Beijing Automobile Works Co., Ltd (BAW) is one of the pioneers
of the Chinese automobile industry, the origin and epitome of the
automobile industry's development in Beijing over the last half
century, and the truly representative brand of the nation.
Beijing Automobile Works was originally founded in 1958 as the
second largest automobile factory in China, with its name inscribed
by Mr.Zhu De, Chairman of the National People's Congress, In 2001,
it evolved to become Beijing Automobile Works Co., Ltd.(BAW), a
company based on a modern enterprise sustem.BAIC(Beijing Automobile
Industry Company)signed the formal asset restructuring agreement in
2008, making BAW the fourth vehicle manufacture sub-division
following these other 3;Beiqi Foton, Beijing Hyundai Motor
Corporation(BHMC)and Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler(BBDC).
BAW has been manufacturing automobiles for 50 years, firmly
entrenching itself as China's most reliable off-road
auto-maker.While focusing on off-road vehicles, it also develops
commercial vehicles and special vehicles to meet the demands of
military users and domestic, as well as overseas civilian
markets.with a sound contribution to national economic development
and defense, it has become China's default supplier of military
purpose vehicles and the backbone of its light off-road
industry.
BAW, whose headquarters is in the Chaoyang District of Beijing,
possesses two separate plants;One in Chaoyang District, and the
other in Shunyi District.The overall capacity of the two plants is
100, 000 units per year.Its comprehensive distribution and service
network covers the whole Chinese market, including all provinces,
cities and municipalities.
BAW takes the lead in China when it comes to independent R&D
and manufacturing.The fruits of this work comprise 3 series of
products;Off-road vehicles including brands of Yongshi, Luba and
Qishi, and forming types of heavy, middle, light;Trucks including
brands of 1041, Qiling and Qilong, and covering varieties of 1-12
ton;Lingt-buses including Haice of the 3rd generation and the
coming 4th generation.
BAW formulates the 3233 development strategy;3-stage development,
2-core competencies of cost and quality, 3 series of products, and
3 operating mechanism.BAW will achieve the 200, 000 sales target in
the next five years and realize a leap-forward development.BAW will
soon become the independent brand base for Beijing automobile
industry, the production base for passenger cars(domestic and
export), military vehicles and new energy vehicles.These will cover
a variety of products ranging from low to high grade passenger
cars, mini-cars, off-road
Vehicles, light-duty buses and trucks.BAW will thus become one of
the major automobile manufacturers and reinforce its position as
the cradle of off-road vehicles.
Beijing Automobile Works Co., Ltd.