SHANGHAI, China, Feb. 13 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Shanghai Jinshan District
Government announces that Shanghai Maple Automobile, a company that has
successfully based itself in Shanghai Jinshan District, recently reported news
that it produced and sold 24,518 economical and home use cars in 2005, a rise
of 143% year on year. The company also generated total tax revenue of RMB120
million, a rise of 155% year on year.
As a local automobile manufacturer with independent proprietary, Shanghai
Maple strives to create national auto brands relying on its own R&D and on its
own innovation efforts. Its products are mainly small and medium sized home
cars characterized by a high performance-price ratio that have won favor from
consumers. Moreover, its products have been sold to 17 countries and regions
around the world and were shown at the 7th Shanghai International Industry
Fair for the first time in 2005. Thus far, Shanghai Maple has set its goals
for 2006, which includes the production and sale of 38,000 cars.
About Jinshan District
Jinshan, one of the 19 districts (counties) of Shanghai, is located in the
southwest of the city, north of the Hangzhou Bay and west of Zhejiang Province.
It is situated at the hub of the economic region linking Shanghai, Hangzhou
and Ningbo, and is inside the geographic ring of the Yangtze River Delta that
is only a two hours drive away.
Jinshan District has a total land area of 586 square kilometers (about 226
square miles), equivalent to that of Singapore, and a population of 550,000.
It has rich natural and cultural heritages, including beautiful beach lines,
famous traditional peasant paintings, black ceramic arts and crafts, and a
world-renowned petrochemical base.
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