The Chery Rosslyn manufacturing plant was officially opened on Friday in Pretoria after a successful handover from Nissan.
The Chery Rosslyn manufacturing plant was opened on Friday in Pretoria after a successful handover from Nissan.
The ceremony was attended by approximately 350 guests, including South African Deputy President Paul Mashatile, Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi, Tshwane Executive Mayor Nasiphi Moya, Chinese Ambassador to South Africa Wu Peng, and Chery Automobile Company chairman Yin Tongyue.
The event marked Chery becoming an automobile manufacturer in South Africa. Some 15,000 units are scheduled to be assembled in the ramp‑up phase, and eventually the plan is to scale toward 100,000 annual sales. Chinese brands now account for nearly 1 in 5 new vehicles sold in South Africa.
Tongyue said that at Chery, they live by one philosophy: “In Somewhere, For Somewhere, Be Somewhere. “It means wherever we invest, we commit. We become part of the local economy, part of the community, part of the country’s future. Today proves that commitment. We have moved from being an importer to a manufacturer — and from a market participant to a long-term partner in South Africa's industry.”
