China Chery Auto Parts

Chery Automobile Co. Ltd., trading as Chery and sometimes known by the pinyin transcription of its Chinese name, Qirui , is a Chinese state-owned automobile manufacturer headquartered in Wuhu, Anhui, China. Chery’s principal products are passenger cars, minivans, and SUVs; it sells passenger cars under the Chery marque and commercial vehicles under the Karry brand. Chery began the production of automobiles in 1999 and their export from China in 2001. It has been China’s largest passenger car exporter since 2003, and in 2011 exported around 25% of its total production. Chery is the 10th-largest China-based automaker measured by 2012 output (around 590,000 units).

Chery has several vehicle assembly and component manufacturing facilities in mainland China, and its vehicles are assembled in around 15 other countries—primarily in factories not owned by the company that use either complete or semicomplete knock-down kits. It has two domestic R&D centers and invests around 7% of its total revenues in product development.