欧拉Ora

Who owns Ora? The ownership chain, Great Wall Motor's stake and the 2018 deal

Facts checked Chinese holding 100%

Ora is Chinese. It is Great Wall Motor's electric-only brand, best known for the retro-styled hatchback sold in Europe as the Funky Cat and later the Ora 03.

Ora was created in 2018 as Great Wall Motor's electric small-car brand.

The short answer

Controlled by Great Wall Motor
Stake100%
Since2018
Kindbrand
OriginCN
Name in Chinese 欧拉 Ōulā “oh-LAH”
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 Ora at 100% since 2018.

    Ora was created in 2018 as Great Wall Motor's electric small-car brand.

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 Ora owns 100% 2018

Ora: questions people ask

What does Ora mean?
Great Wall says the letters stand for open, reliable and alternative. The Chinese name 欧拉 (Ōulā) is also how the mathematician Euler's name is written in Chinese, which the company has acknowledged as a second reading.
Who owns Ora?
Great Wall Motor Company Limited of Baoding, China.
Why were Ora models named after cats?
The Good Cat, Funky Cat, Ballet Cat and Lightning Cat names nod to Deng Xiaoping's line about it not mattering whether a cat is black or white so long as it catches mice. Several markets have since switched to numbers such as Ora 03 and Ora 5.
Is Ora sold in the United States?
No. Ora sells in the UK, parts of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, Brazil and Southeast Asia.

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Sources for Ora

  1. Gasgoo, Great Wall Motor posts record full-year sales in 2025 despite Dec. slowdown. Read .
  2. Wikipedia, Ora (marque). Read . Finding aid for the 2018 launch, the name readings, the cat model names and the market list.
  3. Great Wall Motor, Global - GWM country and region sites. Read . The United Kingdom entry points to uk.ora-eu.com and the Singapore entry to an Ora page.
  4. Great Wall Motor, GWM South Africa and GWM Thailand. Read . Ora 03 and Ora 5 listed in South Africa; Ora 5 EV and HEV in Thailand.
  5. Wikipedia, List of automobile manufacturers of China. Read . Ora listed as a Great Wall Motor brand.
  6. Wikipedia, Wei Jianjun. Read . Finding aid; the article itself carries no shareholding figure.
  7. Sina Finance, 长城汽车 (601633) shareholder register. Read .
  8. Tonghuashun (10jqka), 长城汽车 (601633) 股东 (shareholders). Read .