Table Of ContentV A R I E T Y O F
D E V E L O P M E N T
CHINESE AUTOMAKERS
IN MARKET REFORM
AND GLOBALIZATION
Q I U S H I F E N G
Variety of Development
Qiushi Feng
Variety of
Development
Chinese Automakers in Market Reform
and Globalization
Qiushi Feng
Department of Sociology
National University of Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
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reface
The idea for this book originated in the early years of my doctoral studies
at the Department of Sociology, Duke University. For these initial stages
of this research, I deeply appreciate the guidance of my teachers during
the Duke years, especially members of my dissertation committee,
Professors Bai Gao, Nan Lin, Gary Gereffi, Edward A. Tiryakian, and
David W. Soskice. I was deeply fortunate to know these senior scholars in
my early career, who not only lead their respective fields, but were always
generous and warm-hearted mentors.
I would like to give special thanks to my advisor, Professor Bai Gao,
who has been in many ways an inspiration. Without his insightful instruc-
tion, sharp comment, and constant encouragement, this project may never
have been accomplished. What I have learned from him is not only specific
views or approaches in sociology, but ways of observing the world and
thinking in the social sciences. I would like to thank classmates on my PhD
program Wei Zhao, Li-Hsuan Cheng, and Ryan Denniston, who also pro-
vided valuable comments and suggestions in the early stages of this book
project. I also wish to thank Duke Sociology Department for its wonderful
PhD program and generous financial support, the Asia/Pacific Studies
Institute of Duke for the summer fieldwork fellowship, and the Duke
Graduate School for the Julian Prices Fellowship, all of which greatly facil-
itated my research on the Chinese automobile industry.
I remain indebted to many people in relation to my fieldwork in China.
The advisor for my master’s thesis, Professor Meng Xianzhong in Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, gave me significant support and has been a constant
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vi PREFACE
guide both in academia and throughout my life. Professor Bing Zheng in
Jilin University, my college teacher in sociology, never hesitated to help
me during fieldwork whenever needed. Many friends supported me in the
data collection for this project. I especially thank Wang Huiqun, Zhen
Zhihong, Xin Benlu, Dong Yunsheng, Liu Jianwei, Shen Yuliang, Xu
Jialiang, and Fang Qing. With their support, I gained precious opportuni-
ties to observe and analyze how the Chinese automobile industry was
functioning in the recent boom years.
I started work on the manuscript for this book after joining the
Department of Sociology, National University of Singapore. In recent
years, numerous department colleagues have provided important com-
ments on this project, including Noorman Abdullah, Chau Beng Huat,
Vincent Chua, Kurtulus Gemici, Jiwook Jung, Kelvin Low, Manjusha
Nair, Anne Raffin, Vineeta Sinha, Xiaohong Xu, and Jean W. Yeung.
Special thanks also to Joonmo Son, an old Duke friend and now a depart-
ment colleague in Singapore, and Salvatore Babones at the University of
Sydney, both of whom have given a number of critical suggestions for
the work.
I would like to thank Jacob Dreyer, my editor at Palgrave Macmillan,
who has provided great support for the project, and Jazmine Robles for
professional assistance in book production. I greatly appreciate the help of
Robert Cole at the Department of Geography, National University of
Singapore, for his exceptional proofreading and assistance in preparing the
final draft. I also wish to acknowledge the book grant provided by the
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore,
which facilitated this publication.
Finally, my family deserves much credit in this project. When I started
my doctoral studies, my wife, Zhao Mian, abandoned her career in Japan
and moved to Duke to support me without hesitation. While providing
me the best partnership through the Duke years, she also worked hard to
gain a second master’s degree at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. When we later moved to Singapore, the loud arrival in the
world of our dear son, Feng Yanbo, proved a highly effective motivation
for me to complete this book. My parents-in-law, Zhao Guang and Xing
Tianyun, showed their sincere trust in me by sending their daughter to
America when I started my academic journey overseas. My parents, Feng
Zhanji and Gou Zhiying, are quite simply the best parents one could hope
for in this world. Remembering their visible anxiety one summer’s day in
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2002 as I was about to take a flight to the United States, I hope this book
may provide a long-due answer to them. Their support in my life is an
integral part of this book, though only readable for me. I would also like
to thank my grandfather, Feng Shouji, who will soon celebrate his nineti-
eth birthday. This book, I hope, will be a gift for him. Now with the book
in hand, I hope to be less burdensome towards my family in the near
future, by not returning home so late at night.
Qiushi Feng
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ontents
1 I ntroduction 1
2 FAW, “Senior Son” of the Chinese Automobile Industry 45
3 SAIC, a Giant of the Domestic Market 79
4 Chery Auto, Champion of National Brands 115
5 Geely Auto, Pioneer Grassroots Automaker 153
6 Conclusion and Discussion 185
Bibliography 205
Index 221
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a
bbreviations
BAIC Beijing Automobile Industry Holding Corporation
CKD Complete knock-down
CNAIC China National Automobile Industry Corporation
CPC Communist Party of China
DC Daimler Chrysler
DMC Dongfeng Motor Corporation
FAW First Auto Works
FDI Foreign Direct Investment
GAIG Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group Corporation
GDP Gross Domestic Product
GM General Motors
IMF International Monetary Fund
JAC Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co.
MPV Multi-purpose vehicle
NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement
OBM Original brand manufacture
OEM Original equipment manufacture
OICA Organisation Internationale des Constructeurs
d’Automobiles
PSA PSA Peugeot Citroën
R&D Research and Development
SAC Shanghai Automotive Corporation
SAIC Shanghai Automobile Industry Corporation
SASAC State-owned Asset Supervision and Administration
Commission
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SAW Second Auto Works
STAICC Shanghai Tractor and Automobile Industry Coordination Co.
SUV Sport utility vehicle
VW Volkswagen
WCIC Wuhu Construction and Investment Corporation
WTO World Trade Organization
