FAW Company Profile

FAW Trucks is the commercial vehicle brand of FAW Company, headquartered in Changchun, Jilin province. It has a total workforce of nearly 24,800 people and an annual vehicle production capacity of 310,000 units.

FAW Jiefang Automobile Co., Ltd. is a wholly-owned subsidiary of FAW Jiefang Group Co., Ltd. under China First Automobile Corporation (listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, stock code 000800), which was founded on January 18, 2003, and is a manufacturer of medium-, heavy-, and light-duty trucks and buses.

2023, FAW Jiefang realized vehicle sales of 241,600 units. In 2023, FAW Jiefang realized vehicle sales of 241,600 units, of which 205,200 units were medium and heavy trucks, with a terminal share of 26.1%, and the sales of tractor-trailers led the industry for seventeen consecutive years.

The brand value of “Jiefang” has increased to 131.845 billion yuan, leading China’s commercial vehicle truck brands for 13 consecutive years.

As the first automobile brand in China, FAW Trucks has undertaken the mission of revitalizing China’s automotive industry since its birth. After more than 60 years of development, its cumulative production has exceeded 7 million units, and it has developed and manufactured 7 generations of flagship products, making great contributions to the promotion of Chinese commercial vehicle brands across the world.

Now, committed to the vision of “Top in China, World-class”, FAW Trucks strives to foster the sound development of the commercial vehicle industry, create value for the society, and deliver wealth and happiness to its users.

FAW Group is a global leader in vehicle manufacturing industry with 50-year history of innovation. The company was founded as “First Automobile Works” in 1953, but is commonly known as FAW. In 1992, the name “First Automobile Works” was changed to “China FAW Group Corporation”.

FAW employees 133,000 people around the world, having Products sales in over 70 countries with total sales in access of 7 million world-wide.

FAW started solely as a commercial truck producer and later expanded into light truck & car sector. In 1991, partnership with Volkswagen AG with state-of-the-art automobile factory with an annual production capacity in excess of 150,000 units. In 2002, Tianjin Automobile Industry (Group) Corporation was merged into FAW Group Corporation, and began joint venture production with Toyota Motor Corporation.

FAW’s current production strategies put a heavier emphasis on the production of cars while maintaining dominant position in the commercial truck industry.

FAW’s has state-of-the-art government-certified engineering development and test center whereas it’s R&D facility is China’s largest and most extensive automotive R&D facility, claiming to be the country’s leader in automobile and commercial vehicle research.

FAW is a diversified maker of quality vehicles and maintains the lead market position within China while continuing to expand into new international markets, executing a carefully planned strategy to build a comprehensive global organization.