- CEO
- Changxin Yu
- Full Time Employees
- 19,117
- Sector
- Consumer durables
- Industry
- Motor vehicles
- Address
- No. 2259 Dongfeng Street Changchun JI China 130011
- IPO Date
- Jun 18, 1997
- Business
- FAW Jiefang Group Co., Ltd (000800.SZ) manufactures and sells commercial vehicles, principally light, medium, and heavy-duty trucks and buses in China; provides engines, transmissions, axles, auto parts, and accessories; and offers technical services and technology research and development. The company produces flagship models including the J6P heavy-duty trucks, J6 series, J100 platform encompassing tractors, cargo trucks, dumpers, and special utility trucks supporting ICE, battery, hybrid, and fuel cell powertrains, as well as light-duty trucks for urban transport and medium-duty trucks for logistics. Founded in 1953 and headquartered in Changchun, Jilin Province, it operates as a subsidiary of China FAW Group Co., Ltd, with production bases including engine facilities in Wuxi and a focus on both domestic and international markets spanning over 50 countries in South America, the Middle East, Africa, and plans for expansion into Uzbekistan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, and Mexico.
In recent developments, the company changed its name from FAW Car Co., Ltd to FAW Jiefang Group Co., Ltd in May 2020 to reflect its commercial vehicle focus, established FAW Jiefang International in 2024 as a dedicated overseas subsidiary, and completed acquisitions of FAW Africa Investment Co., Ltd and Jiefang Motors (Tanzania) Co., Ltd by end-2024. It announced plans in July 2025 to invest RMB 498 million in wholly-owned subsidiaries across eight countries to accelerate global expansion, unveiled the SPRINT2030 global strategy targeting 330,000 annual vehicle sales in 2025 including 80,000 overseas and 46,000 new energy vehicles, and deepened new energy efforts through an additional CNY 191 million investment in November 2025 in its Jiefang-CATL joint venture with CATL and TELD, alongside strategic cooperation with Gaolaozhuang New Energy and parent FAW Group's RMB 3.6 billion investment in Zhuoyu Technology for intelligent driving.