长城GWM

Who owns GWM? Great Wall Motor's stake and the ownership chain

Facts checked Chinese holding 100%

GWM is Chinese. Great Wall Motor is a private company based in Baoding, Hebei, listed in Hong Kong and Shanghai and controlled by its founder Wei Jianjun. It sells under the GWM, Haval, Wey, Tank, Ora and Poer names, and its Spotlight Automotive joint venture with BMW builds the electric Mini in Jiangsu.

Great Wall Motor is the company behind the GWM marque; the brand is the group's own marque, not a subsidiary.

The short answer

Controlled by Great Wall Motor
Stake100%
Sincenot published
Kindbrand
OriginCN
Name in Chinese 长城 Chángchéng “chahng-CHUNG”
Top of the chainWei Jianjun
Is it Chinese? Yes

The chain, step by step

  1. Wei Jianjun controls Baoding Innovation Great Wall Asset Management Co., Ltd..

    Wei Jianjun is the legal representative of Baoding Innovation Great Wall Asset Management Co., Ltd., the company that holds the controlling block in Great Wall Motor. His exact percentage of that company is not set out in any filing read here; a figure of about 62% circulates in press profiles and is left out rather than recorded unverified.

  2. Baoding Innovation Great Wall Asset Management Co., Ltd. owns Great Wall Motor at 59.9%.

    Great Wall Motor's controlling shareholder held 5,115,000,000 shares at 30 June 2026, shown as 59.902% of the share capital on one aggregator and 59.63% on another. HKSCC Nominees, which holds the Hong Kong-traded H shares, was next with 2,305,334,261 shares. Both aggregator pages rendered the holder's name inconsistently; the underlying share count and date agree.

  3. Great Wall Motor owns GWM at 100%.

    Great Wall Motor is the company behind the GWM marque; the brand is the group's own marque, not a subsidiary.

Every holding above this entity, with the stake and the date it began.
Holder Holds Kind Stake Since
Wei Jianjun Baoding Innovation Great Wall Asset Management Co., Ltd. controls controls not published
Baoding Innovation Great Wall Asset Management Co., Ltd. Great Wall Motor owns 59.9% not published
Great Wall Motor GWM owns 100% not published

GWM: questions people ask

What does GWM stand for?
Great Wall Motor. The Chinese name is 长城汽车 (Chángchéng Qìchē) and 长城 is the Great Wall itself; the company is based in Baoding, in the province the wall crosses.
Is GWM the same as Haval?
GWM is the company and the umbrella badge; Haval is one of its brands, and the one most often seen abroad. Tank, Wey, Ora, the Poer pickups and Souo motorcycles sit under the same badge.
Is GWM Chinese?
Yes. Great Wall Motor is a private Chinese company based in Baoding, Hebei, listed in Hong Kong since 2003 and Shanghai since 2011.
Is GWM sold in the United States?
No. GWM sells in about 60 countries listed on its own site, including the UK, Australia, South Africa, Thailand, Brazil and Mexico, but has never entered the United States.

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Sources for GWM

  1. Gasgoo, Great Wall Motor posts record full-year sales in 2025 despite Dec. slowdown. Read .
  2. Great Wall Motor, About GWM. Read . The six brands, the 170+ market claim and the 1.4 million cumulative overseas sales figure.
  3. Great Wall Motor, Global - GWM country and region sites. Read . The country list used for the markets field. Russia is not in the selector but GWM operates the Tula plant there.
  4. GWM Australia and New Zealand, GWM Australia. Read . Shows Haval, Tank, Ora and Cannon sold together under the GWM badge.
  5. Wikipedia, List of automobile manufacturers of China. Read . Great Wall Motor listed among major private manufacturers with GWM, Haval, Wey, Ora and Tank.
  6. Wikipedia, Mini Cooper (J01). Read . Spotlight Automotive, the BMW and Great Wall Motor joint venture at Zhangjiagang.
  7. Wikipedia, Wei Jianjun. Read . Finding aid; the article itself carries no shareholding figure.
  8. Sina Finance, 长城汽车 (601633) shareholder register. Read .
  9. Tonghuashun (10jqka), 长城汽车 (601633) 股东 (shareholders). Read .