About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 19. Chapters: Angang Steel Company, Bank of Ningbo, Beijing Yanjing Brewery, Chang'an Automobile Group, Changjiang Securities, Chenming Paper, China International Marine Containers, China Merchants Property, China Vanke, CITIC Guoan, FAW Car Company, Financial Street Holding, Goldwind, Gree Electric, Hongyuan Securities, Hunan Valin Steel, Jilin Aodong Medicine, Jizhong Energy, Luzhou Laojiao, Midea (company), Panzhihua New Steel and Vanadium, Qinghai Salt Lake Potash, Shenzhen Development Bank, Shenzhen Energy, Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Holding Company, Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Company, Shuanghui, Suning Appliance, Tangsteel, Tianjin Teda Company, Tongling Nonferrous Metals, Weichai Power, Wuliangye, Xi'an Aircraft International Corporation, Xishan Coal and Electricity Power, Yunnan Copper, Yunnan Tin, ZTE. Excerpt: Chang'an Automobile (Group) Co., Ltd. is an automobile manufacturer headquartered in Chongqing, China, and a state-owned enterprise with China Weaponry Equipment as parent. Its production is primarily composed of no frills passenger cars and mini-vehicles, microvans and microtrucks that see commercial use. Also known as Chana, the company is currently one of the "top 4" Chinese automakers along with Dongfeng Motor, FAW Group, and Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation. Although it only allowed the company to achieve fourth place, in terms of production, Chang'an made over 2 million whole vehicles in 2011. A subsidiary, Chongqing Changan Automobile Company (SZSE: 000625), is listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (but, as of 2007, is also state controlled). Foreign automakers that have joined joint ventures with Chang'an include Ford, Suzuki, and PSA Peugeot Citroen. Chang'an claims its early origins can be traced back to 1862 when Li Hongzhang set up the Shanghai Foreign Gun Bureau. How this company and today's Chang'an are linked is not clear, however. In 2010 it became the fourth most-productive automaker in the Chinese automobile industry by selling 2.38 million units-little more than 13% market share. In the late 1950s its predecessor company, Chang'an Factory, assembled a jeep sold under the brand name Yangtze River. By the end of the 1980s the company was also producing mini vehicles, small trucks and vans that see commercial use. Chang'an acquired two smaller, domestic automakers in 2009-Hafei and Changhe. Chang'an Suzuki SC7080 Alto Technical and commercial cooperation with Suzuki Motors, beginning in 1983, saw Chang'an assembling inexpensive commercial trucks (originally the Suzuki Carry ST90) under license into the 2000s. The two companies formed Chongqing Chang'an Suzuki Automobile Co in 1993, which built licensed versions of the Suzuki Alto, Suzuki Cultus, and more recently the Swift. In parallel with its Suzuki joint venture, Chang'an also continues to
