东风Dongfeng

Is Dongfeng Chinese? Yes

Facts checked Ownership as of 4 September 2026

Yes

Dongfeng is Chinese and state-owned. The Wuhan group was founded in 1969 as China's Second Automobile Works and is held by the central government; its own-brand cars are sold as Dongfeng and Aeolus. Dongfeng runs joint ventures with Nissan, Honda and Stellantis, and took a 14% stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen in the 2014 recapitalisation, which it has since sold down.

Chinese holding: 100% as of 4 September 2026.

The chain

The ownership chain behind this answer, owner first.
Step Entity Kind Origin
1 State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council government CN
2 Dongfeng Motor Group group CN
3 Dongfeng brand CN

Holding by holding

  1. State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council owns Dongfeng Motor Group at 100% since 2003.

    Dongfeng Motor Corporation is a central state-owned enterprise whose shareholding SASAC holds. Dongfeng told the Hong Kong exchange in February 2025 that a planned restructuring might change its controlling shareholder but would not change its ultimate controller, SASAC.

  2. Dongfeng Motor Group owns Dongfeng at 100% since 2009.

    The Dongfeng passenger-car brand and its Aeolus line belong to Dongfeng outright. Aeolus launched in July 2009 and has been run since August 2023 alongside Nammi and the eπ line under one Dongfeng passenger-vehicle organisation.

Is Dongfeng Chinese: the short answers

Is Dongfeng Chinese?
Yes. Dongfeng is Chinese and state-owned. The Wuhan group was founded in 1969 as China's Second Automobile Works and is held by the central government; its own-brand cars are sold as Dongfeng and Aeolus. Dongfeng runs joint ventures with Nissan, Honda and Stellantis, and took a 14% stake in PSA Peugeot Citroen in the 2014 recapitalisation, which it has since sold down.
How much of Dongfeng is Chinese-owned?
100%, as of 4 September 2026.
Who owns Dongfeng?
State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council sits at the top of the recorded chain. The ownership page sets out every step with its stake and date.

Related

Sources for this answer

  1. Wikipedia, List of automobile manufacturers of China. Read . Dongfeng Motor listed under central-government state ownership with M-Hero, Voyah, Aeolus, Forthing and Mengshi.
  2. Wikipedia, Dongfeng Motor Corporation. Read . 1992 Citroen joint venture and the February 2014 PSA stake.