Currently, over 90 brands of various passenger cars are produced in China. 70 of them are original Chinese brands. The rest are brands of world automobile concerns, which preferred to open production in the Middle Kingdom.
It is not the first year that Chinese manufacturers have been making mass products for Americans, Japanese, Koreans and Germans. Such global giants of the automotive industry as BMW, Mercedes Benz, Volkswagen, Ford, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Hyundai and others prefer to assemble their cars in China. There is nothing surprising in the fact that in the Celestial Empire they learned to produce their own cars.
Classification of cars made in China
Not only has China become the world leader in the number of cars produced, surpassing the United States, but it also has the largest number of foreign car manufacturing plants. At the moment, almost all of the world's major players in the automotive industry prefer to have production in China for the domestic market. The degree of localization of some global concerns, such as Audi, Volkswagen or Honda, reaches 90 percent.
In China, there are independent young car manufacturers that began their activities in the nineties of the twentieth century. Such companies were created by groups of private entrepreneurs with the support of the state. These include the Hafei and Chery trademarks.
Some of the manufacturers that currently produce passenger cars previously specialized exclusively in the production of buses, motorcycles, military, agricultural or construction equipment, and subsequently retooled their production facilities. These manufacturers include Geely, Great Wall and Lifan.
The largest group of manufacturers is companies whose business is based on the production of equipment and components for cars. This group includes about 40 manufacturers. The most famous of these is the company
Xinkai.
In addition, subdivisions of the largest manufacturing companies are located in the Celestial Empire, the main activity of which is not production, but the sale of cars. Such companies include BYD, one of the thirty world leaders in car sales.
The plant is the father of all Chinese cars
The history of almost all Chinese car brands began with the PLA mechanical plant. At one time, it was a launching pad for all manufacturers. In the eighties of the twentieth century, the Chinese government licensed only those cars, parts of which were produced at this plant.
