Dongfeng Motor Corporation
Native name | 东风汽车集团有限公司 | ||||||
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| Company type | State-owned enterprise | ||||||
| Industry | Automotive | ||||||
| Predecessor | Dongfeng Heavy Industries Dongfeng Locomotive Works | ||||||
| Founded | 1969 | ||||||
| Headquarters | , China | ||||||
Area served | Worldwide | ||||||
Key people | Yang Qing (chairman) | ||||||
| Products | Passenger cars Commercial vehicles Buses Automotive components | ||||||
| Revenue | 601,501,280,000 renminbi (2018) | ||||||
| Owner | Chinese Government | ||||||
Number of employees | 161,377 (2012) | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 东风汽车集团有限公司 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 東風汽車集團有限公司 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Dongfeng Motor Group Corporation Limited | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 东风汽车公司 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 東風汽車公司 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Dongfeng Motor Corporation | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 东风公司 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 東風公司 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Dongfeng Corporation | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 东风汽车 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 東風汽車 | ||||||
| Literal meaning | Dongfeng Motor | ||||||
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| Website | www | ||||||
Dongfeng Motor Corporation Ltd. is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhan, Hubei. Founded in 1969, it is currently the smallest of the "Big Four" state-owned car manufacturers of China with 671,000 sales in 2023, below SAIC Motor, Changan Automobile and FAW Group.
The company develops and markets vehicles under its own branding, such as M-Hero, Voyah, Aeolus, Forthing, as well as under foreign-branded joint ventures such as Dongfeng Honda, Dongfeng Nissan and Dongfeng Peugeot-Citroën (all via subsidiary Dongfeng Motor Group). In 2021, foreign-branded cars took 79% of sales. In addition to commercial and consumer vehicles, it also manufactures parts and cooperates with foreign companies.
As a state-owned enterprise of China, Dongfeng is controlled and managed by SASAC, which under Chinese law performs the functions of an investor.