Chinese Cars in Middle East中东：中国汽车市场观察
The Gulf has become one of the fastest-adopting regions for Chinese cars — ICE SUVs first, EVs increasingly.海湾地区已成为中国汽车渗透最快的区域之一——先是燃油 SUV，如今电动车加速跟进。
The Gulf has become one of the fastest-adopting regions for Chinese cars — ICE SUVs first, EVs increasingly. Chery, GWM, BYD and MG all run growing dealer networks, and Dubai doubles as a re-export hub for the wider region.海湾地区已成为中国汽车渗透最快的区域之一——先是燃油 SUV，如今电动车加速跟进。奇瑞、长城、比亚迪、MG 的经销网络都在扩张，迪拜还是面向更大区域的转口枢纽。
A fast-opening region
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has moved from the margins to the centre of China's export map. Chinese brands' combined GCC share rose from around 2% in 2019 to an estimated 15% by 2025, according to Roland Berger. Low tariffs are a big reason: the GCC applies a common external duty of roughly 5% on vehicles, with free movement between member states — a stark contrast to the EU and US walls. Industry trackers estimate the Gulf, led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, absorbed well over a million China-made vehicles in 2025, making it one of China's largest external auto markets, and Middle East imports of Chinese EVs jumped sharply year on year.
Brands and models
The strongest players are MG, Geely, Changan, Haval and Chery on the ICE side, with Jetour a breakout success — it climbed into the UAE's top brands on the strength of the T2 SUV — and BYD leading on EVs. Typical best-sellers are the Jetour T1 and T2, Changan CS55/CS75, Haval H6 and Jolion, MG RX5 and ZS, Geely Coolray and Emgrand, and the BYD Atto 3, Song, Seal and Han. Dubai's Jebel Ali free zone acts as a regional assembly and distribution hub — Jetour, for example, uses it to stage a wider GCC rollout — though most volume is still imported fully built rather than assembled locally.
ICE today, EV tomorrow
The region remains overwhelmingly an ICE and SUV market — cheap fuel, long distances and extreme heat all favour combustion — but EV sales are climbing fast off a low base, and China dominates the Gulf's EV import mix. Governments are pulling rather than pushing: Saudi Vision 2030 and UAE EV targets back charging infrastructure and incentives instead of punitive tariffs. Notable 2025–2026 moves include Jetour's aggressive UAE expansion, major dealer groups such as Gargash adding Chinese franchises, and BYD's regional manufacturing push spanning Egypt entry, Pakistan production and Saudi feasibility studies.
Regional shares are estimates — the GCC has no single unified registration body (sources: Roland Berger, AGBI, company releases).
一个快速开放的区域
海湾合作委员会（GCC）已从中国出口版图的边缘走到中心。据罗兰贝格，中国品牌在 GCC 的合计份额从 2019 年约 2% 升至 2025 年约 15%。低关税是重要原因：GCC 对整车统一征收约 5% 的对外关税，成员国之间自由流通，与欧美的高墙形成鲜明对比。行业机构估计，以沙特和阿联酋为首的海湾在 2025 年吸纳了远超百万辆的中国制造汽车，成为中国最大的海外汽车市场之一，中东对中国电动车的进口额亦同比大幅跃升。
品牌与车型
燃油车阵营中最强的是 MG、吉利、长安、哈弗与奇瑞；捷途（Jetour）异军突起，凭借 T2 SUV 跻身阿联酋畅销品牌之列；比亚迪则领跑电动车。典型畅销车型有捷途 T1/T2、长安 CS55/CS75、哈弗 H6 与 Jolion、MG RX5 与 ZS、吉利 Coolray 与 Emgrand，以及比亚迪 Atto 3、Song、Seal、Han。迪拜杰贝阿里自由区扮演区域组装与分销枢纽——例如捷途以此为跳板向整个 GCC 铺开——但目前多数销量仍为整车进口，而非本地组装。
今天是燃油，明天是电动
该区域仍以燃油 SUV 为绝对主体——低油价、长距离、极端高温都偏向内燃机——但电动车正从低基数快速攀升，而中国主导着海湾的电动车进口结构。当地政府以"拉"代"推"：沙特 2030 愿景与阿联酋电动化目标以充电基础设施和补贴激励为主，而非惩罚性关税。2025–2026 年的看点包括捷途在阿联酋的激进扩张、Gargash 等大型经销集团新增中国品牌代理，以及比亚迪进入埃及、在巴基斯坦投产、在沙特开展可行性研究的区域制造布局。
区域份额为估算值——GCC 没有统一的上牌统计机构（来源：罗兰贝格、AGBI、企业公告）。
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