Thailand has become a core hub for Chinese NEV overseas expansion, bolstered by favorable industrial policies, pivotal geographical strengths and its radiation to the ASEAN market. In 2025, Chinese brands held a 75% share of Thailand’s NEV market, and the number of Chinese-funded auto parts enterprises in the country tripled in three years. Thailand’s new EV3.5 Policy has shifted focus from subsidies to industrial chain development, imposing mandatory requirements like local battery production and matching local manufacturing capacity. While creating new opportunities for Chinese auto enterprises and their supply chains, it also brings a series of challenges, including localization, operations and ecosystem development.
Chinese auto enterprises and supply chain players are accelerating their deployment in Thailand: seven automakers have built production plants with a planned capacity of over 600,000 vehicles. The sector is moving from a sole focus on vehicle exports to a full industrial chain layout covering manufacturing, parts and energy infrastructure. Yet further efforts are needed to adapt to local policies and regulations, integrate with the local industrial chain and build a full-chain service system. Access to the ASEAN and global markets through Thailand has become a strategic choice for China’s automotive industry going global, with in-depth industrial linkage and coordinated development emerging as an inevitable trend.
Against this backdrop, the China Automotive Industry Global Development and Cooperation Seminar—Thailand in Focus, hosted by China EV100 and organized by G100, will be held in Shanghai on March 19, 2026, under the theme Exploring a New Pathway for China-Thailand NEV Industry Cooperation and Development. The seminar will build a platform for exchange, resource integration and win-win cooperation between China’s automotive industry and the Thai market, helping enterprises seize Thai market opportunities, address overseas expansion challenges, and achieve in-depth local development and regional expansion.
Theme: Exploring a New Pathway for China-Thailand NEV Industry Cooperation and Development
Topics:
- Seize development opportunities of electrification in Thailand;
- Address core challenges in the Thai market including industrial policies, market access and compliance operations;
- Achieve complementary integration and cross-border cooperation of technologies, products and production capacity in China-Thailand automotive industrial chains;
- Leverage Thailand’s geographical advantages to reach the ASEAN market and complete local supply chain layout;
- Build a tailored full-chain service system for charging & battery swapping, finance, logistics and after-sales in the Thai market.
Seminar Information
Date:
Thursday, March 19, 2026 (Beijing Time)
Venue:
Shanghai, China
Distinguished Guests:
The seminar will bring together prominent guests from government, leading automakers, parts enterprises and service institutions. Thai government representatives will interpret the industrial landscape and investment environment; Chinese-funded auto enterprises and industrial parks in Thailand will share practical overseas expansion experience and market demands; enterprises and professional institutions in charging & battery swapping networks, cloud services, testing and certification, finance, logistics and after-sales will provide comprehensive solutions. All participants will explore solutions and development paths for China’s automotive industry to expand into the Thai market.
Registration and Inquiries:
Mr. Dai
Phone/WeChat: 18261521285
Email: daixinglong@greem100.net
