智己IM Motors

Is IM Motors Chinese? Yes

Facts checked Ownership as of 4 September 2026

Yes

IM Motors is Chinese. It is SAIC's premium electric brand, set up in 2020 with Alibaba and the Shanghai district investment company Zhangjiang Hi-Tech; all three shareholders are Chinese.

Chinese holding: 100% as of 4 September 2026.

The chain

The ownership chain behind this answer, owner first.
Step Entity Kind Origin
1 Shanghai Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission government CN
2 SAIC Motor group CN
3 IM Motors brand CN

Holding by holding

  1. Shanghai Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission controls SAIC Motor since 1995.

    The Shanghai municipal state-assets commission is SAIC Motor's ultimate controller, holding its shares through the wholly state-owned parent Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (Group). Published figures for the parent's holding in the listed company cluster between about 63% and 68%; no figure carrying its own date could be confirmed from an SAIC filing, so the stake is left null.

  2. SAIC Motor owns IM Motors at 54% since December 2020.

    SAIC's holding at IM Motors' founding in December 2020. On 23 December 2025 SAIC announced a restructuring that converts part of an indirect holding into a direct one; it stated that its overall stake would be unchanged.

Is IM Motors Chinese: the short answers

Is IM Motors Chinese?
Yes. IM Motors is Chinese. It is SAIC's premium electric brand, set up in 2020 with Alibaba and the Shanghai district investment company Zhangjiang Hi-Tech; all three shareholders are Chinese.
How much of IM Motors is Chinese-owned?
100%, as of 4 September 2026.
Who owns IM Motors?
Shanghai Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission 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 . IM Motors listed as a SAIC Motor brand.