Honda Automobile (China) Co., Ltd. previously known as China Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. (CHAC) was a

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automobile manufacturing plant owned by

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and Chinese companies GAC Group and

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. The plant solely produced vehicles for international exports, while vehicles for domestic market supply are manufactured by 50-50 joint ventures

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and Guangqi Honda.

History

Honda Automobile (China) Co., Ltd. was a joint venture of

(65%), GAC Group (25%) and

(10%), incorporated on 8 September 2003. It was located in

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. Dongfeng and GAC had formed separate joint venture with Honda as

(in July 2003) and Guangqi Honda (in 1998) respectively. In 2018, Dongfeng made a public invitation to buy their stake in Honda China. It was reported in 2004, that the joint venture would export most of their products to Europe, as well as Southeast Asia. Exports to Canada commenced in 2011. As of 2016, the plant exports mainly to the Middle East, Latin America, Russia and Africa. On 1 April 2020, Guangqi Honda joint venture officially absorbed the plant and renamed it as the Guangzhou Development District Factory. The absorbed plant will produce up to 50,000 vehicles annually, boosting total annual production capacity of Guangqi Honda to 770,000 units per year. Under the new name the plant will begin producing

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for the Chinese domestic market, while continuing to produce and export the

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model for the Mexican market up to 2020.

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* Car manufacturers of China Honda factories Dongfeng Motor joint ventures GAC Group joint ventures Chinese-foreign joint-venture companies Vehicle manufacturing companies established in 2003 Chinese companies established in 2003 Vehicle manufacturing companies disestablished in 2020 2020 disestablishments in China {{motorvehicle-company-stub

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