibition's signature advantage of showcasing the complete industrial chain.

Spotlight on Exhibiting Enterprises

FAW Jiefang:Presented new energy products focused on electrification and natural gas, displaying five pure-electric models: the J6L tractor, J6P dump truck, J6L feed transport truck, J6L mixer truck, and the Hu 6G cargo truck. These were complemented by two core powertrain technologies: the Jiefang H power domain and a heavy-duty direct-injection hydrogen engine, reinforcing its identity as a leading new energy technology enterprise.

Dongfeng Trucks:Showcased six vehicle products integrated with cutting-edge technologies and seven core technological achievements. Through an immersive experience blending green concepts and smart technology, it presented a comprehensive view of its leading capabilities and forward-looking vision.

Dongfeng Automobile Co., Ltd. (DFAC):Launched its "New Brand, New Products, New Strategy," with its high-end light truck brand and multiple new products making their debut, targeting diverse markets and aiming to meet a broader range of user needs.

JAC Motors:In partnership with CATL, demonstrated its efficient transportation capabilities for the modern logistics era, reiterating its commitment to manufacturing superior products and contributing to society through independent innovation, open collaboration, and continuous technological advancement.

Shaanxi Heavy Duty Truck:Premiered its all-new C-series products developed integrally with Cummins, aiming to establish a new benchmark in the high-end heavy-duty truck market and offer the logistics industry comprehensive new technical solutions and enhanced value.

BYD Commercial Vehicle:Made its exhibition debut by globally launching the pure-electric urban truck T4 and displaying its flagship products across the new energy spectrum: the T5 series light truck, the Q3 electric heavy-duty truck, and the all-new C11 pure-electric bus, underscoring its commitment to accelerating green transportation.

Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor (LiuGong):Appeared under the theme "Riding the East Wind, Starting the Future" with seven star models, including four new energy variants, showcasing its latest breakthroughs in vehicle electrification and intelligent technologies. The company also screened micro-films related to its student aid program, demonstrating its corporate social responsibility.

CIMC Vehicles:Presented a panoramic display of its achievements in developing new quality productive forces, with exhibits organized into logistics vehicles, liquid tankers, and special vehicles. It launched the "Only Star Chain" semi-trailer 2026 model year and introduced the "Champions League M" series liquid food transport tanker and the "Star Storm" car carrier.

Foton Motor:Under the theme "Breaking Through Technology, Leading the Future" and guided by the vision of "Enabling Freer Movement of All Things," showcased its full product range, presenting solutions for urban development and improved quality of life.

Hybot:Focused on the long-haul trunk line logistics market, dedicated to providing clean and efficient transportation solutions, and prominently featured its flagship Hybot H49 model with an on-site milestone event.

Rino:Participated under the theme "Scenario-based Technology Implementation, Diversified Model Adaptation," focusing on two core unmanned vehicles: the R5 Cargo Box for efficient batch transfer and the R3 Refrigerated model for full-link cold chain preservation.

ZTRUCKS: Upholding the "Green Power, Intelligently Leading the Future" philosophy, exhibited its new energy electric trucks, hydrogen vehicles, and an extreme-range test vehicle. It launched a new-generation intelligent driving solution and held a strategic signing ceremony with Horizon Robotics.

QiJi Auto:As a provider of intelligent vehicle infrastructure solutions, exhibited its QiJi T45 unmanned light truck base line-controlled chassis, demonstrating its technical expertise in large-capacity unmanned light truck logistics.

Anhui Kaili Special Vehicle:Participated with five innovative products including assembled and electric curtain-sided semi-trailers, an intelligent stainless steel flour tanker, and digital refrigerated trucks, showcasing its latest results in intelligent manufacturing and green transportation.

Xinyuan:Exhibited a green, intelligent product combining automatic swapping and intelligent extension technologies, enabling box bodies to be automatically unloaded and extended via hydraulics without heavy machinery or extensive manual setup.

CALB:Displayed its full-scenario product matrix with dedicated zones for light/medium commercial and heavy commercial solutions, holding product seminars to empower the green transition in commercial vehicle transportation.

Zhide Electric Control:Exhibited multiple electric drive products including the ZhiDrives and ZhiControls series, demonstrating innovation in commercial vehicle electric drive systems and launching new products during the event.

JOST:Participated with the theme "Intelligent Connection & Perception, Safety First," presenting high-end component solutions and showcasing core products like fifth wheels, support legs, and tow hooks, alongside integrated kingpins and sensor technology for smarter transportation.

BPW (Meizhou) Axle Co., Ltd.:Launched its new 800k axle and demonstrated its capabilities in automated production and intelligent technology.

Guangdong Fuwa:Centered on new energy and lightweighting, exhibited a range of axles, suspension systems, and e-axles, positioning itself as the only enterprise offering an integrated tractor-trailer chassis system solution.

Hyva:Focusing on electrification, intelligence, and lightweighting, exhibited its digital hydraulic lifting systems, electric Power Take-Off, and intelligent transport solutions for various applications.

Kaizhuoli:Exhibited an intelligent safety tailgate with AI visual recognition and launched a dedicated service mini-program for users.

Fengbao:Promoted lightweight, maintenance-free products including various axle assemblies and wheel end products.

Yangzhou YJPF:Showcased its upgraded "City Rapid Logistics System," driving logistics equipment improvements through innovation.

Globalization: A New Growth Engine for China’s Commercial Vehicle Transformation

Driven by new energy and intelligence, globalization has become another powerful engine for the industry's transformation. From January to September 2025, China exported 748,000 commercial vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 10.2%, with exports accounting for nearly 24% of total sales. New energy commercial vehicle exports reached 64,000 units, growing 1.5 times year-on-year.

The exhibition attracted international delegations from Brazil,Chile,Georgia,Czech Republic, Italy,Germany,United Kingdom,Sweden,Netherlands,Japan,South Korea, Indonesia, Thailand,Kenya,South Africa, and many other countries, who toured the exhibits, participated in forums, and gained deeper insights into Chinese commercial vehicle companies and products.

A Platform for Dialogue and Dynamic Display

As the industry evolves, the exhibition hosted a rich program of concurrent events, creating a new model that integrates exhibitions and forums with both dynamic and static elements.

The "China Commercial Vehicle New Ecology Forum" covered macroeconomics, industry trends, internationalization, new energy, smart technologies, and the aftermarket. The dynamic demonstration area and cold chain zone provided venues for hands-on experience, enabling companies to achieve brand building and industrial chain interaction.

This edition of the exhibition stands as a gathering that fosters high-quality development and new quality productive forces, displays collaborative innovation achievements, and witnesses China's commercial vehicle industry embracing its new energy tipping point and global expansion phase.

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