[4] However, by the mid-1980s, when the Chinese economy entered the reform and opening period, the firm found itself in a poor financial situation, with dated equipment and inefficient production techniques.

[5] Linglong Tire has established five manufacturing plants in China in Zhaoyuan, Dezhou, Liuzhou, Jingmen, and Changchun.

[9] In March, 2019, Linglong launched construction of a second overseas manufacturing base in Zrenjanin, Vojvodina, Serbia, which is a new milestone for the company.

[14] A court in Virginia ruled against Linglong Tire on all counts in July 2010, ordering them to pay 26 million United States dollars to the Florida-based firm.

It was later confirmed that Linglong Tire never hired Vietnamese workers and that they were employed by the contractor Tianjin Electric Power Construction Company (TEPC).

The Serbian government, headed by President Aleksandar Vucic, has responded by emphasizing the importance of the 900 million dollar project, claimed that living conditions were "not good but they're improving", and denouncing criticisms from Viola von Cramon, a Member of the European Parliament, as "another attempt to satanize" Serbia.

[15] The separate investigations of TEPC business and employee practices by the local law enforcement agencies, labor directorate, Embassy of Vietnam and Linglong Tire showed no human rights abuses, withholding of passports or pay.