The new energy vehicle industry is developing in full swing. If I apply for a related major this year, will I miss out four years later?

The college entrance examination results are about to be released, and the choices filled in by candidates every year often become the annual rings that witness the development of the industry. When civil engineering is at its peak, real estate is at its peak, and when finance is at its hottest, all financial and economic categories are popular.

In short, if any industry is hot outside, related majors will become popular as well.

What is the hottest industry in recent years? Without a doubt, new energy vehicles.

On June 24, Zhu Ling, vice president of Zeekr Auto, supported candidates in applying for automobile-related majors, and also put forward the view that the automotive industry will never be outdated.

The college entrance examination application process has not officially started yet, but if nothing unexpected happens, the proportion of candidates applying for cars, especially new energy vehicles, should increase significantly this year.

The reason is simple. Most ordinary parents and candidates are not forward-looking when filling out their applications. They usually follow the situation when they take the college entrance examination. In 2023, BYD will sell 3 million vehicles a year, China will become the world's largest automobile exporter, and China will occupy 60% of the global new energy market share. Even if candidates are on campus, they will know what is happening in the outside world.

In addition, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles is getting higher and higher, and the number of new energy vehicles on the streets is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye, which will also give candidates and parents a direct impression.

Of course, candidates and parents will also pay attention to employment information in recent years.

In 2023, BYD alone recruited 31,800 fresh graduates, 80.8% of whom were engaged in research and development. In the past few years, apart from a few industries such as real estate, the automotive industry has been the best at recruiting people.

But from an objective point of view, if students and parents fill in their applications and enter university this year, they will have to wait four years or even longer before they can start working. This way of filling in applications is essentially a case of trying to find a sword by carving a mark on a boat. So, if you apply for the automotive major this year, will you miss out when you graduate?

We hear the saying "unemployment after graduation" almost every year, which is actually directly related to the blindness of the candidates when they originally applied for the exam.

A candidate entered university in 2019 and chose the most popular major at the time, civil engineering. It would naturally be difficult for him to find a job when he graduated in 2023, because in just a few years, the real estate industry entered a downward cycle.

However, this problem does not occur in the automotive industry.

First of all, China's current automobile industry is developing very healthily and has broad prospects, especially new energy vehicles.

China is the world's largest automobile market, with annual sales of passenger cars at around 20 million. According to forecasts by the China Passenger Car Association and other professional organizations, the domestic new energy penetration rate will reach around 49% in June. In 2035, the penetration rate of China's new energy market will exceed 90%. In other words, China's new energy market will continue to grow for at least the next decade.

In the past, we have seen certain industries explode in the short term but then return to silence. A typical example is motorcycles, which experienced a roller coaster-like development process.

However, this situation is unlikely to occur in the new energy vehicle industry, because Chinese car companies currently control all key links from upstream minerals to terminal sales and have established absolute technological advantages. This advantage is unlikely to be shaken, just as we were unable to break through the fuel vehicle advantages of foreign manufacturers before.

In addition, China's new energy vehicle exports have just started, and will further expand globally in the next few years and gradually occupy the global market. This growth cycle will be longer than that in China and will bring more employment opportunities.

Secondly, automobile manufacturing is a modern industrial sector with a very long industrial chain, involving hundreds of sub-specialties, and each field requires a large number of talents.

Cars are a commodity with a relatively long life cycle. In addition to production and sales, they also include a large number of after-sales services, repairs and maintenance, and second-hand car transactions, which can continuously provide jobs. In Japan, the automotive industry directly provides more than 5 million jobs, and the scale of Japan's automotive industry is completely different from that of China.

If it were just fuel vehicles, they might not provide many jobs. But the rise of new energy vehicles has brought some new features, such as intelligence, networking, sharing, and electrification, which are all new things and will create a large number of new jobs.

China has achieved brilliant economic development results in the past few decades, but from an objective point of view, the rise of the automobile industry is an unprecedented landmark event. Its products are closely related to ordinary consumers and cover hundreds of sub-specialties. We have seen many industries rise in the past, but the rise of the automobile industry is the first time that such a large scale, such a wide coverage, and such a long industrial chain has occurred.

Therefore, it can be said that the possibility of candidates who apply for automobile majors now to miss out after graduation is basically non-existent. Four years later, the new energy automobile industry may be more popular than it is now. New energy vehicles have just started, but they already have such an influence. The market will be even more attractive four years later.

Of course, candidates may still be concerned about the salary and benefits in a few years. Judging from the current recruitment situation of BYD, Geely, Ideal and other manufacturers, the salary and benefits of fresh graduates in the automotive industry are already among the best in many regions. In a few years, the salary and benefits will be higher than now.

In fact, foreign automobile manufacturers have already taken the path of China's new energy vehicles before.

The reason why major automobile countries such as Japan and Germany can provide relatively high welfare and treatment for the working class is essentially because they dominate the global automobile market, reap huge profits from the world, and are able to increase wages and benefits for their workers.

At present, China's new energy vehicle industry has taken an absolute advantage in the world. Manufacturers such as BYD and Geely, just like Toyota, Honda, and Volkswagen in the past, are constantly conquering the world. What allows employees to enjoy high benefits is not this spirit or that system, but the real profits brought by industrial upgrading.

The broad market prospects and the ever-increasing salary and benefits will surely attract fresh candidates. China's new energy vehicle industry needs you!

As a winner of Toutiao's Qingyun Plan and Baijiahao's Bai+ Plan, the 2019 Baidu Digital Author of the Year, the Baijiahao's Most Popular Author in the Technology Field, the 2019 Sogou Technology and Culture Author, and the 2021 Baijiahao Quarterly Influential Creator, he has won many awards, including the 2013 Sohu Best Industry Media Person, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Beijing Third Place, the 2015 Guangmang Experience Award, the 2015 China New Media Entrepreneurship Competition Finals Third Place, and the 2018 Baidu Dynamic Annual Powerful Celebrity.