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        FOTON AT A GLANCE
                    Founded on August 28th, 1996, FOTON is headquartered in Beijing, China. With a
                            business scope covering a full series of commercial vehicles including medium and heavy-duty
                            truck, light-duty truck, mini truck, van, pickup, bus, and construction machinery vehicles,
                            FOTON has become a leading commercial vehicle manufacturer in the world with dual routes of
                            fuel and new energy solutions.
                        Focusing on commercial vehicle filed since it’s born. In 2021, FOTON achieved a
                            global sales volume of over 10 million, becoming the fastest commercial vehicle enterprise
                            in the world to reach this milestone. As of April 2023,FOTON has accumulatively sold over 11
                            million vehicles.
                        FOTON has established the joint venture of Beijing Foton Cummins Engine Co.,
                            Ltd.(BFCEC) with Cummins in 2008, Beijing Foton Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd.(BFDA) with
                            Daimler AG in 2012 and FOTON ZF in 2017, aiming to make breakthroughs in science and
                            technology, and produce energy-saving, environmentally friendly and intelligently
                            interconnected automobile products.
                        As a "dual independent" (independent technology and independent brand) Chinese
                            commercial vehicle company, FOTON has vigorously developed new energy for commercial
                            vehicles, and masters the core technology of batteries, motors and electronic control
                            systems, and realizes the development of multi-technologies simultaneously such as pure
                            electric, hybrid and hydrogen fuel.
                        At present, FOTON EVs have expanded to the full range of commercial vehicle
                            products and become the leading brand of new energy bus fleet in Latin America. In India,
                            Singapore, New Zealand, Australia, Egypt and other global markets, FOTON has covered core
                            operating scenarios such as bus systems, school fleets and airport. In addition, FOTON
                            electric truck, van and bus products have entered the European markets such as Italy,
                            Germany and Malta, driving global electromobility with zero carbon emissions and
                            fossil-free.
                    11,000,000+ UNITS
                        Global Cumulative Sales
                        As of 2023
                        
                    $ 27.5 Billion
                        BRAND VALUE
                        By World Brand Lab in 2023
                        
                    2,000+
                        Global Network
                        Overseas Markets
                        
                    22+
                        Global Plants
                        Overseas Markets
                    PRODUCT SOLUTIONS
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                        OUR HERITAGE
                Leading the way to a global commercial vehicle manufacturer.
                 
                        2020s
                2010s
                2000s
                1990s
            EVOLVE A BETTER WORLD
                            Continuing to boost ICEVs efficiency and push BEV by technology
                                breakthroughs for fossil-free transportation.
                        2020s
                         
                                            August, 2022
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    EVolve A Better LATAM
                                    Cumulative order of 1,400 electric buses helps FOTONbecome
                                        the leader of new energy bus fleet supplier in Chile andLatin America region.
                                    
                                 
                                            JULY, 2022
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    “QIONGYAO” ACTION
                                    During the global epidemic, FOTON made an action named
                                        "QiongYao" globally, donated 120,000 pieces of medical epidemic prevention masks
                                        and 9 ambulances to 30 countries around the world.
                                10,000,000 UNITS
                                    August, 2022
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    EVolve A Better LATAM
                                    Cumulative order of 1,400 electric buses helps FOTONbecome
                                        the leader of new energy bus fleet supplier in Chile andLatin America region.
                                    
                                 
                                            JULY, 2022
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    “QIONGYAO” ACTION
                                    During the global epidemic, FOTON made an action named
                                        "QiongYao" globally, donated 120,000 pieces of medical epidemic prevention masks
                                        and 9 ambulances to 30 countries around the world.
                                GO FORWARD TO THE WORLD
                            Continuing to boost ICEVs efficiency and push BEV by technology
                                breakthroughs for fossil-free transportation.
                        2010s
                         
                                            APRIL, 2019
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    FOTON CP JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
                                    The joint venture set up a manufacturing company and a
                                        sales company in Thailand, to take advantage of both in commercial vehicle
                                        technology and market operation capabilities into full play in an effort to
                                        become the third largest commercial vehicle brand in Thailand.
                                 
                                            APRIL, 2017
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    FOTON ZF JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
                                    Jointly established "Foton ZF" and "ZF Foton" to build an
                                        advanced transmission production base. FOTON and ZF jointly established Foton ZF
                                        LCV Automated Transmissions (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. with a 60:40 share ratio, with
                                        an annual production capacity of 320,000 units. FOTON and ZF jointly established
                                        ZF Foton HCV Automated Transmissions (Jiaxing) Co., Ltd. with a 49:51 share
                                        ratio, with an annual production of 190,000 heavy-duty transmissions and 40,000
                                        retarders.
                                 
                                            FEBRUARY, 2012
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    FOTON DAIMLER JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
                                    The two parties jointly invested in Beijing Foton Daimler
                                        Automotive Co., Ltd. (BFDA) with a 50:50 share ratio in Beijing, taking FOTON's
                                        heavy truck product AUMAN as the main product, and created a precedent for
                                        Sino-foreign cooperation with China as the operation center, giving full play to
                                        their respective advantages and jointly building China's own-brand automobile.
                                        In July 2012, the first AUMAN truck produced by the joint venture officially
                                        rolled off the production line.
                                 
                                            SEPTEMBER, 2010
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    FOTON "BRILLIANT DIAMOND" LOGO IMAGE ANNOUNCED GLOBALLY
                                    As the prototype concept of FOTON logo, the "Brilliant
                                        Diamond" inspires FOTON at pursuing "innovative technology", "humanistic care"
                                        and "beauty of harmony" and continuously creating perfect and excellent eternal
                                        value for customers.
                                DESTINED TO BE EXTRAORDINARY
                            Aiming to be the leader and changer of the industry from its
                                inception.
                        2000s
                         
                                            MARCH, 2008
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    FOTON CUMMINS JOINT VENTURE ESTABLISHED
                                    The two parties established Beijing Foton Cummins Engine
                                        Co., Ltd. (BFCEC) in Beijing with a 50:50 investment ratio. First phase goal: to
                                        develop and produce inline 4-cylinder 2.8-liter and 3.8-liter direct injection
                                        diesel engines, with a production capacity of 400,000 units per year.
                                 
                                            SEPTEMBER, 2006
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    LANDED IN EUROPE, COMPETITED TO GLOBAL LEADERS
                                    The third-generation heavy truck - FOTON AUMAN ETX went to
                                        Europe and entered the German F1 Formula Hockenheim circuit, competed with
                                        global leading trucks. The Technik Museum Sinsheim collected an ETX model, which
                                        marked that FOTON’s commercial vehicle development level was included in the
                                        history of world transportation technology development.
                                10,000,000 UNITS
                                    NOVEMBER, 2004
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    FOTON’S ONE MILLIONTH VEHICLE - AUV BUS LAUNCHED
                                    Building on its success in light and heavy duty truck
                                        product lines, FOTON ventured into the bus & coach business. In 2004, FOTON
                                        unveiled its first bus, a milestone that also celebrated its achievement of
                                        producing one million vehicles in history.
                                 
                                            SEPTEMBER, 2001
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    FOTON’S FIRST HEAVY DUTY TRUCK – AUMAN ROLLED OFF THE ASSEMBLY
                                        LINE
                                    FOTON has commercial vehicle strategy in its DNA and calls
                                        its first heavy duty truck product “AutoMan”. This is how the first AUMAN came
                                        to life.
                                ORIGIN
                            A China legend in commercial vehicle industry
                        1990s
                         
                                            AUGUST, 1996
                                            
                                        
                                    
                                    100 LEGAL ENTITIES, ONE VISION
                                    FOTON was formally established in 1996 by nearly 100 legal
                                        entities, which set the earliest successful precedent for China’s shareholding
                                        system reform, and also initiated the mixed ownership of state-owned
                                        enterprises.
                                 
                 
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                         
                                        