Recently, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC) achieved another remarkable success: its heavy-duty truck exports exceeded 16,000 units in January. Following its initial breakthrough of 15,000 units in September last year, it broke its own industry record in just four months, setting a new historical high and achieving a strong start to the new year.
A Strong Start Forged from Solid Gold
In 2025, CNHTC delivered an inspiring performance: total vehicle sales exceeded 440,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 22.5%, with heavy-duty truck sales reaching 300,000 units. CNHTC maintained its leading position in China’s heavy-duty truck industry for the fourth consecutive year and also won the global heavy-duty truck sales championship. This historic breakthrough reflects the market’s high recognition of CNHTC’s products and services and is a source of pride for the entire Chinese automotive industry, fully demonstrating the absolute strength of Chinese intelligent manufacturing and Chinese brands on the global stage.
On the export front, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC) continues to “surpass itself”: its heavy truck exports exceeded 150,000 units for the year, a year-on-year increase of over 14%, maintaining its position as China’s top heavy truck exporter for 21 consecutive years. Monthly export sales of heavy trucks exceeded 15,000 units for three consecutive months, with January sales continuing this strong growth momentum, exceeding 16,000 units, breaking industry records again in just four months.
The domestic market performance was equally impressive, not only securing the top position in ten major market segments but also achieving significant increases in market share for new energy and high-end intelligent driving products. With both domestic and international markets progressing in tandem, production and sales are booming. Statistics show that Jinan Truck Manufacturing Company alone received orders for over 28,600 vehicles in January. This superior market performance has also earned high recognition from investors. In January, CNHTC’s Hong Kong-listed shares reached a record high, successfully surpassing a market capitalization of 100 billion yuan. This series of outstanding achievements has helped CNHTC achieve a “good start” to the new year, injecting strong momentum into the company’s high-quality development throughout the year.
“Popularity” and “Reputation”
Behind China National Heavy Duty Truck Group’s (CNHTC) leading global production and sales volume lies its relentless pursuit and commitment to product quality. CNHTC boasts leading domestic and world-class production bases, forming a large-scale and efficient production structure. In 2025, the production capacity of CNHTC’s Laiwu plant alone exceeded 110,000 vehicles.
To deeply integrate into the global market and accurately meet local demands, CNHTC has actively promoted its localization strategy, establishing 37 KD assembly plants in 27 countries worldwide. This has created a localized solution integrating sales, after-sales service, and financial support. Through resource pre-positioning and large-scale production, CNHTC has significantly improved market penetration and service response efficiency. At the end of last year, the Algerian KD plant officially commenced production, quickly becoming a crucial foothold for expanding into the African market, with exports increasing by 656% year-on-year in January. The Tanzanian KD plant is already operating at full capacity with high efficiency, with exports increasing by 55% year-on-year in January.
While strictly adhering to the lifeline of quality, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC) prioritizes customer needs and continuously deepens its service system construction. In overseas markets alone, it has established over 700 service outlets and spare parts centers, building a comprehensive and efficient service matrix. With its robust service system, CNHTC has established significant competitive advantages and a strong customer base in multiple regional markets worldwide. In the future, CNHTC will continue to expand its distribution channels and conduct regular standardized training in marketing, service, and spare parts, ensuring that global customers can enjoy the best experience of reliable, cost-effective, and responsive products.
A New Journey, A New Chapter
At the 2025 Global Partner Conference, CNHTC firmly stated that it will continue to deepen its strategy of exporting all product categories and expanding its global footprint, promoting breakthroughs and upgrades across its entire product line, achieving win-win upgrades throughout the entire product lifecycle, and comprehensively upgrading its marketing system. This comprehensive transformation will enhance its global market competitiveness, striving to achieve its 2030 strategic goals.
Exports exceeding 16,000 vehicles are not only a continuation of past achievements but also the starting point of a new journey. During this strategic window of opportunity presented by the release of global commercial vehicle demand, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group (CNHTC) will seize the opportunity, accelerate breakthroughs, continuously upgrade its products, technologies, cost-effectiveness, and service network, and constantly create new strategic growth poles. With the wisdom to “recognize change,” CNHTC will understand development trends, and with the drive to “seek change,” it will stay at the forefront of the industry. Building upon the dual-brand strategy of SITRAK and HOWO, CNHTC will further expand its light truck and pickup truck businesses, establishing a product matrix covering the entire range of commercial vehicles. It will comprehensively promote the localization of its production system, management system, and talent team, paving a solid path for globalization with a more globally aligned approach.
Today, CNHTC’s products are distributed across six continents and more than 150 countries and regions, with over one million CNHTC heavy trucks operating worldwide. As a “pioneer” in China’s high-end equipment manufacturing, CNHTC will firmly shoulder its mission of “empowering equipment with technology,” resolutely promoting six strategic transformations: “greening, digitalization, service orientation, internationalization, diversification, and high-end development,” becoming a leader in the global commercial vehicle industry and writing a new and magnificent chapter in the history of China’s national automotive industry.
