July 16, GAC Group held a grand 30-million-user gratitude ceremony at the GAC Trumpchi factory. As the Right-Hand Drive Trumpchi M8 PHEV slowly drove off the production line, GAC officially reached the milestone of cumulative vehicle production and sales of 30 million units. This gathering of government leaders, industry experts, domestic and foreign owners, and R&D craftsmen is not only an important milestone in GAC's 29-year development but also a vivid footnote to the high-quality, globalized advancement of China's automotive industry.

Surpassing 29 Years to Achieve "GAC Speed"

In 1997, GAC started amidst industry skepticism, following a characteristic path of "small-scale start, rolling development", submitting an outstanding growth report: it took 20 years from 0 to 10 million units, while the second 20 million units were completed in just 9 years. This unique development rhythm was called "GAC Speed" by the industry. This delivery ceremony broke the convention of single model delivery. Global multiple factories connected in real-time. GAC Honda P7, Toyota BZ7, Aion N60, Hyper S600, and Enjoing GT7 five new energy models completed the delivery of the 29,999,995th to 29,999,999th vehicles sequentially. Finally, the Right-Hand Drive Trumpchi M8 PHEV made a heavy debut as the 30 millionth vehicle. The product selection for overseas markets intuitively reflects GAC's global layout results.

At the event, GAC Group Chairman Feng Xingya handed the 30-million-unit commemorative car key to Thailand owner Tony Jaa. This delivery across borders is a warm microcosm of the two-way rush between global 30 million users and the brand. Data proves market recognition: First half of 2026 GAC cumulative sales reached 773,100 units, up 2.35% year-on-year; Independent brand sales were 346,000 units, up 35.69%; Overseas exports were 121,500 units, skyrocketing 132% year-on-year. The overseas market has already become a new growth curve.

Building a Foundation with Ultimate Quality

"Quality is the bottom line GAC will never retreat," Feng Xingya emphasized in his speech. Over 29 years, GAC integrated Honda TQM and Toyota Lean Management models to build a quality system covering R&D, testing, manufacturing, and after-sales full links, undertaking 30 million user trusts with strict standards.

At the vehicle validation level, all new cars must complete the full "Two Winters One Summer" cycle test, undergoing extreme environment assessments like Turpan high temperatures, Hulunbuir extreme cold, high altitudes, sand, and salt fog ("Five Highs One Mountain One Dust" limit environment), accumulating equivalent test mileage of over 13 million kilometers; Globally leading vehicle wind tunnels, the first domestic low-altitude comprehensive test field, comprehensively polish energy consumption, quietness, and intelligent driving performance. On the manufacturing end, Aion's global first new energy lighthouse factory achieves millimeter-level quality control with over 600 industrial robots and AI visual inspection, with data of thousands of body fastening points traceable for life.

Safety technology builds a solid barrier: Xingling Safety Protection System eight systems dual redundancy design, cumulatively avoiding 6.28 million potential accidents; Danxia battery installed in 1.5 million vehicles, safe driving over 160 billion kilometers with no large-scale safety hazards. Industry-first "Three Responsibilities" service commitment, fully backing up the three user pain points of three-electric self-ignition, battery degradation, and intelligent parking accidents, extending quality assurance to the full vehicle use lifecycle. Relying on solid strength, GAC won the China Quality Award nomination sequentially, and many models lead the sub-segment retention value list for years.

Connecting All Scenarios with Full-Domain Services

Relying on "Panyu Action" deep reform, GAC completed the thorough iteration from engineer thinking to user thinking, putting user needs in the core position of product development and service upgrades. Regularly hold "User All Open Mic" offline communication meetings, R&D and product managers face owners pain points directly, establish closed-loop processing mechanism for appeals; simultaneously build user co-creation system, invite owners to participate in model planning and test iterations, making products truly fit public needs.

Service network continues to sink and fill: As of June, nationally recognized 600 county-level comprehensive service centers, planned to expand to 1000 within the year; Energy side builds "9 Vertical 10 Horizontal" national recharging network, covering 213 cities, self-operated charging piles over 27,000, core urban areas straight 1 kilometer away can find charging stations; Online 24-hour "Super Butler" 5 seconds response, 2 hours handle appeals, completely solving user after-sales, recharging, maintenance various anxieties.

Three Layers of Car Buying Benefits to Return 10 Million Trust

To thank global owners for long-term companionship, July 16 to August 31, GAC's six passenger car brands simultaneously launch the "30 Million Units Renewal Gratitude Season", three layers of heavy benefits cover full range new purchase, trade-in, and added purchase crowds:

First layer new purchase carnival, all series main models launch 5,000 yuan to 50,000 yuan different car purchase subsidies, multiple models enjoy 3-year 80,000 yuan 0% interest financial scheme, fuel, hybrid, pure electric, extended range fully covered;

Second layer trade-in plus, GAC old owners trading Trumpchi, Hyper, Enjoing models can superimpose exclusive family subsidies;

Third layer added purchase exclusive benefits, family second car selecting Enjoing GT7 can enjoy custom rights, lowering the threshold for whole family travel upgrades.

Anchoring 2030 Global 1 Million Sales New Target

30 million production and sales milestone is also a new starting point for GAC's global development. Relying on "OneGAC 2.0" strategy, GAC achieved transition from product export to R&D, production, sales, supply, service full value chain overseas transformation, business covers Asia Pacific, Middle East, Europe, America five major blocks 110 countries, built 7 overseas factories, 746 sales outlets. Thailand market June sales month-on-month huge increase 207%, Europe localized production sales system steadily landed, multiple global models adapted 44 languages, meeting Euro 7 strict standards.

Looking forward, GAC set 2030 global blueprint: Business expanded to 120 countries, overseas outlets exceed 2000, annual overseas sales 1 million vehicles. Technology R&D continues to add, cumulative independent investment over 62 billion yuan, patent applications over 24,900 pieces, Xinyuan Power, Xingling 4.0 Architecture, Huawei Jointly Created Enjoing Intelligent Driving etc. core technologies continuously land, supporting global journey with independent innovation.

Adhering to Long-termism, Letting Users Never Settle

From joint venture start to independent rise, from domestic deep dive to global layout, GAC experienced four leap-forward developments, behind the 30 million user number is a warm story of millions of ordinary people and the brand growing together: 70-year-old Fit owner self-driving 5,000 kilometers, M8 car friends rushing to disaster area rescue, overseas owners crossing mountains and seas to choose GAC... countless real vehicle use moments, let cold production and sales numbers settle into warm brand assets.

Standing on a new starting point, GAC stated it will continue to adhere to long-termism, quality as root, user as root, innovation as wings, continuously polish all-domain products and services, deepen domestic market, accelerate global layout, rush to the next 30 million new journey, provide more safe, intelligent, diverse travel solutions for global users.