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Dongfeng Motor Co relocates HQ to Wuhan
By Yu Qiao (China Daily)
Updated: 2006-06-22 10:23

Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd, the biggest Sino-foreign vehicle joint venture, yesterday announced that it has moved its headquarters to Wuhan, the industrial and communications hub of Central China, from the smaller city of Shiyan.

The relocation comes three years after the joint venture was created by China's No 3 auto group Dongfeng Motor Corp and Japan's second-biggest carmaker Nissan Motor Co with a combined investment of more than US$2 billion.


High-grade car model Teana by Dongfeng Motor Co Ltd is showed at an auto exhibition, the biggest Sino-foreign vehicle joint venture, yesterday announced that it has moved its headquarters to Wuhan. [newsphoto]

The venture was headquartered in Shiyan at that time. The city, which doesn't have an airport, is more than 500 kilometres northwest of Wuhan.

Katsumi Nakamura, president of the venture, said yesterday at a ceremony that the relocation will make the company's operations more transparent and will greatly enhance management efficiency.

"The company has extensive operations nationwide. The move will enable us get closer to the markets and customers (in different regions)," Nakamura said.

Dongfeng Motor Co has plants in Hubei Province, Guangdong Province and the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the south, Zhejiang Province in the east and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in the northwest.

It manufactures Dongfeng-brand trucks and buses, and cars under the Nissan nameplate, as well as spare parts.


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