FAW Group Co., Ltd., China's First Automotive Manufacturing Factory, is Established on July 15, 1953

First Automotive Works, dating to July 15, 1953, is China's first motor vehicle manufacturing plant and the predecessor of FAW Group Co., Ltd.. [Photo/sasac.gov.cn]

FAW Group Co., Ltd., China's first automotive manufacturing factory, is established on July 15, 1953

First Automotive Works, China's first automotive manufacturing plant and predecessor of FAW Group Co., Ltd., was launched on July 15, 1953. The launch was the beginning of the nation's automotive industry.

Today, the company has evolved into a large-scale State-owned enterprise of automotive manufacturing. FAW Group Co., Ltd. has obtained more than 150 national and industrial awards in the past decade.

The brand values of its Jiefang and Hongqi cars have been ranked top among China's self-developed sedans and commercial vehicles.

The company is now participating in the "Belt and Road" construction and has businesses in more than 48 countries.

An overseas plant has been launched and 12 KD assembly factories have been authorized.

Three Gorges Ship Lift, the world's largest of its kind, begins trials on July 15, 2016

The Three Gorges Ship Lift, the world's largest of its kind, began trials on July 15, 2016.

Manufactured by China Three Gorges Corporation, the lift is a fast channel for passenger and cargo ships and special boats to transit the dam. It improves the scheduling flexibility and support capacity of the Three Gorges project.

The lift, dubbed "the ship elevator", can lift a 3,000-ton vessel to a 40-floor height in about 37 minutes. The trial was a key point in the Three Gorges ship lift construction.

The Linhe-Baigeda section of the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway opens on July 15, 2017

The Linhe-Baigeda section of the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, the world's longest desert highway section with the highest elevation, opened on July 15, 2017.

Stretching 930 kilometers, the section was built by three Chinese central SOEs, namely China State Construction Engineering Corporation, China Railway Group Limited and China Communications Construction Company Limited.

The section, linking Bayannur League in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region to Alxa League on the border between Inner Mongolia and Gansu province, runs through three deserts - the Ulan Buh, the Tengri and the Badain Jaran. Nearly 500 kilometers of the highway are in depopulated zones.

The completion of the section ended construction of the Beijing-Urumqi Expressway, shortening the journey from Beijing to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region by nearly 1,300 kilometers.

(Executive editor: Hao Wen)