FAW Jiefang is a truck manufacturing company headquartered in Changchun, Jilin, China, and a wholly owned subsidiary of

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

. It is the largest manufacturer of heavy trucks in China. FAW Jiefang was established in 2003 and has more than 22,000 employees, building more than 500 different models of 5-30 ton trucks. It has an annual production capacity of around 200,000 vehicles.

History

FAW Jiefang began as the FAW Car Co., Ltd, with its founding in 1953. The first truck rolled off of the lines in 1956. The technology came by way of Russia (

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Subsidiaries and divisions

FAW Jiefang is made up of other subsidiaries and divisions.

Qingdao Truck Division

The Qingdao Truck Division, located in

Qingdao Qingdao (, also spelled Tsingtao; , Mandarin: ) is a major city in eastern Shandong Province. The city's name in Chinese characters literally means " azure island". Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, it is a major nodal city of the One Belt ...

, China, merged into FAW Group in 1993, and later was assigned to the FAW Jiefang company. This subsidiary has 2,900 employees, and produces over 70,000 units per year.

WuXi Diesel Engine Works (FAWDE)

The WuXi Diesel Engine Works Division (also known as FAWDE), located in

Wuxi Wuxi (, ) is a city in southern Jiangsu province, eastern China, by car to the northwest of downtown Shanghai, between Changzhou and Suzhou. In 2017 it had a population of 3,542,319, with 6,553,000 living in the entire prefecture-level city a ...

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with it ...

, has 4,000 employees and produces diesel engines for generator sets, water pumps, forklifts, farm equipment, and trucks. They were formed in 1943 and became part of the FAW Group in 1992. They produce 150,000 diesel engines annually.

Deutz (Dalian) Engine

The Deutz (Dalian) Engine joint venture is managed through the FAW Jiefang subsidiary.

Models

Passenger vehicles (discontinued)

*Jiefang Lubao CA6400UA (), a hatchback based on the Austin Maestro. *Jiefang CA6440UA, a light commercial van based on the Austin Maestro van. *Jiefeng CA6440, a passenger/commercial van based on the E24 Nissan Caravan. *Jiefang Jiebao CA6350, a microvan File:FAW Jiefang CA6400UA, front three quarter.jpg, Jiefang Lubao CA6400UA () File:FAW Jiefang CA6440UA 01 China 2016-04-09.jpg, Jiefang CA6440UA panel van File:Jiefang Jiebao CA6350.JPG, Jiefang Jiebao CA6350

Heavy duty trucks

Trucks available in 6x2, 6x4 and 4x2 configurations. *Jiefang J4R (2002–present) *Jiefang J5K (2004–present) *Jiefang J5P (2004–present) *Jiefang J6L (2010–present) *Jiefang J6M (2007–present) *Jiefang J6P (2007–present) *Jiefang J7 Eagle (2017–present) *Jiefang JH6 (2014–present) FAW F 1116 2014 (14301837285).jpg, FAW Jiefang F-1116 File:FAW_LKW_(China).jpg, FAW Jiefang J6P File:FAW_Jiefang J6L 001.jpg, FAW Jiefang J6L

Light commercial trucks

Jiefang T80 Jiefang, generally a spelling without tonemarks of Jiěfàng (), may refer to: *''Jiefang Daily'', newspaper of the Shanghai committee of the Chinese Communist Party * FAW Jiefang, a truck manufacturing company ** Jiefang CA-30, military truck * th ...

/ T90 * Jiefang Hu V (Tiger V) * Jiefang J6F File:FAW Jiefang CA1020, Chengdu.jpg, FAW Jiefang CA1020 File:FAW_CA1031.JPG, FAW Jiefang CA1031 FAW Jiefang Hu V 001.jpg, FAW Jiefang Hu V (Tiger V)

Military use vehicles

* Jiefang CA-10 - 1956-1986, licensed copy of ZIS-150 * Jiefang CA-30 - 1958-1986, licensed copy of

ZIL-157 The ZIL-157 is a general-purpose -ton 6×6 truck, produced at the Lichachev plant in the Soviet Union from 1958 to 1977, when production was transferred to the Amur plant, since the Lichachev plant wanted to focus more on modern trucks, such as ...

The FAW Jiefang CA141/CA1091 is a five tonne capacity, 4x2 troop/cargo carrier truck developed and built by First Automobile Works and used by the

People's Liberation Army The People's Liberation Army (PLA) is the principal military force of the China, People's Republic of China and the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The PLA consists of five Military branch, service branches: the People's ...

of the

People's Republic of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, most populous country, with a Population of China, population exceeding 1.4 billion, slig ...

for transport. It entered service in 1980s along with Soviet GAZ-53 and ZIL-130 to replace the older Yuejin NJ130 (the copied version of the 2.5 ton Soviet GAZ-51) and Jiefang CA10 (the copied version of the 4 tonne Soviet ZIS-150).CA141/CA1091 5 Tonne Truck

References

External links

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FAW Jiefeng websiteWuxi Diesel Engine Works, FAW Jiefang website
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