China plans to build eight automobile export bases to normalize the country's car and car parts export market and facilitate technical modernism in the auto industry.

The eight national bases handpicked by the Ministry of Commerce and the National Development and Reform Commission are situated in Changchun, Shanghai, Tianjin, Wuhan, Chongqing, Xiamen, Wuhu and Taizhou.

Another 160 companies specializing in the making of automobiles and auto parts as well as AFW-Volkswagen Automobile and Cherry were designated as the "Export-oriented Automobile Manufacturers".

The Chinese establishment expects the production bases and manufacturers to play a leading role in optimizing automobile exports, defensive intellectual property rights and raising the improvement of domestic industry, according to Vice Premier Wu Yi.