Auto parts industry of Ningbo, which boasts of strong manufacturing capacity and supporting industries, has been installed with a new engine that promotes technical testing and self-innovation, that is, Ningbo Auto Parts Testing Center, which begins operation on April 8 at Yinzhou Investment and Pioneering Center. This testing center is the second of its kind in the country and the first in Zhejiang province, thus becoming the public technical testing platform in the whole Yangtze Delta area. Ningbo is now an important production and export base of auto parts in China. According to the statistics, there are more than 3000 auto parts enterprises in Ningbo，nearly half of the total number in Zhejiang. At present, the annual output value of the municipality exceeds 15 billion RMB and the annual export value exceeds 700 million US dollars.