China FAW Group Corp., Ltd. (First Automotive Works) is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Changchun, Jilin.

[8] The company produces and sells vehicles under its own branding, such as Hongqi, Bestune (Benteng) as well as under foreign-branded joint ventures such as FAW-Toyota and FAW-Volkswagen (Volkswagen, Audi, Jetta).

[10] FAW became China's first automobile manufacturer when it unveiled the nation's first domestically produced passenger car, the Hongqi, in 1958.

[11] As a state-owned enterprise of China, FAW Group is controlled and managed by SASAC, which under Chinese law performs the functions of an investor.

[13] First Automotive Works broke ground on its first factory in 1953 (the first year of the first five-year plan),[14][9] and produced its first product, the Jiefang CA-10 truck (based on the Soviet ZIS-150) in 1956.

[15] Soviet Russia lent assistance during these early years providing technical support, tooling, and production machinery.

[15] Operations were conducted under Soviet direction, and the USSR is even credited with choosing Changchun as the location for the first FAW facility.

Key subsidiaries include: Operates a passenger car production base in the Nansha Economic Development District of Guangzhou, Guangdong province.

[45] Making engines at a 130,000 units/year capacity production base in the Changchun Economic and Technology Development Zone, this equally owned joint venture was established in 2004.

Established in 1991, this large-scale automobile manufacturer is a joint venture between FAW Group and Volkswagen AG which, as of 2003, have ownership stakes of 60% and 40%, respectively.

[47]This subsidiary of FAW's joint venture with VW controls production bases in Chengdu, Sichuan province.

[48] A joint venture with General Motors that mainly produces Jiefang light-duty trucks,[49] this JV includes the Harbin Light Vehicle and FAW Hongta Yunnan factories.

[49] This joint venture with US based design firm Silk EV produces high end luxury hybrid sports cars.

Chengdu FAW produces Huaxi brand light and medium buses based on the Toyota Coaster.

Created in 1997 when FAW purchased a controlling interest in Hongta Yunnan Automobile Co Ltd, this subsidiary company, as of 2003, produces 1/2-3 ton pickups and light trucks as well as license-built Daihatsu models.

[34] Established in 1997, this part-owned subsidiary designs, produces, and markets medium and heavy truck bodies, wheels, and components for both FAW and other manufacturers.

[78] Additionally, FAW has two production bases here—one produces for the FAW-Volkswagen joint venture and the other makes self-branded autos.

[36] Another site in Chengdu produces cars for FAW-Volkswagen,[48] and a second VW production base is, as of 2009, scheduled to be built in the city.

[38] An unfinished bus production base in at the Dalian Economic & Technological Development Zone is expected to be complete in mid-2010 and will produce hybrid buses.

[15] FAW has shipped its products to more than eighty nations,[5] including Egypt,[84] Iraq,[85] Kenya,[85] Mexico,[86] Myanmar,[87] Pakistan,[85] Russia,[71] South Africa, Iran,[88][89] Zimbabwe and Uruguay.