Vehicles to be assembled are seen at the assembly line of FAW Jiefang Truck in Changchun, northeast China's Jilin Province, Feb. 2, 2021. (Xinhua/Zhang Nan)
CHANGCHUN, May 15 (Xinhua) -- FAW Jiefang, a truck subsidiary of China's leading automaker FAW Group, sold 248,922 trucks in the first four months of this year, up 41.41 percent year on year, the company said.
Of the total, 213,846 heavy-duty trucks were sold during the period, up 45.17 percent year on year.
Since the first Jiefang truck rolled off the assembly line in 1956, the brand has expanded its presence to some 80 countries and regions.
Founded in 1953 and headquartered in the northeastern province of Jilin, the state-owned FAW Group is known as the cradle of China's auto industry. ■
