BRILLIANCE
Trade name: Brilliance Auto Group
Type: state-owned enterprise
Industry: Automotive
Founded: 1992 (Brilliance Auto), 2002 (current incorporation of Huachen Automotive Group)
Founder: Chinese Government
Area served: Exported worldwide
Brands: Brilliance, Huasong, Jinbei: Zhonghua
Parent: Liaoning Provincial Government's SASAC
Brilliance Auto Group (officially HuaChen Group Auto Holding Co., Ltd.) is a Chinese automobile manufacturer headquartered in Shenyang. In 2003, BMW and Brilliance signed a deal for the production of BMW-branded sedans in China. Its models are, alongside FAW Group Audis and Beijing Benz Mercedes Benzes, some of the only Western luxury cars to have gained popularity in the Chinese market.
The origins of Brilliance Auto Group (officially Huachen Automotive Group Holdings Company Limited) can be traced to a Chinese government-owned automobile factory which, under Yang Rong, Citation needed span|text=became one of the leading Chinese makers of minibuses between 1991, the Yang invested in the company, and 2002, when he fled into exile.
