IGNORAMUSES, READ AND LEARN:

HOW CHINA BECAME A MAJOR CAR MANUFACTURER


''The automotive industry in China has been the largest in the world measured by automobile unit production since 2008. Since 2009 annual production of automobiles in China exceeds that of the European Union or that of the United States and Japan combined. In 2009, China produced 13.79 million automobiles''.


HOW IT HAPPENED



1980 to 1990

''The passenger car industry was a minor part of vehicle production during the first three decades of China’s socialist economy. As late as 1985, the country produced a total of only 5,200 cars....

As domestic production was very limited, import totals rose dramatically, despite a 260 per cent import duty on foreign vehicles. Before 1984, the dominant exporter of cars to China had been the Soviet Union. In 1984, Japan's vehicle exports to China increased sevenfold (from 10,800 to 85,000) and by mid-1985 China had become Japan's second biggest export market after the US. The country spent some $3 billion to import more than 350,000 vehicles (including 106,000 cars and 111,000 trucks) in 1985 alone..

As this spending binge began to lead to a severe trade deficit, the Chinese leadership put on the brakes, both through propaganda efforts and by making foreign exchange much less accessible. Customs duties on imported goods were raised in March 1985 and a new "regulatory tax" was added a little later. In September 1985 a two-year moratorium on nearly all vehicle imports was imposed.

While limiting imports, China also tried to increase local production by boosting the various existing joint-venture passenger car production agreements, as well as adding new ones. In 1983, American Motors Corporation (AMC, later acquired by Chrysler Corporation) signed a 20-year contract to produce their Jeep-model vehicles in Beijing. The following year, Germany’s Volkswagen signed a 25-year contract to make passenger cars in Shanghai, and France’s Peugeot agreed to another passenger car project to make vehicles in the prosperous southern city of Guangzhou.''


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_China




Can you see? Yet tomorrow you will say you want to be like China, but you don't want to sacrifice the way the Chinese sacrificed. Go on. Allow free imports of all foreign vehicles till infinity. USELESS IDIOTS!!!!

Desola: Oloun ma je!

Put my life in the hands of ibo made cars?

Jonathan ko de ni ragba fun e!

Sugbon o ma ra ike fun.

Asoozy:

May that amen stick and continue to be your portion from generation to generation. As for the later part of your sentence, may it be so for not only your kinfolks but for all those remotely related or acquainted to you.

Let me join karl max in wishing you and your unborn generation remain Tinubu's lil squirt.

@Rossikk.
I agree with you 100%, no pain no gain.

An issue of this nature should go through the National Assembly where it would be thoroughly debated looking at the advantage and disadvantages...I personally don't see how the ban on importation of cars will increase local patronage. I mean how can you force the entire Nigerians to use one brand of car from Innuson motors?

Desola:

Akuri! Your gods are in my kitchen cooking up the next concoction to devour more than 3 million of you nomads as we speak!

yea... U can callme nomads.....
Click like for IDIOTS like desola...

Rossikk: IGNORAMUSES, READ AND LEARN:

HOW CHINA BECAME A MAJOR CAR MANUFACTURER


''The automotive industry in China has been the largest in the world measured by automobile unit production since 2008.[1][2][3] Since 2009 annual production of automobiles in China exceeds that of the European Union or that of the United States and Japan combined.''


HOW IT HAPPENED



1980 to 1990

''The passenger car industry was a minor part of vehicle production during the first three decades of China’s socialist economy. As late as 1985, the country produced a total of only 5,200 cars....

As domestic production was very limited, import totals rose dramatically, despite a 260 per cent import duty on foreign vehicles. Before 1984, the dominant exporter of cars to China had been the Soviet Union. In 1984, Japan's vehicle exports to China increased sevenfold (from 10,800 to 85,000) and by mid-1985 China had become Japan's second biggest export market after the US. The country spent some $3 billion to import more than 350,000 vehicles (including 106,000 cars and 111,000 trucks) in 1985 alone. Three taxi companies in particular thirsted for Japanese cars, such as Toyota Crowns and Nissan Bluebirds.

As this spending binge began to lead to a severe trade deficit, the Chinese leadership put on the brakes, both through propaganda efforts and by making foreign exchange much less accessible. Customs duties on imported goods were raised in March 1985 and a new "regulatory tax" was added a little later. In September 1985 a two-year moratorium on nearly all vehicle imports was imposed.

While limiting imports, China also tried to increase local production by boosting the various existing joint-venture passenger car production agreements, as well as adding new ones. In 1983, American Motors Corporation (AMC, later acquired by Chrysler Corporation) signed a 20-year contract to produce their Jeep-model vehicles in Beijing. The following year, Germany’s Volkswagen signed a 25-year contract to make passenger cars in Shanghai, and France’s Peugeot agreed to another passenger car project to make vehicles in the prosperous southern city of Guangzhou.''


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_China




Can you see? Yet tomorrow you will say you want to be like China, but you don't want to sacrifice the way the Chinese sacrificed. Go on. Allow free imports of all foreign vehicles till infinity. USELESS IDIOTS!!!!

Well i didnt read all that crap, because i saw this piece of shiit was copied from Wiki, it might interest you to know that Wiki is an open source page where anyone can publicize rubbish for their own benefits, so next time before you paste any rubbish here, make sure it is something that was constructed by your own brains, if we wanted to read Wiki we surely know where to go. Thank you sir.

Desola: Oloun ma je!

Put my life in the hands of ibo made cars?

Jonathan ko de ni ragba fun e!

.....he! he! i cover my head with blood of jesu

Desola: Oloun ma je!

Put my life in the hands of ibo made cars?

Jonathan ko de ni ragba fun e!

Don't mind him, the alago NYSE.

eddiebruk:

Well i didnt read all that crap, because i saw this piece of shiit was copied from Wiki, it might interest you to know that Wiki is an open source page where anyone can publicize rubbish for their own benefits, so next time before you paste any rubbish here, make sure it is something that was constructed by your own brains, if we wanted to read Wiki we surely know where to go. Thank you sir.

You are obviously very ignorant or you would understand that respected Wiki articles are very well sourced and referenced, such as the one posted. The extensive bibliography at the end of the source should be enough to educate you if you had a modicum of research experience and a working brain.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ukk42wLeVpI

[size=15pt]Inside Innoson Motor Manufacturing Plant Nnewi Nigeria[/size]

Rossikk:

You are obviously very ignorant or you would understand that respected Wiki articles are very well sourced and referenced, such as the one posted. The extensive bibliography at the end of the source should be enough to educate you if you had a modicum of research experience and a working brain.

How does that change the fact that Wiki is still open source and can be edited by just anyone...? I am not after whatever argument you are out to start, i am just trying to make you understand that It's credibility is not one to be sure of, whether being sourced from via reliable mediums or not, hence the reason why you see lots of other articles being patched with their stories...If you know so well in this your Kokoro brain, you wouldn't refer to Wiki to make your points in the first place, and oga i take God beg you, no insult me..stay on the topic and don't escalate this into something else.

Rossikk:

You are obviously very ignorant or you would understand that respected Wiki articles are very well sourced and referenced, such as the one posted. The extensive bibliography at the end of the source should be enough to educate you if you had a modicum of research experience and a working brain.

How does that change the fact that Wiki is still an open source media and can be edited by just anyone...? I am not after whatever argument you are out to start, i am just trying to make you understand that It's credibility is not one to be sure of, whether being sourced from via reliable mediums or not, hence the reason why you see lots of other articles being patched with their stories...If you know so well in this your Kokoro brain, you wouldn't refer to Wiki to make your points in the first place, and oga i take God beg you, no insult me..stay on the topic and don't escalate this into something else.

IGBO-SON:


^^^And if timed right, what's wrong with a total ban on importation of vehicles?; it's not as if they're about to ban something we can't do without....like oxygen or water for instance!

This will give serious minded automobile manufacturing coys the 'reason' to set up factories in Nigeria to meet demand. More so if constant power supply is guaranteed!

Bros, let them ban corruption first, all other goodies shall be added to our land.

Seriously for naija to produce a car that will be competitive in african markets or for GEJ to be taken serious abt encouraging nnewi car maufacturer, then the white elephant behemothic project called ajaokuta steel mill should be fix, if that is done, then we will know that the chassis,spare parts and engines are all made locally, if this is not done then it means innoson motors are ckd's and are not made locally but assembled like peugeot(PAN) or the moribund VWON at ojo and might collapse at the end of the day..

Let them ban whatever bannable, that all the know. Europe manufacture cars and still import from Japan and the USA. The governments in africa lack vision. They cannot ban cement that we can manufacture locally, what of the oil we export and import. Your undergraduates are 3 months at home and you don't know how to come out of it, you want to ban ban ban. Ban whatever please.

HNosegbe: I'm not quite sure what the president means by this.

Even advanced car-making countries still import cars from other countries. There are Japanese cars in the US. You can still find a Benz in South Korea, or a Kia in France.

What the FG needs to do is fasttrack the power sector reforms so that we can have sufficient electicity to assist local production. Infrastructure and relevant transport links to market should also be looked into.

Yes, there are imported vehicles in vehicle manufacturing countries but in Nigeria, we need such policy because of our negative attitude towards locally made products. I wouldn't blame us though because this is what experience has taught us about locally made goods. I support the decision but before implementing it, FG should first make sure that IVM plant can meet up with the huge demand that will arise as a result of the ban because if this is not taken into consideration, the prices will rise astronomically.

eddiebruk:

How does that change the fact that Wiki is still open source and can be edited by just anyone...? I am not after whatever argument you are out to start, i am just trying to make you understand that It's credibility is not one to be sure of, whether being sourced from via reliable mediums or not, hence the reason why you see lots of other articles being patched with their stories...If you know so well in this your Kokoro brain, you wouldn't refer to Wiki to make your points in the first place, and oga i take God beg you, no insult me..stay on the topic and don't escalate this into something else.

Dude stop embarrassing yourself. Wikipedia is a globally respected KNOWLEDGE SOURCE. You can verify the authenticity of articles by the REFERENCES AT THE END. Every credible article, whether on wiki or not, comes with references. That is how you determine what information is valid, if you feel the need to. There is no ''PERFECT repository OF INFO'' anywhere on earth. Every scholarly contribution, even a single textbook, is based on its references. Wikipedia is only a vehicle for the dissemination of information. Rejecting it is like rejecting the use of a pen because some people use pen to write rubbish.

Idiots..many western car manufactures have plants in south africa, they don't import cars like we do. FG wooed Nissan and Toyota to establish a plant here but they gave flimsy reasons not to.. I think this is a good move .. empower innoson and create additional plants here, then we'll be on a path to owning our own competitive car brand ..

Rossikk:

Dude stop embarrassing yourself. Wikipedia is a globally respected KNOWLEDGE SOURCE. You can verify the authenticity of articles by the REFERENCES AT THE END. Every credible article comes with references. That is how you determine what information is valid, if you feel the need to. There is no ''PERFECT SOURCE OF INFO'' on earth. Every scholarly contribution even a single textbook, is based on its references. Wikipedia is only a vehicle for the dissemination of information. Rejecting it is like rejecting the use of a pen because some people use pen to write rubbish.

You probably don't know what it means for something to be regarded as an Open source, if you do you wouldn't be saying all thes, I rest my case.

Chinese government ordered to use home-made cars

China's president Hu Jintao stands on a Hongqi vehicle as he inspects the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China parade in 2009.

Desola:

It is unfortunate that I have to share this site with nitwits like you, but do you see me complaining?

You really take your ignorant rants here too seriously to the point of having these delusions of grandeur. Your childish antics of trying to put igbo commentators against Yoruba commentators have become redundant and trite, try something else, we all see through your ugly soul, you are hurt and bitter, tribalism won't cure your bitterness, go and drink cyanide and slip into oblivion, dumbo.

eddiebruk:

You probably don't know what it means for something to be regarded as an Open source, if you do you wouldn't be saying all these, I rest my case.

I probably knew what Open Source meant before you were BORN. Rest assured that even doctoral students and myriad folks in academia and the business world employ wikipedia on a daily basis in their activities. So wake up.

payless:


LOL! Amin ashe!

if the ijaw person on nairaland decide to retaliate now by calling awolowo a treacherous coward whose descendants will never know peace,morønic dingbats like you will start crying.

Dokitadotun: This is really laudable. Nigerians are difficult to please. At least this idea is good, i still see some comments downgrading this. You may not like jonathan but when we see good idea let us appreciate it.

What is good about the idea. Can u afford a new car?. 70% of Nigerians live below $1 a day. How many Government Official cars are made in Nigeria?. Yet another joke

eddiebruk:

You probably don't know what it means for something to be regarded as an Open source, if you do you wouldn't be saying all thes, I rest my case.

why don't you try modifying a wiki article and see How it works. I don't think you have a clue

Asoozy:

May that amen stick and continue to be your portion from generation to generation. As for the later part of your sentence, may it be so for not only your kinfolks but for all those remotely related or acquainted to you.

once again i say amen to the prayer ur fellow hypocrite prayed but the later part of my prayer is for ur likes and here is more for ur kinforks. And urself. may ur life and bussiness and that of ur generation both living and unborn remain stagnant the way our past president left our rail system before gej, may you or generation not see uplift in your present conditions the way our past leaders left our airports. And may ur life and that of ur relatives remain the way the benin-ore express road was before gej took over. And may God punish u and ur generations if u ever use any infrastructure rehabilitated or built by this administration. And if by mistake u and u generation benefit from any economic growth that this administration worked hard to achieve (which i pray u dont) may u or your generation not live. To enjoy it.
May ur life be ran the way buhari,ibb,abacha and obj ran nigeria....

jamolmed:


What is good about the idea. Can u afford a new car?. 70% of Nigerians live below $1 a day. How many Government Official cars are made in Nigeria?. Yet another joke

You don't have to buy a new car, what about second hand cars that are made in Nigeria?

jamolmed:


What is good about the idea. Can u afford a new car?. 70% of Nigerians live below $1 a day . How many Government Official cars are made in Nigeria?. Yet another joke

if this is true, then I believe you live below a dollar daily as well, cuz the probability of you being amongst the remaining 30% is slim

karl max: i say amen. And may ur parent run your life the way our past presidents ran nigeria before jonathan took over.

You are just as clueless! Your name should be max ret*ard.

jamolmed:


What is good about the idea. Can u afford a new car?. 70% of Nigerians live below $1 a day. How many Government Official cars are made in Nigeria?. Yet another joke

Did you say, $1/day? Don't I feel like e-slapping you right now?

Nigerians middles class are rising, more than 35% of the population, and by 2020, it would have doubled, that's what you're saying 70% live under $1/day ($360 annually).

engineerd:

You are just as clueless!

ur fada is clueless and your a wasted sperm ur name should be anusneerd

For me o, I think this is a bad move for reasons few people have stated.