Company Profile

China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as ‘Sinotruk’), formerly known as Jinan Automobile Manufacturing General Factory, was founded in 1930, which is the cradle of Chinas heavy-duty vehicle industry. In 1960, it produced Chinas first heavy-duty vehicle, the Yellow River JN150 8-ton truck, ending the history of Chinas inability to produce heavy-duty vehicles. On May 4, 1960, Chairman Mao Zedong inspected Jinan, visited the prototype and gave it high praise. On January 11, 1966, Chairman Zhu De inscribed ‘Yellow River’ in his own handwriting. In the early stages of socialist construction, the ‘Yellow River’ vehicle gained nationwide fame and made significant contributions to the development of the national economy and national defense construction, becoming one of the iconic achievements of the Chinese nations self-reliance and hard work. In 1983, under the care of Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the Austrian Steyr heavy-duty vehicle project was successfully introduced, making it the first domestic enterprise to comprehensively introduce foreign heavy-duty vehicle manufacturing technology. ‘Steyr’ once became a synonym for heavy trucks in China.

In 2007, Sinotruk successfully achieved a red chip listing on the main board in Hong Kong Stock Exchange, making it the first red chip stock in Chinas manufacturing industry to go public and initially establishing a platform for international development. In 2004, a new generation of independently developed heavy-duty trucks was born under the brand name of HOWO, which was introduced to the market in 2005, and achieved production and sales of more than 10,000 units in the same year, which set a new record in the history of Chinas heavy-duty trucks at that time. In 2013, SITRAK series products with independent intellectual property rights were formally introduced to the market, leading the development of China’s heavy-duty vehicle industry. In 2020, a new generation of high-end national brand ‘Yellow River’ heavy-duty trucks was launched globally, leading Chinas heavy-duty trucks to become world-class.

Sinotruk mainly develops, produces, and sells various types of heavy-duty vehicles, special vehicles, specialized vehicles, engines, transmissions, axles, and other assemblies and automotive components. It has a full range of commercial vehicle brands such as Yellow River, SITRAK, and HOWO, and is one of the most comprehensive heavy-duty truck enterprises in Chinas heavy-duty truck industry in terms of driving forms and power coverage. It has three subordinate listed companies, namely Sinotruk (Hong Kong) Limited (Hong Kong red chip listed company), Sinotruk Jinan Truck Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen A-share listed company), and Zhongtong Bus Co., Ltd. (Shenzhen A-share listed company). Its products are exported to more than 110 countries and regions, accounting for half of Chinas heavy truck exports.

Sinotruk Products

Our products satiate all working conditions ranging from light duty to heavy duty, from long-distance to short-distance transportation, which meet various demands for construction, municipal facilities, refrigeration, fire control and etc.

Sinotruk Global presence

Nowadays, more than 2,000,000 SINOTRUK commercial vehicles are working in over 110 countries and regions. While using our products, users are also enjoying the increasingly-developed global service and sales networks of SINOTRUK.

The world is now intensifying the campaign of reducing GHG emissions. Most countries have promised their carbon neutrality target and deadlines. China has also announced her plan of achieving carbon neutrality by 2060. These years, SINOTRUK is making R&D and innovations of clean energy technology. In May 2017, China’s first hydrogen fuel terminal truck tractor was trial manufactured and put into test operation in SINOTRUK. Up to date, SINOTRUK has completed the trial production of sample vehicles for hydrogen fuel terminal truck tractor and urban distribution truck. At the same time, it has launched HOWO T5G pure-electric sanitation vehicle chassis, HOWO light truck pure electric van and other products.

Intelligent and networked vehicles represent the trend of the automobile industry. SINOTRUK has been making every effort to facilitate intelligent trucks. In 2018, the world’s first Level unmanned BEV truck manufactured by SINOTRUK was put into trial operation in Tianjin Port; in 2020, 25 unmanned BEV container trucks carried out the world’s first whole-ship operation in Tianjin Port. In the mining area with poor working conditions, HOWO mine truck makes possible the operation of unmanned vehicles in the mining area, thanks to the support of radar set, camera and vehicle-mounted high-precision integrated navigation system.