SAIC VOLKSWAGEN AUTOMOTIVE CO., LTD. (SAIC VOLKSWAGEN for short) is a Sino-German joint venture founded by SAIC Motor and Volkswagen Group in October 1984. The company is one of the earliest automobile joint ventures in China. Headquartered in Anting Shanghai, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has built up production bases in Nanjing, Yizheng, Urumqi, Ningbo and Changsha in succession. Up till now, the company has established a production layout consisting 6 major production bases, 2 power train plants, 1 battery plant, 1 tech center, with a cumulative production volume and sales volume of over 25 million units and around 3 thousand employees.

SAIC VOLKSWAGEN covers different market segments such as A0, A, B, C, SUV and MPV with more than 30 models under VW, AUDI and SKODA. VW brand includes Polo, Santana, Lavida, Lamando, Passat, PHIDEON, Tiguan family, Teramont family, Tharu, T-Cross, Touran, Viloran, ID.4 X, ID.6 X，ID.3. Skoda brand includes RAPID family, OCTAVIA, SUPERB, KODIAQ family, KAROQ, KAMIQ family. In addition, SAIC Audi will launch 4 new models in the next three years. And the first batch of SAIC Audi products—the All new Audi A7L, the SUVe Audi Q5 e-tron and the large-size SUV Audi Q6 has launched in 2022.

Also, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN continues to explore the NEV market. The company has launched a series of NEVs such as Tiguan L PHEV, Passat PHEV, Lavida BEV and Tharu BEV. In October 2020，the world first MEB plant of Volkswagen Group has started mass production. 4 models of MEB platform ID.4 X, ID.6 X and ID.3 and SAIC Audi Q5 e-tron have launched subsequently.

Over the years, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has made vigorous exploration and practices in R&D field. The company has trained an efficient and high-quality R&D team and has established the technological development center with full functions and international level. The R&D facilities of SAIC VOLKSWAGEN include China’s first comprehensive passenger car test field of international standard which is located in Anting Shanghai, the world’s largest comprehensive extreme heat test field which is located in Turpan Xinjiang and auxiliary facilities including modelling center, product preparation center, component testing center, crash test center, emission testing center, acoustic experiment center and electromagnetic compatibility center. The company has built up automobile R&D capabilities that can fully meet the travelling needs of Chinese users and create best consumer experience as well as the technological innovation capabilities in areas of NEV, intelligent driving and mobile online services. So far, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has participated in the product development process of VOLKSWAGEN Group and has started international joint development as well as domestic independent development related to a series of car models.

On quality management, the company adheres to the ideal of “Quality is the life of SAIC VOLKSWAGEN”. SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has established its whole-process quality management system through the entire product lifecycle which covers the entire business chain and even reaches the supplier system. In light of its outstanding performance in quality management, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has won the “China Quality Award”, “Shanghai Mayor Quality Award” and other important awards for quality management.

On marketing, after years of development and improvement, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has built a widely and densely distributed sales and after-sales service network consisting nearly 2,000 stores. Meanwhile, the company focuses on customer experience continuously and strives to enhance customer satisfaction. VW brand “Techcare” and Skoda brand “Human Touch” provide customers with more specific and professional sales and after-sales services. With consumer needs constantly rising, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has accelerated its efforts to explore new marketing and service ecology, providing users with closed-loop experience by forming a variety of online and offline linkages. Leveraging the ID. Family launch, Volkswagen brand has introduced a new agency model for the sale of the ID. Family. Currently the new retail ecology of ID. Store is progressing steadily with more than 130 ID. Store opened in the central business districts of key cities for the NEV industry. SAIC Audi is also focusing on innovative business models. The brand builds a complete and humanized digital service ecosystem online and opens offline showrooms at the popular business districts of major cities, creating an entity customer-centric e-commerce ecosystem.

On social responsibility, SAIC Volkswagen is committed to becoming a sustainable corporate citizen. Based on the national carbon peak path and the Volkswagen Group's "gotozero" concept, SAIC Volkswagen is committed to promoting carbon dioxide emission reduction in the whole value chain and the whole process, and achieving the goal of "zero impact factory on the environment". At present, Anting base has achieved 100% use of renewable electricity and improved efficiency, and actively promoted green actions in the whole value chain from production to products, focusing on the research and development of new energy technologies to achieve sustainable development. At the same time, the company actively practices the concept of returning to the society and benefiting the society, widely participates in social public welfare undertakings in the fields of education, environment, safety, community and emergency disaster relief, and carries out public welfare projects including hope school construction, quality education support, ecological environment protection, community harmonious construction, etc. In addition, with its innovative practice in corporate culture construction, talent training and management mechanism, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN has been awarded the Top Employer China Certification for the 16th consecutive year.

Looking into the future, in the new era of transition and revolution for car industry, SAIC VOLKSWAGEN will continue to march on innovation-driven development, follow the market direction, promote user satisfaction and strive to be a “Reliable, Highly Valued and Innovative automotive joint-venture”.