It was the first in a range of cars produced for the Chinese market by the Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën Automobile group, a joint venture between the French PSA Peugeot Citroën and Chinese manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Corporation.

The first Fukang appeared in 1992 as a semi-knock down production, rebadged Citroën ZX hatchback.

17,000 of the SKD ZXs were built until late 1996, when Dongfeng's own two plants in Wuhan province became up to speed and local production commenced.

Presented in September 1998,[1] this was a saloon version of the Fukang DC7160 and originally featured the larger 1.6 litre, fuel-injected engine.

On February 26, 2009, the new facelifted Citroën C-Elysée hatchback finally replaced the Fukang.