Introduction.Beiqi Foton Motors is an automobile industry, based in Beijing province of China, which mainly deals with making Heavy duty vehicles, like Trucks, Container Holders, SUVs, Family Sedans, Cranes.

Founded on August 28, 1996, it soon evolved into being one of the field’s biggest players, with it’s empire sprawling across 4 continents. Beiqi Foton Motors incidentally happens to be the World’s 2nd highest producer of Heavy Duty Vehicles, quite an achievement, considering it already had fierce competitors in that very field.

Headquartered in Changping District, Beijing, with existing assets of nearly 30 billion Yuan and nearly 40,000 employees, Foton is a large enterprise group that takes Beijing as the management center, owns vehicle and parts departments in nine provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions including Beijing, Tianjin, Shandong, Hebei, Hunan, Hubei, Liaoning, Guangdong and Xinjiang, and has R & D branches distributed in countries and regions such as China, Japan, Germany and Taiwan.

In 2010, Foton's brand value stood at 38.872 billion Yuan, ranking first in the commercial vehicle field; in the same year, Foton sold more than 680,000 units, maintaining the lead among global commercial vehicle manufacturers. Statistics tell us that Foton products are mostly used in China, followed closely by The Middle Eastern territories like Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Kuwait, and Bahrain.

Since establishment, Foton has relied on its perfect legal corporate governance structure, kept to the road of technical innovation, market innovation, mechanism innovation and management innovation, and has grown into an independent Chinese auto brand and a nucleus of independent innovation. Now, Foton owns 11 brands, including Auman, AUV, Aumark, Midi, View, Saga, Ollin, SUP, Tunland and Forland.

In the future, Foton will persist in its business mode and business principle of technological innovation, management innovation and talent development, focus on developing proprietary brands, actively advance international cooperation and cultivate international competitiveness. By 2020, Foton will strive to be a general international automaker that integrates fashion science and technology with

humanity and environmental protection, manufactures and sells 4 million cars, and ranks among the world's top 10 automakers with operating revenues of more than 400 billion Yuan, thus becoming China's first world auto brand.

The 2020 Strategy.

Strategic Objectives

Over the next 8 years, the goal of Foton is to continue to build the business in meaningful ways while

allowing it to grow and mature. Foton is striving to become a world-class automobile corporation within

10 years.

Business Supports

Taking automobile and new-energy automobile as the main body. Foton sets up an architecture

involving six industrial domains which support and promote each other for coordinated development.

Market Supports.

"5+3+1"Strategy

Promote"5+3+1"strategry by stages in response to the global market structure.

"5"means achieving industrialization in 5 key development countries in the world, Including Brazil,

Mexico, Russia, India and Indonesia;

"3"means increasing market shares in 3 developed countries/regions, including Japan and South Korea,

Europe, North America. "1" means maintaining leading position of Foton in Chinese markets.

NOTE – Recently, in 2012, Foton have set up their corporate office in Pune, with a view to start production in 2014, the factory being located in Chakan, which is about 45 kms from Pune City. This incidentally is their first venture in India.

Joint Ventures of Foton Motors.

1.) Foton and Cummins

In March 2008, China’s largest engine manufacturer Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. (BFCEC) was established with a joint investment of 2.7 billion Yuan and an annual production capacity of 400,000 units. ISF3.8L and ISF2.8Ll engines manufactured by BFCEC were up to international leading standards. BFCEC’s establishment marks a major breakthrough in Foton’s globalization.

On June 9, 2009, “Global Engine, World Power” -- BFCEC’s production ceremony for 400,000 engines was held in Beijing. The mass production of ISF3.8L engines will boost Foton’s globalization, marking a milestone in Foton’s globalization process.

2.) Foton and Daimler

On January 29, 2009, Foton and Daimler AG concluded an agreement on commercial vehicle cooperation in Berlin, Germany. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attended the signing ceremony. Under the agreement, the two parties will establish a medium & heavy-duty truck joint venture with a shareholding proportion of 50 to 50, which will provide medium & heavy-duty trucks and relevant technologies and services, and will explore to expand the brand and sales of Foton Auman around the world.

On February 18, 2012 Daimler AG and Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (Daimler) and Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. (Foton) held the “Conference on Establishment of Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd.” in Beijing to celebrate the conclusion of the joint venture negotiation. The first meeting of the board of directors of the joint venture was staged concurrently.

Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd. (joint venture) was established with a total investment of 6.35 billion Yuan and a registered capital of 5.6 billion Yuan, of which Foton and Daimler hold a 50% share each.

The joint venture will manufacture “Auman” medium & heavy-duty trucks and Daimler- licensed 490hp Euro V Mercedes-Benz OM457 heavy-duty engines, and will fully integrate Foton’s advantage in domestic and Asian market operations with Daimler’s advantages in quality control and R & D.

Honours.Foton aims to become a world-famous brand, voluntarily bears social responsibility keeps innovating

business practice and promotes value growth. Foton was acclaimed by Jia Qinglin, chairman of the

CPPCC, as a "modern enterprise integrating numerous reform achievements", was honored as "a

fastest-growing automaker" in the industry, won honors and titles such as "National Advanced Grass-

roots Party Organizations", "National May 1 Labor Award", "China's Top Ten Machinery Manufacturers

with Good Images", "National Advanced Enterprises in Quality Control", "National May 4 Red Youth

Leagues", "2005 CCTV Favorite Chinese Brands", "China's Fastest-growing Manufacturers with

Proprietary Brands", "Award for Best Consumer Relations" and "National Typical Enterprises in

Independent Innovation".

In view of Foton's achievements in new energy R & D and marketing, Foton was honored as a new

energy vehicle design and manufacturing base by the Ministry of Science and Technology and the

Beijing Municipal Government. On this basis, Foton, in combination with a number of new energy

production, teaching and research institutions and upstream and downstream enterprises, established

China's first new energy vehicle industry alliance, Alliance of Beijing New Energy Automotives.

History.1996 – Foton Motors is established in Beijing.

1998 – Foton’s stock was officially listed at the Exchange.

2002 - Foton launched brand new second generation Auman.

Foton Customer Call Center formally launched.

The company changed its full name to "Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd.".

View Sea Lion was the first vehicle in China to pass the collision test.

2004 -

Foton International Service Call Center was established.

The company's 1 millionth vehicle, a Foton AUV, came offline and hit the market.

Forland truck began its nationwide study assistance scholarship program.

Auman was selected for Olympic Torch Relay.

The first standard Auman 4S Brand Dealership opened.

2006 -

P-V-Four International Strategic Alliance was formally established.

European high-end products of Auman ETX and Aumark hit the market together.

Foton and British Lotus signed a strategic cooperation agreement.

Central Publicity Department of China identified Foton as a "National Independent Innovation Model

Corporation".

The first batch of Auman military vehicles was delivered to the military.

"2006 Auman & Aucum Cup National Truck Competition" was held.

Auman ETX became a permanent collection in German Technology Museum.

Signed a formal joint venture agreement with Cummins to establish a light engine industry operations

base.

Foton's first passenger vehicle model, MP-X, was born.

2008 -

"China's Strength, Tennis Dreams" – Youth Tennis Players Preparing and Samaranch Foundation Global

Strategy Consultant Appointment Ceremony was held at Foton.

Foton and Daimler signed a global partnership framework agreement.

Foton-Cummins Engine Co., Ltd. was established.

Foton successfully assisted in lighting Olympic flame on Mount Everest.

Foton's brand value reached RMB 22.157 billion Yuan.

Foton Ollin light-duty truck received the honorary title of "China Light-Duty Truck Independent

Innovation Most Influential Brand".

Liu Qi, Beijing Municipal Party Secretary and member of the Chinese Communist Party's Politburo,

visited and inspected Foton.

Midi made its global debut at Beijing Auto Show as China's first commercial/personal vehicle.

Foton Aumark served "Good Luck Beijing" Marathon.

MP-X became the "Image Ambassador" of APEC Wealth Forum.

2010 -

Foton adopted a new logo.

Foton-Daimler Joint Venture Company was established.

Foton's brand value reached RMB 33.971 billion Yuan.

"2010 Ollin – China Le Mans Light-Duty Truck Endurance Race" was successfully held.

2011 -

Tunland was released on global markets.

Foton AUV Bus Guangdong Factory began operating.

Foton and Daimler Cooperation Project was approved.

Foton's 5,000,000th vehicle came off line.

Foton Beijing Multi-function Automobile Factory began operating.

Foton Auman GTL Modern Energy Saving Heavy-duty Digital Factory began operating.

Foton signed a letter of intent on investment in India.

2012 -

Chief Minister of Maharashtra at the Inauguration of Foton Motors, Corporate Office, Pune.