Industry

Beijing Auto to set up car factory in South Africa

Beijing Auto has set up a joint venture in South Africa to assemble minibuses. Beijing Automotive and South Africa's Industrial Development Corp (IDC )...

Geely to set up car factory in Brazil

Geely will set up a vehicle assembly plant in Brazil with an investment of $311 million, Brazilian magazine Veja reported on Nov 21 on...

China to stop motorbike subsidy in rural areas

China will stop subsidizing purchases of motorcycles in rural areas when the subsidy program ends on January 31. The decision was jointly made by...

Renault and Dongfeng plan joint venture in China

Renault is planning to launch a joint venture to build cars in China with Dongfeng Motor Group, the country's second-largest automaker, a local newspaper...

Japanese car sales in China ‘back on track’

Japanese automakers have started to see their sales in China rebound after the Chinese-Japanese island-row caused sales to decline in the past two months. Even...

New Ford sub-brand for China will be called ‘Jia Yue’

The Chang'an-Ford joint venture will launch a new sub-brand this year. It will be called 'Jia yue', best translated as 'Good Leap'. The logo,...

Party Time! 4 million Beijing-Hyundai cars made in China

Party time at the Beijing-Hyundai factory in Beijing. The company announced they had made four million vehicles from 10 October 2002 to 26 November...

China’s Foton to build auto plant in Cameroon

Chinese commercial vehicle maker Beiqi Foton Motor Co has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Cameroon to invest $500 million in...

Dongfeng and Schmitz Cargobull set up JV

Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd plans to set up a joint venture with German-based Schmitz Cargobull AG to produce semi-trailers with an investment of 600...

Construction of Chery-JLR plant starts in China

Construction of a joint venture project between China's auto giant Chery and Indian-owned luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) started Sunday in East China's...