FAW Group

{{Short description|Chinese central state-owned automobile manufacturer}} {{Infobox company | name = China FAW Group Corporation Limited | native_name = 中国第一汽车集团有限公司 | logo = FAW Group logo (2022).png | logo_class = logo-nobg | logo_size = 170 | image = FAW Group NBD headquarters (20250924144423).jpg | image_caption = FAW Group headquarters in Changchun | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes|t=第一汽車集團|s=第一汽车集团|p=Dìyī Qìchē Jítuán|chē (车)|l=First Automotive Group|altname=Abbreviation|t2=中國一汽|s2=中国一汽|p2=Zhōngguó Yīqì|chē (车)|l2=|order=st}} | type = State-owned enterprise | area_served = Asia-Pacific (except Taiwan, South Korea, Japan), Central Asia, Middle East and North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, Caribbean | foundation = {{Start date and age|15 July 1953}} | location_city = Changchun, Jilin | location_country = China | key_people = Qiu Xiandong (chairman) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/08-02/8293636.shtml|title=一旗|access-date=2 August 2017|publisher=China News Service|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803025650/http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2017/08-02/8293636.shtml|archive-date=3 August 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Liu Yigong (president) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.faw.com/aboutFaw/aboutFaw.jsp?pros=Profile.jsp&phight=580&about=Profile|title=Executives|access-date=30 April 2012|publisher=FAW Group Corporation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120502213529/http://www.faw.com/aboutFaw/aboutFaw.jsp?pros=Profile.jsp&phight=580&about=Profile|archive-date=2 May 2012}}</ref> | industry = Automotive | products = Automobiles Buses Trucks Automotive components | production = 3,500,000 units (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.autoline.tv/journal/?p=80361 |title=Autoline Daily |access-date=3 March 2022}}</ref> | revenue = {{increase}} US$ 89.5 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials>{{cite web |title=China FAW Group|url=https://fortune.com/company/china-faw-group/ |website=Fortune GLobal 500 |publisher=Fortune |access-date=2024-08-24}}</ref> | operating_income = | net_income = {{decrease}} US$ 2.9 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials /> | assets = US$ 99.5 billion (2023)<ref name=Financials /> | num_employees = 119,658 (2023)<ref name=Financials /> | homepage = {{URL|http://www.faw.com/|faw.com}} | divisions = {{ubl | Hongqi | Jiefang | Bestune }} | subsid = {{Collapsible list|title=List| '''Transportation''' * FAW Car Company * FAW Jilin * FAW Tianjin * FAW Jiefang * FAW Bus and Coach * FAW Hongta * FAW-GM ** Jiefang * FAW-Volkswagen * Chendu FAW '''Other''' * FAW Tool * FAW Tool and Die * FAW Foundry * Harbin Light Vehicle Factory * Dalian Diesel Engine * The 9th Industrial Machinery Design and Research Institute International: * FAW Eastern Europe * Myanmar FAW * FAW Pakistan * FAW USA}} }} '''China FAW Group Corp., Ltd.''' ('''First Automotive Works''') is a Chinese central state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Changchun, Jilin.<ref name="50th Today">[http://www.faw.com/Events/08.htm FAW Today] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323060521/http://www.faw.com/Events/08.htm |date=2010-03-23 }} FAW's 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> Founded on 15 July 1953,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Passing bumps in the road: what we can learn from FAW's 70-year journey-Xinhua |url=https://english.news.cn/20230715/e373851584c04489af5997ac1bca4508/c.html |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=english.news.cn}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.faw.com/fawen/gyjt36/jtgl59/jtjj3/index.html | title=Company Profile }}</ref> it is currently the second largest of the "Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China, together with SAIC Motor, Dongfeng Motor Corporation and Changan Automobile.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://new.qq.com/omn/20220114/20220114A018HJ00.html | title=2021全年汽车销量出炉，上汽卫冕，三家民营车企挤入前十_腾讯新闻 | date=14 January 2022 }}</ref>

The company produces and sells vehicles under its own branding, such as Hongqi, Bestune (Benteng) as well as under foreign-branded joint ventures such as FAW-Toyota and FAW-Volkswagen (Volkswagen, Audi, Jetta).

Its principal products are automobiles, buses, light, medium and heavy-duty trucks,<ref name="FAW About1">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080418135713/http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=profile.jsp&phight=920&about=Profile About FAW Profile] FAW Official Site</ref> and auto parts.<ref name="FAQ Parts">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080405020521/http://www.faw.com/webcontent/products.jsp?pros=fl_componets_contant.jsp&phight=1000&about=Products Products Components & Parts] FAW Official Site</ref> FAW became China's first automobile manufacturer when it unveiled the nation's first domestically produced passenger car, the Hongqi, in 1958.<ref name="firsthist">[http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEvent2_6.jsp&phight=2050&about=Key%20Events Key Events, May 21, 1958/Aug. 1, 1958] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304060115/http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEvent2_6.jsp&phight=2050&about=Key%20Events |date=March 4, 2009 }} FAW Official site</ref>

As a state-owned enterprise of China, FAW Group is controlled and managed by SASAC, which under Chinese law performs the functions of an investor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=laws |url=http://www.npc.gov.cn/zgrdw/englishnpc/Law/2011-02/15/content_1620615.htm |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=www.npc.gov.cn}}</ref>

The company has three publicly traded subsidiaries: FAW Jiefang Group Co., Ltd. ({{Szse|000800}}), Changchun FAWAY Automobile Components Co., Ltd. ({{SSE|600742}}) and Qiming INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY Co., Ltd. ({{Szse|002232}}).<ref>{{Cite web |title=上市公司|url=http://www.faw.com.cn/fawcn/373692/ssgs/index.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.faw.com.cn}}</ref>

==History== thumb|left|170px|First Automotive Works' first products, 1956 First Automotive Works broke ground on its first factory in 1953 (the first year of the first five-year plan),<ref name="FAW News Globe">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070327133200039.htm FAW Group Steps up Global Expansion] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719104030/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070327133200039.htm |date=2011-07-19 }} FAW Official Site, Mar 27, 2007</ref><ref name="FAW About1" /> and produced its first product, the Jiefang CA-10 truck (based on the Soviet ZIS-150) in 1956.<ref name="FAW Timeline">[http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEvent2_6.jsp&phight=2050&about=Key%20Events About FAW > Key Events] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304060115/http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEvent2_6.jsp&phight=2050&about=Key%20Events |date=2009-03-04 }} FAW Official Site</ref>

The Soviet Union lent assistance during these early years providing technical support, tooling, and production machinery.<ref name="FAW News Globe" /> Before the first factory opened, 39 Chinese FAW employees traveled to the Stalin Truck Factory for instruction in truck production.<ref name="FAW Timeline" /> Operations were conducted under Soviet direction, and the USSR is even credited with choosing Changchun as the location for the first FAW facility.<ref>{{Cite book | last = Richter | first = Frank-Jürgen | title = The dragon millennium: Chinese business in the coming world economy | publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group | year = 2000 | page = 70 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Jbml6D5VDp4C&q=%22Shanghai%20Car%20Plant%22&pg=PA70 | isbn = 978-1-56720-353-0 }}</ref>

First Automotive Works initially made only commercial trucks,<ref name="FAW About1" /> but started producing passenger cars in 1958.<ref name="FAW Timeline" /> These vehicles, Hongqi luxury sedans, were the first domestically produced Chinese automobiles.<ref name="FAW Timeline" /> Made primarily for the party elite, the design changed little over their thirty-year production run.<ref name="economist">[http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12544893 The home team] economist.com, Nov 13th 2008</ref> Following this, FAW's Audi products are the traditionally favoured choice for ranking Chinese state officials.<ref>[http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/13/content_11538089.htm Chinese public revved up over BMW, Benz on gov't car list] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107064513/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-06/13/content_11538089.htm |date=2012-11-07 }} xinhuanet.com, 2009-06-13</ref>

The First Automotive Works "winged 1" badge is derived from the Chinese 一汽 ("一" meaning "one" and "汽", from "汽车" meaning "automotive") and depicts a hawk spreading its wings, 一 (1).<ref name="FAW Trademark2">[http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=interpretation.jsp&phight=600&about=Corporate%20Trademark About FAW > Corporate Trademark] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223161206/http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=interpretation.jsp&phight=600&about=Corporate%20Trademark|date=2010-12-23}} FAW Official Site</ref> The logo was introduced in 1964.<ref name="FAW Timeline12">[http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEvent2_5.jsp&phight=800&about=Key%20Events About FAW > Key Events]{{dead link|date=August 2020|bot=InternetArchiveBot|fix-attempted=yes}} Faw Official Site</ref>

During the Third Front campaign to develop strategic industries in China's rugged interior to prepare for potential invasion from the United States or the Soviet Union, the First Automotive Works transferred a third of its workforce to develop the Second Automotive Works.<ref name=":112">{{Cite book |last=Meyskens |first=Covell F. |title=Material Contradictions in Mao's China |date=2022 |publisher=University of Washington Press |isbn=978-0-295-75085-9 |editor-last=Altehenger |editor-first=Jennifer |location=Seattle |chapter=China's Cold War Motor City |editor-last2=Ho |editor-first2=Denise Y.}}</ref>{{Rp|pages=202–204}}

In 1992, the name First Automotive Works was changed to FAW Group Corporation.<ref name="FAW Trademark2" />

Though FAW was the fourth Chinese automaker to take on Western partners, its early joint venture with Volkswagen in 1990 saw it become the second Chinese auto company to develop a strong cooperative relationship with a foreign counterpart. SAIC was the first, in 1984 and also with VW.<ref>[http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12544905 Theme and variations] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091120155108/http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12544905 |date=2009-11-20 }} economist.com, Nov 13th 2008</ref>

Volkswagen was the first foreign partner for FAW, but others soon followed. The company acquired 50% ownership of Tianjin Automotive Xiali in September, 2002, and renamed the brand FAW Tianjin.<ref name="WOC">{{cite book | title = World of Cars 2006·2007 | publisher = Media Connection Sp. z o.o. | location = Warsaw, Poland | page = 232 | year = 2006 }}</ref> As a result, FAW ended up with Toyota as a foreign joint venture partner.<ref>{{cite book |author=Anil K. Gupta |author2=Toshiro Wakayama |author3=Srini Rangan | title =Global Strategies for Emerging Asia | publisher =John Wiley & Sons | year =2012 | page =135 | url =https://books.google.com/books?id=4mrfaJ_vCq8C&q=Tianjin%20Toyota%20Motor%20Co%20Ltd&pg=PA135 | isbn =978-1-118-21797-9 | access-date =2016-10-11 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20140610235852/http://books.google.com/books?id=4mrfaJ_vCq8C&lpg=PA135&dq=Tianjin%20Toyota%20Motor%20Co%20Ltd&pg=PA135 | archive-date =2014-06-10 | url-status =live }}</ref> FAW established a joint venture with General Motors in 2009<ref>[https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601209&sid=aqqtR6u77D20 GM, China FAW Set Up Commercial-Vehicle Joint Venture] Bloomberg.com, August 30, 2009</ref> and has joint ventures with a handful of other foreign companies as well.

thumb|logo of FAW Group, 2009-2022 The company produced more than 1.5 million vehicles in 2008, and in 2009 it was the largest machinery corporation and the second largest auto manufacturer in China.<ref>*For 2008 sales figures, see [http://www.faw.com/webcontent/2008EN/2008en.pdf 2008 Annual Report]{{dead link|date=September 2018|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} FAW Official Site *For 2009 ranking as largest Chinese machinery company, see [http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090807105300038.htm FAW Ranks 1st among Top 500 Chinese Machinery Corporations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090810130252/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090807105300038.htm |date=2009-08-10 }} FAW Official Site, Aug 7, 2009 *For 2009 ranking as 2nd largest Chinese automaker, see [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-01/07/content_9278080.htm SAIC expects rosy FY profit figures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111092759/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2010-01/07/content_9278080.htm |date=2010-01-11 }} China Daily, Jan 7, 2010</ref> In 2010, the 2.56 million units sold made it the third most-productive vehicle maker in China that year, and one of its offerings, the FAW Xiali, was the 7th most-purchased car in China in 2010.<ref>*For 2010 sales figures, see [http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/01/china-car-market-101-who-makes-all-those-18-million-cars/ China Car Market 101: Who Makes All Those 18 Million Cars?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110122000252/http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2011/01/china-car-market-101-who-makes-all-those-18-million-cars/ |date=2011-01-22 }} thetruthaboutcars.com, January 19, 2011 *For 2010 ranking as 3rd largest Chinese vehicle manufacturer, see [http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7199051.html Sales surge, but congestion concerns rise] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104092248/http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7199051.html |date=2011-01-04 }} people.com.cn, November 15, 2010 *For FAW Xiali as 7th most-popular car in 2010, see [http://chinaautoweb.com/2011/01/top-10-best-selling-sedans-and-suvs-in-2010/ Top 10 Best-Selling Sedans and SUVs in 2010] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708144733/http://chinaautoweb.com/2011/01/top-10-best-selling-sedans-and-suvs-in-2010/ |date=2011-07-08 }} chinaautoweb.com, January 14, 2011</ref> It produced 2.6 million vehicles in 2011, the third-largest output of any China-based company.<ref>{{cite conference |title=2011年前十家乘用车生产企业销量排名 |publisher=China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) |date=2012-01-20 |url=http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20120120/0905067439.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120820031815/http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20120120/0905067439.html |archive-date=2012-08-20 }}</ref> While it retained its third place rank, the number of whole vehicles produced in 2012 slowed to 2.3 million.<ref name="dbllede">{{cite web|title=2012年12月分车型前十家生产企业销量排名 |url=http://www.caam.org.cn/zhengche/20130114/0905085491.html |publisher=China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) |date=14 January 2013 |access-date=January 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115030711/http://caam.org.cn/zhengche/20130114/0905085491.html |archive-date=January 15, 2013 }}</ref> Passenger cars made up a relatively scant 64% of total production that year.<ref name="dbllede" />

In July 2021, FAW transferred 49% of the shares of FAW Haima to Hainan Development Holdings Co., Ltd. (Hainan Holdings) at no charge. Haima Automobile holds 51% of the shares in FAW Haima, while Hainan Holdings hold 49% of the shares.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Haima automobile: China FAW transfers the equity of two subsidiary companies free of charge |url=https://equalocean.com/briefing/20210720230061515 |access-date=2023-02-22 |website=EqualOcean |language=en}}</ref>

As of 2024, many other brands have been liquidated, leaving only Hongqi and Bestune as passenger car brands.

=== Cooperation with Leapmotor === In March 2025, FAW Group and Leapmotor signed the MOU on strategic cooperation, under which the two parties will jointly develop passenger vehicles and collaborate on auto parts.<ref>{{Cite web |title=一汽零跑牵手背后，造车“黑马”的技术外供之路_车家号_发现车生活_汽车之家 |url=https://chejiahao.autohome.com.cn/info/19519243 |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=chejiahao.autohome.com.cn |language=zh-CN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-03-26 |title=零跑正式从一汽“赚钱了” |url=https://finance.sina.com.cn/wm/2025-03-26/doc-ineqyvpm8839033.shtml |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=finance.sina.com.cn}}</ref>

In May 2025 at the Auto Shanghai, Zhu Jiangming, Chairman of Leapmotor, revealed that the two companies have finalized their partnership and will jointly develop a model for the Hongqi brand targeting overseas markets. Mass production of the new vehicle is set to begin in the second half of 2026 at Leapmotor's Hangzhou plant. The new Hongqi model will be built on the same platform as Leapmotor B10 with both battery electric and range-extender powertrain.<ref>{{Cite web |title=零跑汽车为红旗提供电动汽车平台 |url=https://auto.gasgoo.com/news/202504/27I70424101C501.shtml |access-date=2025-05-06 |website=auto.gasgoo.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Faw Trucks Model Guide |url=https://chinafawtruk.com/faw-truck-models-guide.html |access-date=2025-05-19}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=FAW |url=https://chinafawtruk.com/faw-truck-models-guide.html |archive-url=https://chinafawtruk.com/ |archive-date=2025-05-15 |access-date=2025-05-19 |publisher=Optimal Applications & Recommended Parts}}</ref>

== List of Chairmen == ''Current'' Qiu Xiandong (since September 2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chinese Auto Giant FAW Promotes GM to Chairman |url=https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/chinese-auto-giant-faw-promotes-gm-to-chairman#:~:text=Chinese%20Auto%20Giant%20FAW%20Promotes%20GM%20to%20Chairman&text=audio%20is%20not%20supported!&text=(Yicai)%20Sept.%201%20--,worked%20from%202001%20to%202016.%5B%5D |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=www.yicaiglobal.com |language=en}}</ref> === Past Chairmen ===

* Xu Jianyi (2010–2015)<ref>{{cite web|publisher=ifeng.com|access-date=2010-12-30|url=http://auto.ifeng.com/news/special/yiqi/20101230/502115.shtml|title=一汽：徐建一任董事长兼党委书记总经理待定}}</ref> * Xu Ping (2015–2017)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former head of China's Dongfeng named chairman of FAW Group -FAW |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/autos-transportation/former-head-of-chinas-dongfeng-named-chairman-of-faw-group-faw-idUSB9N0XK03J/#:~:text=May%207%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20China%20FAW%20Group,Sign%20up%20here.%20Reporting%20By%20Jake%20Spring.%5B%5D}}</ref> * Xu Liuping (2017–2023)<ref>{{Cite web |title=FAW Chief Named Head of China's Trade Union Center |url=https://www.yicaiglobal.com/news/faw-chief-named-head-of-china-trade-union-center#:~:text=FAW%20Chief%20Named%20Head%20of,more%20than%20CNY49%20billion%20(USD7.%5B%5D |access-date=2026-04-03 |website=www.yicaiglobal.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Brands and products== {{Main|List of FAW vehicles}} FAW sold products under at least ten different brands including its own, but most of its brands has been discontinued or consolidated into Hongqi, Jiefang and Bestune brand currently.

===Hongqi=== {{Main|Hongqi (marque)}}

'''Hongqi''' is a Chinese luxury car marque owned by the automaker FAW Group. Hongqi was launched in 1958, making it the oldest Chinese passenger car marque. In Chinese, ''hongqi'' means "red flag."<gallery> File:Hongqi L5 II IMG01.jpg|Hongqi L5 File:Hongqi HQ9 008.jpg|Hongqi HQ9 File:2020 Hongqi E-HS9.jpg|Hongqi E-HS9 </gallery>{{clear}}

=== Jiefang === {{main|FAW Jiefang}}

Jiefang is the medium and heavy trucks brand of FAW Group. The first truck rolled off of the lines in 1956, which was the first ever-built truck by the People's Republic of China.

Jiefang became a subsidiary on 18 January 2003 with two subsidiaries of its own, Qingdao Truck Division and FAW Trading Company, it is one make of Jiefang branded trucks.<ref name="50th 9">[http://www.faw.com/Events/09.htm Page 9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100711123500/http://www.faw.com/Events/09.htm|date=2010-07-11}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> {{clear}}<gallery> File:20220709 Jiefang J7 truck on Shangdu Road.jpg|Jiefang J7 File:20220102 FAW J6P refrigerated truck.jpg|Jiefang J6P </gallery>

===Bestune (formerly Besturn)=== {{Main|Bestune}} Bestune was established on August 18, 2006,<ref name="FAW Timeline 4">[http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEvent2_1.jsp&phight=1380&about=Key%20Events About FAW > Key Events] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200512084539/http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEvent2_1.jsp&phight=1380&about=Key%20Events |date=2020-05-12 }} FAW Official Site</ref> It may also be known as ''Ben Teng''.<ref name="fawben">[http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/10/27/besturn-b90-sedan-spotted-out-testing/ Besturn B90 Sedan spotted out testing] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101030024651/http://www.chinacartimes.com/2010/10/27/besturn-b90-sedan-spotted-out-testing/|date=2010-10-30}} chinacartimes.com, October 27, 2010</ref> It serves as the passenger car brand in FAW Group.<gallery> File:Bestune B70 III 005.jpg|Bestune B70 File:Bestune T90 001.jpg|Bestune T90 File:Bestune E05 by FAW (front).jpg|Bestune NAT </gallery>

=== FAW discontinued brands ===

* FAW Haima (divested), founded in January 1992 as Hainan Mazda Motor, a joint venture between the Hainan provincial government and Mazda to produce Mazda models for sale in China. In 2006, Mazda's share of Hainan Mazda was acquired by FAW Group, and the company became a subsidiary of FAW. In July 2021, FAW transferred 49% of the shares of FAW Haima to Hainan Development Holdings Co., Ltd. (Hainan Holdings) at no charge. * FAW Tianjin (discontinued), Junpai, Huali, Xiali (discontinued), Jiaxing (discontinued) * FAW Jilin (discontinued), a maker of mini-vehicles, small trucks and vans under the Senia and Jiabao brands. * Oley (discontinued),<ref name="2ndfac">{{cite news |date=2011-11-28 |title=Short Torque |publisher=China Daily |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/28/content_14171266.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111130185313/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2011-11/28/content_14171266.htm |archive-date=2011-11-30}}</ref> a newer brand that was targeting young buyers. Defunct in 2015. *SiTech (discontinued), a brand that focuses on electric vehicles. Established in 2018 with the first car called SiTech DEV1 launched.<ref>{{cite web|title=SiTech Is A New EV Brand From China And This Is Their First Car|date=20 April 2018|url=https://carnewschina.com/2018/04/20/sitech-is-a-new-ev-brand-from-china-and-this-is-their-first-car/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190308002917/https://carnewschina.com/2018/04/20/sitech-is-a-new-ev-brand-from-china-and-this-is-their-first-car/|archive-date=2019-03-08|access-date=2019-03-07}}</ref> * Pengxiang<ref name="50th 34" /> * Shenli<ref name="50th 40" /> * Yuan Zheng<ref name="50th 32">[http://www.faw.com/Events/32.htm Page 32] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114222803/http://www.faw.com/Events/32.htm|date=2010-01-14}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * FAC (marque), FAW Lingyuan * Baolong {| class="wikitable" |+FAW group sales by brand<ref>{{Cite web |title=HOME {{!}} Automotive Industry Portal MarkLines {{!}} Portal |url=https://www.marklines.com/ |access-date=2022-12-02 |website=www.marklines.com}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" |Year ! rowspan="2" |Total ! colspan="1" |FAW Group !FAW Jiefang ! colspan="2" |FAW Bestune !FAW Haima ! colspan="2" |FAW Jilin ! colspan="2" |FAW Tianjin |- !Hongqi !Jiefang !Bestune !Oley !Haima !Senia !Jiabao !Junpai !Xiali |- !2010 |1,038,290 |193 |394,739 |132,212 | - |140,332 |48,499 |70,795 | - |245,920 |- !2011 |907,337 |2 |280,104 |112,816 | - |156,212 |41,090 |62,555 | - |250,153 |- !2012 |718,327 |127 |230,026 |72,484 |6,545 |131,642 |41,270 |49,672 | - |183,976 |- !2013 |723,969 |2,981 |276,956 |121,254 |6,300 |113,446 |40,424 |39,554 | - |129,392 |- !2014 |627,006 |2,708 |239,450 |179,453 |6,933 |90,426 |17,666 |17,776 |4,041 |68,018 |- !2015 |505,849 |5,044 |178,300 |147,897 |1,936 |70,938 |14,159 |22,705 |29,308 |35,541 |- !2016 |505,711 |5,052 |231,203 |105,670 |863 |63,029 |50,440 |10,612 |16,595 |21,909 |- !2017 |572,862 |4,702 |317,445 |116,472 |186 |39,369 |62,290 |5,308 |17,598 |9,482 |- !2018 |543,986 |33,028 |338,302 |88,708 |197 |22,507 |36,248 |3,375 |17,674 |11,22 |- !2019 |589,832 |100,166 |352,702 |120,193 | rowspan="7" |discontinued |4,452 |5,818 |683 |3,771 |221 |- !2020 |779,403 |200,338 |492,622 |83,391 |2,936 | colspan="2" rowspan="6" |discontinued | colspan="2" rowspan="6" |discontinued |- !2021 |846,803 |300,638 |454,426 |77,218 |14,521 |- !2022 |555,406 |309,657 |170,049 |75,700 | rowspan="4" |divested |- !2023 |732,328 |370,000 |241,662 |120,666 |- !2024 |813,632 |411,777<ref>{{Cite web |title=稳健的突破了4万辆，一汽红旗2024年销量411777辆，同比增长17.4%_车家号_发现车生活_汽车之家 |url=https://chejiahao.autohome.com.cn/info/18615844 |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=chejiahao.autohome.com.cn |language=zh-CN}}</ref> |251,078<ref>{{Cite web |title=一汽解放2024全年销量同比增3.90%，预计今年中重卡出口会提升 |url=https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/1489977.html |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.stcn.com}}</ref> |150,777<ref>{{Cite web |last=新京报 |date=2025-01-01 |title=一汽奔腾2024年销量150777辆，同比增长25% |url=https://finance.sina.com.cn/jjxw/2025-01-01/doc-inecniqx6526730.shtml |access-date=2025-12-25 |website=finance.sina.com.cn}}</ref> |- !2025 |940,080<ref>{{Cite web |last=中国第一汽车集团有限公司 |date=2026-01-01 |title=稳中快进创新提质 {{!}} 中国一汽2025年整车销量超330万辆 |url=https://finance.sina.com.cn/enterprise/central/2026-01-01/doc-inhevnzm5208111.shtml |access-date=2026-01-02 |website=finance.sina.com.cn}}</ref> |460,000 |280,000 |200,017 |}

== Joint ventures == === FAW-Toyota === {{Main|FAW Toyota||}}

{{See also|Tianjin FAW}} Created in 2003,<ref name="toyotajv">[http://en.tjfaw.com/about/about18.html Home > About Us > Company Introduction > TOYOTA Motor Co., LTD.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108010926/http://en.tjfaw.com/about/about18.html|date=2010-11-08}} Tianjin Xiali Official Site</ref> FAW operates this joint venture with Japanese automaker Toyota through Tianjin FAW. Key subsidiaries include:

[[File:TOYOTA LAND CRUISER PRADO (J250) China (3).jpg|thumb|The Toyota Land Cruiser Prado produced by Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor]]Sichuan FAW Toyota Motor Co Operates a passenger car production base in the Chenghua District of Sichuan province and another in Changchun, Jilin province.<ref name="an">''Toyota Motor China Investment Co.'' By: Treece, James B. Automotive News, 5/14/2007 Supplement, Vol. 81</ref> As of 2008, its 10,000 units/year capacity production base in Changchun makes the Toyota Prius and the Toyota Land Cruiser. The other production base it controls may make buses.<ref name="fawtoy"> {{Cite web|author=FAW Group|year=2008|title=FAW Toyota|url=http://www.faw.com/international/toyota.jsp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630215329/http://www.faw.com/international/toyota.jsp|archive-date=30 June 2017|access-date=1 May 2011|df=dmy-all}} </ref>

;Tianjin FAW Toyota Engine Co Ltd This equally owned joint venture with Toyota makes engines at its production bases in the Xiqing District of Tianjin and at the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone. Combined, both bases can produce 440,000 units annually.<ref name="fawtoy" />

;FAW Toyota Changchun Engine Co Ltd Making engines at a 130,000 units/year capacity production base in the Changchun Economic and Technology Development Zone, this equally owned joint venture was established in 2004.<ref name="fawtoy" />

=== FAW-Volkswagen Automobile Co Ltd === {{main|FAW-Volkswagen}}

Established in 1991, this large-scale automobile manufacturer is a joint venture between FAW Group and Volkswagen AG which, as of 2003, have ownership stakes of 60% and 40%, respectively.<ref name="50th 21">[http://www.faw.com/Events/21.htm Page 21] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929010527/http://www.faw.com/Events/21.htm|date=2011-09-29}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> It manufactures Audi and Volkswagen-branded automobiles for sale in China.<ref name="50th 23">[http://www.faw.com/Events/23.htm Page 23] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929010534/http://www.faw.com/Events/23.htm|date=2011-09-29}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref><gallery> File:AUDI A6L C8 China (44).jpg|Audi A6L File:2022 FAW-VW Jetta VS7 (facelift, front).jpg|Jetta VS7 File:2021 FAW-Volkswagen Talagon (front).jpg|FAW-Volkswagen Talagon </gallery> ;Chengdu FAW Co Ltd This subsidiary of FAW's joint venture with VW controls production bases in Chengdu, Sichuan province.<ref name="vwchengdu" />

=== Audi FAW NEV === '''Audi FAW NEV Company''' (Chinese: 奥迪一汽新能源汽车有限公司), commonly known as Audi FAW, is a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer headquartered in Changchun, Jilin Province. Established in 2021 as a joint venture between German automaker Audi and Chinese state-owned FAW Group, it represents Audi's first majority-controlled new energy vehicle partnership in China.<ref>{{Cite web |title=奥迪一汽公司介绍|url=https://www.audi-faw-nev.com.cn/zh/about_us/company_introduction.html|access-date=2026-04-09|website=www.audi-faw-nev.com.cn}}</ref><gallery> File:Audi_A6L_e-tron_MY2026_IMG01.jpg|Audi A6L e-tron File:Audi_Q6L_e-tron_001.jpg|Audi Q6L e-tron </gallery>

=== FAW-GM === {{main|FAW-GM}}

A joint venture with General Motors that mainly produces Jiefang light-duty trucks,<ref name="chinaautoweb">{{cite news|title=FAW-GM Increases Capacity, Having No Plan to Introduce GMC Yet|publisher=ChinaAutoWeb.com|url=http://chinaautoweb.com/2010/09/faw-gm-increases-capacity-having-no-plan-to-introduce-gmc-yet/|url-status=live|access-date=2010-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110406031750/http://chinaautoweb.com/2010/09/faw-gm-increases-capacity-having-no-plan-to-introduce-gmc-yet/|archive-date=2011-04-06}}</ref> this JV includes the Harbin Light Vehicle and FAW Hongta Yunnan factories.<ref name="marketwatch">{{cite web|date=30 August 2009|title=GM, China FAW set light-truck, van joint venture|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-china-faw-set-light-vehicle-joint-venture-2009-08-30|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424221201/http://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-china-faw-set-light-vehicle-joint-venture-2009-08-30|archive-date=24 April 2016|access-date=12 April 2016|work=marketwatch.com|publisher=MarketWatch}}</ref>

;FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co Ltd This joint venture with General Motors mainly produces Jiefang light-duty trucks.<ref name="chinaautoweb" />

=== Silk-FAW Automotive === {{main|Silk-FAW Automotive}}

This joint venture with US based design firm Silk EV produces high end luxury hybrid sports cars.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-03 |title=Silk-FAW to build sports-car plant in Italy |url=https://europe.autonews.com/automakers/silk-faw-build-sports-car-plant-italy |access-date=2022-06-16 |website=Automotive News Europe |language=en}}</ref>

== Strategic investment == '''Leapmotor''' '''(5% stake)'''

* In December 2025, Leapmotor announced that FAW Group would acquire 5% of its shares for 3.744 billion yuan. Following this acquisition, the stake held by Zhu Jiangming and other shareholders, who together form the single largest shareholder group, will dilute from 23.75% to 22.56%, while Stellantis' stake will decrease from 19.99% to 18.99%. The investment funds from FAW will be allocated in proportions of 50%, 25%, and 25% for research and development, supplementing working capital and general corporate purposes, and expanding the sales and service network while enhancing brand awareness, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |title=一汽37.44亿元入股零跑汽车，朱江明回应：将保持创始团队控制权 |url=https://www.stcn.com/article/detail/3561925.html |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=www.stcn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bobylev |first=Denis |date=2025-12-29 |title=State-owned FAW Group to invest 530 million USD in Leapmotor |url=https://carnewschina.com/2025/12/29/state-owned-faw-group-to-invest-530-million-usd-in-leapmotor/ |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=CarNewsChina.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcements and Notices |url=https://www1.hkexnews.hk/listedco/listconews/sehk/2025/1229/2025122900112.pdf |website=HKEX}}</ref>

==Subsidiaries and divisions== thumb|FAW Toyota Crown FAW has at least 28 wholly owned subsidiaries and controlling shares in 18 partially owned subsidiaries. These include the wholly owned subsidiaries FAW Jiefang Truck Co Ltd and FAW Bus and Coach Co Ltd, and the publicly traded FAW Car Co Ltd, Tianjin FAW Xiali Automobile Co Ltd, and Changchun FAWAY Automobile Components Co Ltd.<ref name="FAW About1"/>

The following is an incomplete list.

=== Vehicle-producing Divisions ===

==== Chengdu FAW Automobile Co Ltd ==== Chengdu FAW produces ''Huaxi'' brand light and medium buses based on the Toyota Coaster.<ref name="50th 38" /> Originally the Sichuan Bus Company, it became a partially owned subsidiary in 2002 after acquisition by FAW.<ref name="50th 38">[http://www.faw.com/Events/38.htm Page 38] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217140213/http://www.faw.com/Events/38.htm |date=2012-02-17 }} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref>

thumb|right|A Besturn B70 produced by FAW Car Company

==== FAW Car Co Ltd ==== {{main|FAW Car Company}}

Created in 1997 from the merger of Changchun Gear Factory, the FAW No. 2 Engine Factory, the FAW No. 2 Car Factory, and the former FAW No. 1 Car Factory,<ref name="50th 17">[http://www.faw.com/Events/17.htm Page 17] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080622111918/http://www.faw.com/Events/17.htm|date=2008-06-22}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> this publicly listed subsidiary produces cars, transmissions,<ref name="50th 17" /> and engines.<ref name="50th 19">[http://www.faw.com/Events/19.htm Page 19] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929010419/http://www.faw.com/Events/19.htm|date=2011-09-29}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> It has a production base in western Changchun, Jilin province.<ref name="50th 18">[http://www.faw.com/Events/18.htm Page 18] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080624230134/http://www.faw.com/Events/18.htm|date=2008-06-24}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref>

==== FAW Bus and Coach ==== {{main|FAW Bus and Coach}}

Founded in 1959, it produces buses sold under the ''Taihu'' brand.

==== FAW Hongta Yunnan Automobile Co Ltd ==== Created in 1997 when FAW purchased a controlling interest in Hongta Yunnan Automobile Co Ltd, this subsidiary company, as of 2003, produces 1/2-3 ton pickups and light trucks as well as license-built Daihatsu models.<ref name="50th 39">[http://www.faw.com/Events/39.htm Page 39] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217140217/http://www.faw.com/Events/39.htm |date=2012-02-17 }} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> This factory was included in the ''FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle'' joint venture.<ref name="marketwatch" />

<gallery widths="200" heights="120"> File:FAW Hongta Lanjian Jiefang.jpg|FAW Hongta Lanjian Jiefang File:FAW Hongta T340 front.jpg|FAW Hongta T340 </gallery>

==== FAW Jilin Automobile Co Ltd ==== {{main|FAW Jilin}}

Founded in 1980, this company became a wholly owned subsidiary of FAW Group in either 1987<ref name="FAW News6"/> or March 1991.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite book | title = World of Cars 2006·2007 | publisher = Media Connection Sp. z o.o. | location = Warsaw, Poland | pages = 231–232 | year = 2006 }}</ref> It manufactures compact trucks and buses originally based on Suzukis. More recently, Jilin participated in a five-year-long joint venture with Daihatsu.<ref>{{cite web | title = Daihatsu to Dissolve its Joint Business for Body Parts Manufacturer in Jilin City, China | date = 2010-01-07 | publisher = Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd | url = http://www.daihatsu.com/news/n2010/10010701/index.html | access-date = 2011-01-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101217135125/http://www.daihatsu.com/news/n2010/10010701/index.html | archive-date = 2010-12-17 }}</ref>

==== FAW Passenger Vehicle Co ==== thumb|FAW Group Corporation Main Building As of 2012, this company has two factories and some of the products it produces carry the Oley brand.<ref name=2ndfac/>

==== FAW Sichuan Automotive Co Ltd ==== Established in 1997, this part-owned subsidiary designs, produces, and markets medium and heavy truck bodies, wheels, and components for both FAW and other manufacturers.<ref name="50th 16">[http://www.faw.com/Events/16.htm Page 16] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410181539/http://www.faw.com/Events/16.htm |date=2010-04-10 }} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref>

==== The Harbin Light Vehicle Factory ==== Established in 1965, this FAW Group subsidiary made military vehicles until partnering with FAW in the 1990s.<ref name="harbin" /> It has since produced pickups, Jiefang trucks, and mini-vehicles (small trucks and vans that see commercial use).<ref name="harbin" /> This factory was included in the ''FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle'' joint venture.<ref name="marketwatch" />

=== Other divisions ===

* '''The 9th Industrial Machinery Design and Research Institute''' - Wholly owned subsidiary since 1958, responsible for production base design.<ref name="50th 26">[http://www.faw.com/Events/26.htm Page 26] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719104451/http://www.faw.com/Events/26.htm|date=2011-07-19}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * '''FAW Forging Co Ltd -''' Producing die and hand-forged auto parts, this subsidiary was established on 31 May 2000.<ref name="50th 12">[http://www.faw.com/Events/12.htm Page 12] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617054644/http://www.faw.com/Events/12.htm|date=2008-06-17}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * '''FAW Foundry Co Ltd -''' This wholly owned subsidiary produces cast auto parts including engine blocks.<ref name="50th 13">[http://www.faw.com/Events/13.htm Page 13] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080619165609/http://www.faw.com/Events/13.htm|date=2008-06-19}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * '''FAW Jiaxin Heat Treatment and Electroplate Technology Co Ltd''' - This wholly owned subsidiary designs and manufactures complete heat treatment and electroplating systems.<ref name="50th 14">[http://www.faw.com/Events/14.htm Page 14] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080605200609/http://www.faw.com/Events/14.htm|date=2008-06-05}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * '''FAW Qiming Information Technology Co Ltd''' - Established in 2000, this subsidiary company is responsible for GPS research and development, business development, sales and marketing, after sales support, and system integration.<ref name="50th 25">[http://www.faw.com/Events/25.htm Page 25] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719104446/http://www.faw.com/Events/25.htm|date=2011-07-19}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> A vehicle-monitoring division of its GPS research & development arm used a system purchased from Avaya to, "monitor over 3,000 vehicles throughout China".<ref name="50th 25" /> * '''FAW Tool Co Ltd''' - This wholly owned subsidiary specializes in development and production of non-standard tools for automotive manufacture.<ref name="50th 15">[http://www.faw.com/Events/15.htm Page 15] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080617115701/http://www.faw.com/Events/15.htm|date=2008-06-17}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * '''FAW Tool and Die Co Ltd''' - Manufacturing automotive dies is the main responsibility of this wholly owned subsidiary.<ref name="50th 15" /> * '''Dalian Diesel Engine Co''' - Produces engines for commercial trucks, construction equipment, and agricultural machinery.<ref name="FAW News12" /> In 1986, 35 years after its inception, this company became a wholly owned subsidiary of FAW.<ref name="50th 31">[http://www.faw.com/Events/31.htm Page 31] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929010629/http://www.faw.com/Events/31.htm|date=2011-09-29}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * '''FAW Import and Export Corporation (FAWIE)''' - Established as a subsidiary in 1984, FAWIE is the international sales and marketing division of FAW Group.<ref name="FAW News9">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070611090600052.htm FAW's Xiali Division Launches New C1 Hatchback in Russia] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101005232710/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070611090600052.htm|date=2010-10-05}} FAW Official Site, Jun 11, 2007</ref> Overseas joint ventures and technical cooperation with foreign countries are also within its remit.<ref name="FAW News9" /> This subsidiary has established overseas production facilities in Pakistan, South Africa, Tanzania, Ukraine, Vietnam, and Russia.<ref name="FAW News14" />

=== Minor joint ventures ===

* '''Chengdu Araco Automobile Trim Part Co Ltd''' - This joint venture with Japan's ARACO produces interior trim parts.<ref name="50th 38" /> * '''FAWER Automotive Component Co Ltd''' - Operated with American auto-parts maker Visteon, produces air-conditioning units at a facility in the Changchun Automotive Development Zone<ref>{{cite news|date=22 June 2010|title=FAWER Visteon Expands Automotive Climate Systems Manufacturing Operation in Changchun, China|publisher=Visteon Corp|url=http://www.visteon.com/media/newsroom/2010/100622_story1.html|url-status=live|access-date=4 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308145326/http://visteon.com/media/newsroom/2010/100622_story1.html|archive-date=8 March 2016}}</ref> * '''FAW Bharat Forging Co Ltd''' - A joint venture with India's Bharat Forge Ltd, it manufactures forged automotive components for passenger cars, buses, and commercial vehicles as well as forged products for the railway, mining, steel, and petroleum industries.<ref name="FAW Timeline 3">[http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEventfirst.jsp&phight=1550&about=Key%20Events About FAW > Key Events] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719104259/http://www.faw.com/webcontent/aboutfaw.jsp?pros=history_KeyEventfirst.jsp&phight=1550&about=Key%20Events|date=2011-07-19}} FAW Official Site</ref> * '''FAW Huali (Tianjin) Automobile Co Ltd''' - A joint venture with Tianjin Automotive Industry (Group) Co Ltd that, since 2003,<ref name="fawtoy" /> has manufactured Daihatsu models sold under the brand name Dario.<ref name="50th 33">[http://www.faw.com/Events/33.htm Page 33] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114154211/http://www.faw.com/Events/33.htm|date=2016-01-14}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> As of 2008, it continues to produce Daihatsu models, has a 10,000 units per year production capacity, and is majority owned by FAW with a 75% ownership stake.<ref name="fawtoy" /> * '''Wuhu FAW Yangzi Automobile Co Ltd''' - This joint venture with Yangzi Group and Wuhu Automotive Industry Company manufactures trucks, custom bus chassis, and medium-size buses.<ref name="50th 37">[http://www.faw.com/Events/37.htm Page 37] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929010801/http://www.faw.com/Events/37.htm|date=2011-09-29}} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> * '''Changchun Fawer-Johnson''' - A joint venture between FAW Sichuan and Johnson Controls, it produces a wide range of interior components including automotive seats and trim.<ref name="50th 16" />

==Production bases and facilities== FAW has production bases located in 14 provinces throughout China<ref name="50th Today"/> including the provinces of Guangdong,<ref name=gu/> Hainan,<ref name="FAW About1"/> Heilongjiang,<ref name="FAW About1"/> Jilin,<ref name="FAW About1"/> Liaoning,<ref name="FAW News1"/> Shandong,<ref name="FAW About1"/> Sichuan,<ref name="FAW About1"/> and Yunnan.<ref name="FAW About1"/> Non-provincial locales include Pudong<ref name="50th 34"/> and Tianjin.<ref name="FAW About1"/>

===Changchun===

FAW headquarters are located in Changchun, Jilin province, and operations here include an R&D and test center.<ref name="FAW Innovation">[http://www.faw.com/innovation/index.jsp Innovation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090822201302/http://www.faw.com/innovation/index.jsp |date=2009-08-22 }} FAW Official Site</ref> Additionally, FAW has two production bases here—one produces for the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture and the other makes self-branded autos.<ref> *For FAW-VW production base, see [http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070730131800053.htm FAW-Volkswagen Launches Second Jetta Production Location] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108161643/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070730131800053.htm |date=2008-01-08 }} FAW Official Site, Jul 30, 2007 *For self-branded production base, see [http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20100721081100027.htm FAW Car's Second Plant Starts Operation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031200957/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20100721081100027.htm |date=2010-10-31 }} FAW Official Site, Jul 21, 2010</ref>

===Chengdu=== An unfinished production base in the Longquan Economic Development Zone in Chengdu, Sichuan province, replaces an older Sichuan base and will produce passenger cars for a FAW-Toyota joint venture, Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd, when it is completed in 2010.<ref name="FAW News7">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20080716104200008.htm Sichuan FAW-Toyota Relocates Chengdu Plant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080726080750/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20080716104200008.htm |date=2008-07-26 }} FAW Official Site, Jul 16, 2008</ref>

FAW Jiefang Truck Co Ltd also has a production base here.<ref name="50th 34"/>

Another site in Chengdu produces cars for FAW-Volkswagen,<ref name=vwchengdu>[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090330133400004.htm FAW-Volkswagen Takes over Chengdu FAW] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809050107/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090330133400004.htm |date=2010-08-09 }} FAW Official Site, Mar 30, 2009</ref> and a second VW production base is, as of 2009, scheduled to be built in the city.<ref name=vw2>[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090512174100001.htm FAW Group and VW AG Joint to Build up New Chengdu Plant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116023641/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090512174100001.htm |date=2010-01-16 }} FAW Official Site, May 12, 2009</ref>

===Dalian=== [[File:CA6124SH8.jpg|thumb|A hybrid electric bus produced by FAW Bus and Coach Co Ltd in Dalian]] The Dalian division of FAW Bus and Coach Co Ltd manufactures Jiefang and Yuan Zheng brand medium and large-size buses in a production base in Dalian, Liaoning province.<ref name="50th 32"/> An unfinished bus production base in at the Dalian Economic & Technological Development Zone is expected to be complete in mid-2010 and will produce hybrid buses.<ref name="FAW News1">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090624150500057.htm FAW Builds up Dalian New-energy Bus Plant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719103642/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090624150500057.htm |date=2011-07-19 }} FAW Official Site, Jun 24, 2009</ref>

Another Dalian base produces engines for commercial trucks, construction equipment, and agricultural machinery.<ref name="FAW News12">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070918132700045.htm Deutz (Dalian) Engine Starts Operation] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312094028/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070918132700045.htm |date=2011-03-12 }} FAW Official Site, Sep 18, 2007</ref>

===Foshan=== As of 2010, 150,000 units/year production capacity FAW-VW production base will soon be built in this Guangdong province city.<ref name=gu>[http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-10/25/content_11458874.htm Ready consumer cash fueling robust sales] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106044315/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/usa/2010-10/25/content_11458874.htm |date=2011-11-06 }} chinadaily.com.cn, 2010-10-25</ref>

===Hainan=== Located in the sunny, southern vacation spot of Hainan island and built in 1958, Hainan Island Test Grounds is an auto testing site that includes a test track.<ref name="50th 40">[http://www.faw.com/Events/40.htm Page 40] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217140224/http://www.faw.com/Events/40.htm |date=2012-02-17 }} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref> FAW Hainan Automobile Co Ltd operates FAW's southernmost production facility here.<ref name="50th 40"/>

A production base on the island manufactures license-built Mazdas.

===Harbin=== A planned production base at the Aviation & Automobile Development Zone (Pingfang Development Zone) in the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province, will see completion in December 2010 and produce light trucks.<ref name=harbin>[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090604170700003.htm FAW Initiates 100,000-unit Light Truck Engineering Project in Harbin] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100420055329/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090604170700003.htm |date=2010-04-20 }} FAW Official Site, Jun 4, 2009</ref>

===Shanghai=== FAW Jiefang Truck Co Ltd has a production base in Pudong New Area in Shanghai.<ref name="50th 34"/>

===Tianjin=== Plants No. 1, 2, and 3 in the city of Tianjin produce automobiles for the FAW-Toyota joint venture Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd.<ref name="probase"/> Plant No. 1 is in Yangliuqing Town, Xiqing District,<ref name="probase"/> and plants No. 2 and 3 are located in the Tianjin Economic and Technological Development Zone and began production in 2007.<ref name="probase">[http://en.tjfaw.com/about/about18.html Home > About Us > Company Introduction > TOYOTA Motor Co., LTD.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108010926/http://en.tjfaw.com/about/about18.html |date=2010-11-08 }} Tianjin FAW Toyota Official Site</ref> Tianjin FAW Toyota Motor Co Ltd also has an engine plant in Tianjin.<ref name="FAW News13">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070420163700022.htm Tianjin FAW Toyota to Launch New Engine Plant] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080208030043/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070420163700022.htm |date=2008-02-08 }} FAW Official Site, Apr 20, 2007</ref>

===Qingdao=== A FAW Jiefang Truck Co Ltd medium, heavy, and severe-duty truck production base is located in Qingdao, Shandong province.<ref name="50th 34">[http://www.faw.com/Events/34.htm Page 34] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807194203/http://www.faw.com/Events/34.htm |date=2011-08-07 }} FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure</ref>

== Export and overseas sales == thumb|A FAW CA1031 truck in Russia While primarily manufacturing products for sale in its home market, FAW began exports to foreign countries in 1957 with the sale of three commercial trucks to a businessperson in Jordan.<ref name="FAW Timeline"/> FAW has shipped its products to more than eighty nations,<ref name="50th Today"/> including Egypt,<ref name="FAW News3">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090703133000015.htm New China-made Cars Launch at Egypt Market] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717012849/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090703133000015.htm |date=2009-07-17 }} FAW Official Site, Jul 3, 2009</ref> Iraq,<ref name="50th 36"/> Kenya,<ref name="50th 36">{{Cite web |url=http://www.faw.com/Events/36.htm |title=FAW 50th Anniversary Brochure |access-date=2009-08-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929010749/http://www.faw.com/Events/36.htm |archive-date=2011-09-29 }}</ref> Mexico,<ref name="FAW News2">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090625160900044.htm FAW Exports 920 Xiali cars to Mexico] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090717014750/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20090625160900044.htm |date=2009-07-17 }} FAW Official Site, Jun 25, 2009</ref> Myanmar,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA17/030/2006/en/|title=CHINA: SUSTAINING CONFLICT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES: THE FLOW OF ARMS CONTINUES|date=10 June 2006|website=www.amnesty.org|language=en|access-date=2017-02-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227063831/https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/ASA17/030/2006/en/|archive-date=27 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Pakistan,<ref name="50th 36"/> Russia,<ref name="FAW News14">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070328163200041.htm FAW Group Tapping Russian Market] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070720074951/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070328163200041.htm |date=2007-07-20 }} FAW Official Site, Mar 28, 2007</ref> South Africa, Iran,<ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-11-28|title=فروش اقساطی کشنده فاو - قیمت کشنده فاو اتاق جدید {{!}} محصولات فاو – شرکت سیبا موتور|url=https://www.faw-sibamotor.com/2017/11/28/%d9%81%d8%b1%d9%88%d8%b4-%d8%a7%d9%82%d8%b3%d8%a7%d8%b7%db%8c-%da%a9%d8%b4%d9%86%d8%af%d9%87-%d9%81%d8%a7%d9%88/|access-date=2020-06-19|website=محصولات فاو - کامیونت فاو|language=fa-IR}}</ref><ref name="FAW News8">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070614191600040.htm FAW¡¯s Jiefang Brand Cement Mixers Popular in South Africa] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108161603/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20070614191600040.htm |date=2008-01-08 }} FAW Official Site, Jun 14, 2007</ref> [http://www.faw.co.zw/ Zimbabwe] and Uruguay.<ref name="FAW News6">[http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20080122102500038.htm FAW Exported Mini Vans to Uruguay] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611151623/http://www.faw.com/news/dzjy_jybj/jyzb/20080122102500038.htm |date=2008-06-11 }} FAW Official Site, Jan 22, 2008</ref>

NAZ-Nakhchivan Automobile Plant has assembled FAW cars in Nakhchivan, Azerbaijan, since 2020.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}}

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{official website}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080617055745/http://www.faw.com/Events/01.htm 50th anniversary commemorative brochure]

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