Abstract: In order to evaluate correctly the competitiveness of the auto industry in Jiangxi province, an index system of competitiveness must be established. Such a system should constitute the following first grade indexes: environmental competitiveness, innovation competitiveness, manufacturing competitiveness, spare parts competitiveness, and market competitiveness, as well as the related second grade indexes. Through questionnaire investigations, this paper conducts an evaluation on the competitiveness of Jiangxi auto industry with the synthetic evaluation method. The results indicate that the innovation competitiveness and the spare parts competitiveness are rather weak. Therefore, Jiangxi auto industry has to improve the industrial competitiveness comprehensively by starting from enhancing the innovation capability of its independent technology and accelerating the industrial upgrade of auto parts.

Key words: auto industry; competitiveness; evaluation index；synthetic evaluation