On July 29, 2025, the founding conference of China Changan Automobile Group Co., Ltd. was grandly held in Chongqing, marking the official operation of the first central enterprise with its headquarters in Chongqing. The group was registered on July 27 with a registered capital of 20 billion yuan, and its legal representative is Zhu Huarong. Its business scope includes automobile sales, new energy vehicle sales, and auto parts R&D.

The establishment of the new group is a key step in the strategic restructuring of China South Industries Group. In June this year, Changan Automobile announced that its controlling shareholder, formerly "China Changan Automobile Group Co., Ltd.", had been renamed "Chenzhi Automobile Technology Group Co., Ltd." and completed industrial and commercial registration changes. According to the plan, the newly established China Changan Automobile Group is separated from the original China South Industries Group, with 117 subsidiaries, and its core businesses include complete vehicles and parts, automobile sales, financial and logistics services, and motorcycles.

The group's person in charge stated that in the future, it will focus on building new productive forces such as intelligent car robots, flying cars, and embodied intelligence, explore a three-dimensional transportation ecosystem covering land, sea, and air, and accelerate global expansion into five major markets: Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Africa, Central and South America, Eurasia, and Europe.

The latest data shows that from January to June 2025, Changan Automobile achieved a cumulative sales volume of 1,355,256 units, including 299,426 units sold overseas, a year-on-year increase of 1.59%; new energy vehicle sales reached 451,714 units, a year-on-year increase of 49.05%. The sales volume in June alone was 235,098 units, a year-on-year increase of 4.48%.

At the first media briefing held on July 30, Zhu Huarong, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of the Group, clarified the development goals: to build a world-class automobile group with global competitiveness and independent core technologies. By 2030, it strives to achieve 5 million units in vehicle production and sales, with new energy vehicles accounting for over 60% and overseas sales accounting for over 30%, ranking among the top 10 global automobile brands.

Meanwhile, China Changan Automobile Group will actively implement the strategy of building the Chengdu-Chongqing dual-city economic circle, continue to deepen the three brands of Avatr, Shenlan, and Changan, strengthen central-local cooperation, assist Chongqing in building the "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system and creating a capital of intelligent connected new energy vehicles, and contribute to Chongqing's construction as an important strategic pivot for the new-era western development.

Its Changan Qiyuan brand is positioned as an "intelligent mobile lifestyle provider", promoting in-depth integration of automobiles and life through digital intelligence technology. Focusing on mainstream family users' demand for cost-effectiveness, it continuously optimizes product experience in terms of space functions, intelligent comfort, and battery life supplementation. In the first half of 2025, Changan Qiyuan achieved a cumulative sales volume of 160,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 22.9%, among which the Q07 model has delivered 30,000 units cumulatively since its full delivery on May 21. Next, Changan Qiyuan will also launch the A06 model and a new pure electric compact SUV codenamed B216.