China’s Great Wall Autos Investing In Auto Components Plant In Tula

China’s Great Wall Motors (GWM) will build a new plant for the production of automobile components and transmissions in Russia’s Tula Region. GWM and the regional government signed the agreement on the sidelines of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum in June.

The plant, which will create 1,000 jobs, will be built at the Uzlovaya Industrial Park, where a full-cycle car assembly plant has been operating since 2019. In April, an engine assembly plant was also launched there, where GWM branded engines are assembled.

Dmitry Milyaev, the Tula Region Governor said “The Tula Region will provide the company with the necessary assistance for the rapid and effective implementation of the project.” Tula is famous is Russia for its metal-working. GWM’s Tula investment is the largest made by any Chinese manufacturer in Russia.

GWM is one of the top ten Chinese automobile manufacturers, with 1.23 million vehicles sold globally last year. Its GWM plant in Tula has produced 375,000 cars over the past six years, including six crossovers under its Haval marque: Jolion, F7, the F7x, Dargo, H3 and H7.