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Hongqi Named Official Car Supplier for 2024 China-Africa Summit

FAW's Hongqi brand will provide 620 luxury vehicles for the 2024 Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit in Beijing from September 4-6.

Vehicles for 2024 summit
620
Vehicles for 2018 summit
290
Summit dates
Sept. 4-6, 2024

What Happened

The 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) will be held in Beijing from Sept. 4 to 6. FAW Hongqi, the official vehicle supplier, will provide Hongqi GUOYUE luxury bus, Hongqi H9 luxury sedan, and Hongqi HQ9 luxury MPV for transportation during the summit.

Hongqi's FOCAC involvement
  1. 2018

    290 Hongqi H7 limousines served the Beijing Summit of FOCAC.

  2. 2024

    620 Hongqi vehicles will service the Summit.

Vehicles supplied for 2024 summit

620

Up from 290 in 2018.

Why this matters

This repeat role for Hongqi highlights its prestige and growing association with high-level diplomatic events.

Terms in This Story

FOCAC
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, a diplomatic forum between China and African nations.
Hongqi
Luxury vehicle brand under FAW Group, based in China.
FAW
China's oldest and largest automotive group, founded in 1953.
Read Original: FAW Group

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