The South African press has been a buzz of late after the 2020 Beijing Auto show announcement of GWM's new global pick up or bakkie as we in the southern part of Africa call it, was announced. Some hysterically funny critique came from this announcement in mainland China for obvious reasons. But, as the heading says, good things come to those who wait.

Hebei, China - On May 26 2020, the Ambassador of Royal Thai Embassy in Beijing, H.E. Mr. Arthayudh Srisamoot, his wife Madam Kamoltip Srisamoot, and the Minister Counselor Mrs. Donlaporn Ajavavarakula together with the delegation were invited to visit Great Wall Motors (GWM). Mr. Wei Jianjun, Chairman of GWM, VP Mr. Liu Xiangshang, VP Mr. Meng Xiangjun, VP Mr. Zhang Jiaming accompanied.

Great Wall Motors (GWM) and General Motors (GM) today announced an agreement for the sale of GM Thailand's manufacturing facilities in Rayong, subject to government and regulatory approvals. Under a signed binding term sheet, GM Thailand and GM Powertrain Thailand legal entities, which include the Rayong vehicle assembly and powertrain facilities, will transfer to GWM. GM and GWM are targeting the end of 2020 to close the deal and hand over the site.

Greater Noida, 5^th February 2020: Great Wall Motors, China's largest SUV manufacturer, today globally premiered its HAVAL Concept H & announced the India debut of the concept vehicle - Vision 2025, during the press conference organized at Auto Expo - The Motor Show 2020. Emphasizing on the theme of Intelligent Mobility Redefined, GWM had on display among other models - HAVAL: H9, F7, F7x, F5 and the GWM EV: iQ & R1. At the GWM pavilion on display was a functional area that had a showcase of Lithium Ion Battery, HAVAL Intelligent Home, HAVAL Intelligent Safety Display, and Great Wall Autonomous EV.

On the 5^th of December, a special Ceremony for the 10,000th Great Wall "P Series", China's first global passenger pickup, was held in Great Wall Motors' Chongqing Smart Factory. With members local government, high level Automotive Journalists, various upper managers of the pickup brand of Great Wall Motors, industry experts from all over the country and hundreds of media representatives witnessed the historic moment.

BMW Group and Great Wall Motors will collaborate to jointly build future e-mobility models.

On November 29, The Spotlight Automotive Project jointly invested by BMW Group and Great Wall Motors was officially launched in Zhangjiagang, Jiangsu Province. It is another milestone in innovative cooperation between the two companies following the signing of the 50-50 joint venture agreement in the presence of the leaders of China and Germany in 2018.

The groundbreaking ceremony was held with the attendance of Fan Jinlong, Member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Executive Deputy Governor, Lan Shaomin, Member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Committee of CPC and Secretary of Suzhou Municipal Party Committee, Li Yaping, Mayor of Suzhou, Shen Guofang, Secretary of Zhangjiagang Municipal Party Committee, Pan Guoqiang, Mayor of Zhangjiagang city, and Jack Wey, Chairman of Great Wall Motors, as well as Directors of BMW Group, Dr. Nicolas Peter and Klaus Fröhlich, and Zhao Guoqing, Senior Vice President of Great Wall Motors and Chairman of Spotlight Automotive Ltd.. In addition, Hao Jianjun, Chairman of Baoding Great wall Industry Co. Ltd, Dr. Rainer Feurer, Senior Vice President of BMW Group and Vice Chairman of Spotlight Automotive, Jochen Goller, President and CEO of BMW Greater China and Director of Spotlight Automotive Ltd., Hu Shujie, Senior Vice President of Great Wall Motors and Director of Spotlight Automotive Ltd., Dr. Udo Hänle, Senior Vice President of BMW Group and Director of Spotlight Automotive Ltd., Meng Xiangjun, Vice Production President of Great Wall Motors and Director of Spotlight Automotive Ltd, together with other leaders of BMW Group, Great Wall Motors and Spotlight Automotive witnessed the launch of The Spotlight Automotive Project.

On the 10^th of October, the 2019 Top Technician Competition final, organized by HAVAL Motors South Africa was held in Johannesburg to pit the top technicians from dealer level against each other to select the top technicians representing the brand in SA. Three maintenance technicians, Hardus Vermaak from HAVAL Pinetown, Eldrich Laubscher and Bradley Wright from HAVAL EAST LONDON, won the top three positions of the competition and in doing so have become the leaders of after-sales skills in the HAVAL Motors South Africa dealer network, setting a new benchmark of maintenance skills.

Echoing the mantra of the holding company, Great Wall Motor Corporation "Improve little by little everyday" Haval Motor South Africa has instilled the commitment to improve quality through continuous training and set elevated standards through skill and proficiancy competitions.

During the Chengdu Motor Show 2019 kick off on September 5, Great Wall "P" series pickup released its "Super Five Star" Program. Based on the user-oriented principle, the program focuses on five aspects of super symbolism, super factory, super product, super service and super experience, so as to create a full-scenario pickup life style and accelerate the globalization process from every aspect. At the Show, the "P" series pickup was officially launched and the mass-produced "P" series commercial pickups were unveiled simultaneously.

The "Super Five Star" Program accelerated globalization process of Great Wall Motor

On August 30th, Great Wall Motor's had two celebrations in the form of the Chongqing Smart Factory Completion as well as the "P" Series Pickup Rollout Ceremony held in Yangchuan District, Chongqing. Hang Guo, the Deputy Secretary and the District Chief of the Yangchuan District Committee of Chongqing Municipality, Wei Jianjun, Chairman of Great Wall Motor and other leaders witnessed this historic moment together with hundreds of media and dealer representatives from all over the China.

Great Wall Motor's Chongqing Factory is the fifth full-process vehicle manufacturing base of Great Wall Motor in the world and the first in South China. It is also a smart factory built by Great Wall Motor. Its completion and the rollout of "P" Series Pickup, a global passenger pickup, is an important measure for Great Wall Motor to actively participate in and integrate into the "Belt and Road" construction and drive the regional economic development. It also expands the "9+5" global production system of Great Wall Motor and opens a new chapter of globalization strategy.

2019 is a crucial year for the globalization of Great Wall Motors. Since the beginning of the year Great Wall Motors has taken measures for its globalization. In January, Great Wall Motors' HAVAL Brand put forward the "5-2-1 Globalization Strategy". In April, Wei Jianjun, Chairman of Great Wall Motors, was invited to attend The Second Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation CEO Conference to explore more possibilities for Chinese automobile enterprises to "go global". In June, Great Wall Motors' Tula Factory in Russia, the first overseas full process vehicle manufacturing factory built by Chinese automobile brands, was completed and put into production. Now, Great Wall Motors will make another achievement of its globalization.

Great Wall Motors' Yongchuan Factory in Chongqing will be completed and put into production by the end of August. Yongchuan Factory in Chongqing is the fifth full process vehicle manufacturing base of Great Wall Motors in the world. The global production layout of Great Wall Motors will be achieved and the "globalization strategy" of Great Wall Motors is further supported with Yongchuan Factory in Chongqing, the manufacturing bases that have been put into production such as Baoding Factory, Xushui Factory, Tianjin Factory and Tula Factory in Russia, and those that are under construction such as Zhangjiagang Factory, Rizhao Factory, Pinghu Factory and Taizhou Factory, as well as several KD factories of Great Wall Motors along the "Belt and Road".

Great Wall's new P Series Pickup launched, Aiming at the World's Top Three

On the 18^th of August, Great Wall's new P Series Pickup was officially launched, commencing the dawn of a new era of Chinese passenger pickups and further enhancing the company's globalization strategy. Great Wall's new P Series Pickup will be user-centered, aiming to be a pickup for everyone and for every situation through a "super product" offering, "superior levels of service" and a "super customer experience" as well as the "Great Wall's new P Series Pickup Alliance" program.

Great Wall's new P Series Pickup aims at the World's Top Three in this segment

Motivated by an upgrade of consumption and increased consumer demand, this all new Pick up promises to embrace a new era. Being the first global pickup offered by GWM, the P-Series has made its debut in China commencing a new generation of pickups that will soon be available around the world, reshaping the global pickup landscape and aiming to be ranked amongst the world's top three pickup trucks available.

The first day of the 2019 Wesbank Festival of Motoring started with much fanfare and excitement as Haval Motors Southern Africa started the week long trade show with a press conference on their world class purpose built exhibition stand in the main pit building of the infamous Kyalami Grand Prix circuit just outside Johannesburg. The first day of the 2019 Wesbank Festival of Motoring started with much fanfare and excitement as Haval Motors Southern Africa started the week long trade show with a press conference on their world class purpose built exhibition stand in the main pit building of the infamous Kyalami Grand Prix circuit just outside Johannesburg.

In a world of Sports Utility noise, with many brands and many variations of small to medium SUVs on offer to the South African motorist, the Haval H2 injects a breath of fresh air into this genre of motor vehicles that is somewhat over populated and has done so since its first introduction to the South African market in May 2017. Since the model's SA launch, the Haval H2 sales have dramatically increased earning it the second best sales volume in the small SUV category from the third quarter of this year.

The current incarnation of Haval H2 has gained great traction in the market and this through some A- list features and accolades. Being a true ANCAP 5 star achiever and being packed with features at a great value proposition price point, it's no surprise that many have opted for the Haval H2 as their SUV of choice.