Taiwan Army Admits: Used Sailun Tires...

Recently, a photo of the spare tire at the rear of a Taiwan Army "light tactical wheeled vehicle" sparked heated discussion online. The photo shows the spare tire clearly printed with the word "SAILUN", which is a product of Sailun, a Chinese tire manufacturer headquartered in Qingdao, Shandong. According to Taiwan media reports, the Taiwan "Army Command" subsequently confirmed that these tires are indeed a mainland enterprise brand, purchased in 2020, and added that the actual delivery origin was Thailand and Vietnam, meeting acceptance standards. This unexpected "product promotion" incident not only debunked the so-called "non-red supply chain" advocated by the DPP authorities, but also unexpectedly served as a full-domain global live advertisement for Sailun Tires, sparking heated discussion among netizens on the island: "It indicates that tires made in mainland China have superior quality."

In fact, Sailun Tires' standout strength was no accident, but a microcosm of the strong rise of China's tire industry. Founded in 2002, Sailun has now developed into a tire manufacturing leader integrating new materials, new processes, and intelligent production. In terms of R&D, Sailun owns the globally unique "Liquid Gold" tire technology, not only breaking the "devil's triangle" law where tire wear resistance, anti-slip performance, and low rolling resistance cannot be balanced simultaneously, but also performing excellently in reducing energy consumption. Meanwhile, Sailun built the world's first rubber industrial internet platform "Xianglian Cloud", and independently developed the world's largest 63-inch giant engineering radial tire, highlighting its core strength in the tire intelligent manufacturing field.

In terms of global layout, Sailun has taken a route of "R&D + Distributed Tire Manufacturing". Currently, Sailun has intelligent manufacturing bases in Qingdao, Dongying, Shenyang, etc., domestically, and has invested tens of billions in advance in Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Mexico, Egypt, and other places. This global capacity layout not only effectively avoided international trade barriers, but also ensured the stability of the supply chain. This is also the underlying logic behind why the Taiwan Army's purchased Sailun tires were produced in Southeast Asia.

Market and brand recognition is the best footnote to Sailun's technical strength. In 2026, Sailun held the 10th position in global tire brand value again with a brand value of 1.239 billion US dollars, becoming the only Chinese brand in the top ten of the list, ranking first in China's tire brand value for four consecutive years. Over eight years, brand value grew 2.7 times, with growth rate leading the global top tire enterprises.

Sailun's rise relies on China's powerful tire industry full-chain cluster ecosystem. At the raw material end, China possesses the world's largest natural rubber distribution center, significantly compressing enterprise logistics costs; at the equipment end, domestic rubber intelligent equipment leading companies' internal mixing, shaping, vulcanization equipment global market share exceeds 40%, firmly grasping the autonomy of tire manufacturing equipment; at the research and development end, relying on top industry think tanks and national-level technology enterprise incubators, it has gathered 60% of tire manufacturing experts in the industry and a R&D team of over 4,000 people, providing a core engine for China's tire intelligent transformation.

The blunder incident of the Taiwan Army vehicle equipping Sailun tires, seemingly a piece of behind-the-scenes trivia, actually reflects China's tire manufacturing global competitiveness. The more exclusion, the wider the recognition. Chinese tire enterprises represented by Sailun are accelerating to the center of the world stage with solid technology, forward-looking global layout, and full industry chain advantages.