Purpose - Korea and China have a very competitive structure in the automobile market. Therefore, this study examines the current status of the automobile market in Korea and China and the size of trade, and analyzes the international competitiveness of the auto parts industry. This is not an automobile itself but a comparative analysis of the automobile parts industry that can bring about various ripple effects. Research design, data, and methodology - The statistical data were used by Korea and China Automobile Industry Association. The statistical data related to automobile parts were extracted from the data of UN comtrade s trade statistics from 2006 to 2015 for 10 years considering the consistency of statistics. This data was extracted by the HS 2002 version because it was extracted from the 2005 statistical data. From the extracted trade statistics data, Korea s and China s Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCA) and Trade Specialization Index (TSI) were calculated and analyzed for international competitiveness and suggested implications. Results - The gist of research result is as follows. Conclusions - China s auto parts industry shows that technology-intensive and high value-added items are not competitive, exports are considered to be less profitable. Therefore, Chinese parts companies need to enhance the competitiveness of automobile parts by strengthening their own development capability, cultivating their own technology development talents, and establishing a technical standard system for the auto parts industry. On the other hand, the Korean auto parts industry should keep in mind that competitiveness index is gradually improving little by little. As a result, the Korean auto parts industry needs to concentrate on developing high value-added automotive parts. The main requirement for exports to China is not price competitiveness, but technology through differentiation. In order to enter the Chinese auto parts market in a short period of time, it is effective to cooperate with local auto parts companies of different kinds. In addition, Korean auto parts makers are experiencing difficulties in overseas car parts makers, such as lack of full-time overseas workforce and manpower management, and it is necessary to acquire and cultivate global talent to solve this problem. Also, it is necessary to support the government to invest in basic research and development related to automobile parts and to provide policy support to enhance R & D capability