China's carmaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) has been seeking this year to enhance its presence and sales in Brazil and the broader Latin American region through localized production.

On Friday, GWM' first Brazilian plant officially commenced productions.

This facility is the company's third-largest full-process vehicle production base overseas, with vehicles produced for sale throughout the entire Latin American market.

Located in Iracemapolis, S?o Paulo, the plant covers 1.2 million square meters, featuring welding areas, assembly lines, as well as equipment, energy supply, and logistics chains.

This intelligent production base will enable the co-production of hybrid, plug-in hybrid, and diesel-powered vehicles.
With an initial annual production capacity of 50,000 vehicles, the plant is expected to create 1,000 local jobs by the end of this year.
Brazil is the world's sixth-largest automobile market. In the first half of this year, more than 15,700 GMW vehicles were sold in Brazil, a year-on-year increase of 19.8 percent and 17 percentage points above the industry average.