目前，中国汽车工业正处在一个新的关键时期，又面临严峻考验：一是中国即将加入“ＷＴＯ”，需要应对经济全球化的挑战：二是在全世界范围内，以信息技术为基础的知识经济逐渐兴起。在此情况下，很有必要重新认识汽车工业在国民经济中的地位和作用，估量其在２１世纪知识经济 At present, China’s auto industry is in a new critical period and faces severe challenges. First, China is about to join the “WTO” and needs to deal with the challenges of economic globalization. Second, it is based on information technology around the world. The knowledge economy has gradually emerged. Under this circumstance, it is necessary to re-recognize the status and role of the automobile industry in the national economy, and estimate its knowledge economy in the 21st century.