The predecessor of china sinotruk international co ltd. is Jinan Automobile Manufacturing General Factory, which was founded in 1930 and is the cradle of China’s heavy-duty vehicle industry. 1960, the first heavy-duty vehicle in China, Yellow River JN150 eight-tonne truck, was manufactured, which ended the history of China’s inability to produce heavy-duty vehicles. On 4th May, Chairman Mao Zedong inspected Jinan, visited the prototype and gave it a high appraisal, and on 11th January, 1966, Chairman Zhu De inscribed the word ‘Yellow River’ for it with his own handwriting. In the early stage of socialist construction, ‘Yellow River’ cars were famous throughout the country and made great contributions to the development of national economy and national defence, and became one of the landmark achievements of the Chinese nation’s self-reliance and hard struggle. 1983, under the personal concern of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the Austrian Steyr Heavy Duty Vehicle Project was successfully introduced, which was the first one to comprehensively introduce foreign heavy-duty vehicles into the country. It was the first enterprise to introduce foreign heavy-duty vehicle manufacturing technology. At one time, ‘Steyr’ became synonymous with heavy-duty trucks in China.

In 2007, china sinotruk international co ltd. was successfully listed in Hong Kong, which was the first red chip stock listed in China’s manufacturing industry, and initially set up a platform for international development. 2004 saw the birth of a new-generation of independently-developed heavy-duty trucks under the brand name of sinotruk  Howo, which was launched to the market in 2005, and achieved production and sales of more than 10,000 units in the same year, which was a new record for China’s heavy-duty trucks at that time. 2013 saw the launch of Sitrak series of vehicles with independent intellectual property rights into the market, leading the domestic heavy-duty truck market in the past. In 2013, Sitrak series products with independent intellectual property rights were formally introduced to the market, leading the development of domestic heavy-duty automobile industry, and in 2020, a new generation of high-end national brand ‘Yellow River’ heavy-duty trucks will be launched globally, leading China’s heavy-duty trucks to step into the world class.

China sinotruk international co ltd. becomes China’s truck manufacturer with the most complete drive types and power.

China sinotruk international co ltd. mainly researches, develops, produces and sells various kinds of heavy-duty vehicles, special vehicles, special purpose vehicles, engines, transmissions, axles and other assemblies and auto parts, and owns a full range of commercial vehicle brands such as Yellow River, Sitrak , Howo and so on, and it is one of the enterprises with the most complete coverage of drive forms and power in China’s heavy-duty truck industry. It has three listed companies, namely, China National Heavy Duty Truck (Hong Kong) Corporation Limited (Hong Kong red chip company), China sinotruk international co ltd. Company Limited (Shenzhen A-share listed company) and Zhongtong Bus Company Limited (Shenzhen A-share listed company). Its products are exported to more than 110 countries and regions, accounting for half of China’s heavy truck exports.

China sinotruk international co ltd. has the most patents in China’s automotive industry.

With the vision of ‘building a world-class full-series commercial vehicle group’, CSCA has accelerated the pace of independent innovation, continuously increased investment in research and development, introduced high-end technical talents, created an ecology of entrepreneurship, and built a high-end national independent brand. China sinotruk international co ltd. has the first batch of state-approved enterprise technology centres, the National Heavy Duty Vehicle Engineering and Technology Research Center, and the National Heavy Duty Vehicle Quality Supervision, Inspection and Testing Center, which have all-around research and development and testing capabilities in vehicle, engine, parts, materials and technology, etc., and various processing, testing, testing, and other high-precision equipments, and the inspection and testing level of the vibration and strength test of engine, vehicle, and parts have reached the world advanced level. The inspection and testing level of engine, vehicle, components, vibration and strength tests have all reached the world’s advanced level.

The whole series of vehicles, key assembly systems and key technologies have reached the leading level in China, filling a number of gaps in the country and leading the technological progress of the industry. China sinotruk international co ltd. has been awarded the honourable titles of ‘China’s Outstanding Innovative Enterprise’ and ‘China’s Quality and Integrity Enterprise’, and the project of ‘Key Technology of Mechanical Auto-transmission Hybrid Powertrain Assembly for Commercial Vehicles and its Industrialisation’ has won the National Science and Technology Progress Award. ‘The project won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award.

Since 2018, the new leadership team of China sinotruk international co ltd. has led all the staff to conscientiously implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instruction of ‘attacking the main business without any distraction’, carried out a series of bold reforms, created a new ecology of passionate officers, and put the enterprise into the fast lane of high-quality development. 2023, CNHTC’s operating results strongly led the industry. The performance strongly led the industry. In 2023, China sinotruk international co ltd. was ranked 385th among the ‘Top 500 Chinese Enterprises’ and ‘Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises’, In 2023, China sinotruk international co ltd. was ranked 385th among the ‘Top 500 Chinese Enterprises’, 197th among the ‘Top 500 Chinese Manufacturing Enterprises’ and 80th among the ‘Top 100 Most Valuable Brands in China’.