坦克Tank

Who owns Tank? The ownership chain, Great Wall Motor's stake and the 2021 deal

Facts checked Chinese holding 100%

Tank is Chinese. It began as a Wey model line and became a separate Great Wall Motor brand for ladder-frame off-roaders; the Tank 300 and 500 are sold in China, the Middle East, Australia and Latin America.

Tank was split out of the Wey brand in March 2021 to carry the ladder-frame off-roaders.

The short answer

Controlled by Great Wall Motor
Stake100%
SinceMarch 2021
Kindbrand
OriginCN
Name in Chinese 坦克 Tǎnkè “TAHN-kuh”
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 Tank at 100% since March 2021.

    Tank was split out of the Wey brand in March 2021 to carry the ladder-frame off-roaders.

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 Tank owns 100% March 2021

Tank: questions people ask

Who owns Tank?
Great Wall Motor Company Limited of Baoding, China. Tank was part of the Wey brand until March 2021.
What does Tank mean in Chinese?
坦克 (Tǎnkè) is simply the Chinese transliteration of the English word tank. The brand is named after the ladder-frame Tank platform its cars are built on.
Is the Tank 300 an off-roader?
Yes. It uses a ladder-frame chassis rather than a car-style monocoque, which is unusual among mid-priced Chinese SUVs and is the brand's main selling point.
Is Tank sold in the United States?
No. Tank sells in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Thailand, Brazil, Kazakhstan and other Great Wall markets, but not in the United States.

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Sources for Tank

  1. Gasgoo, Great Wall Motor posts record full-year sales in 2025 despite Dec. slowdown. Read .
  2. Wikipedia, Tank (marque). Read . Finding aid for the March 2021 split, the model list and the platform.
  3. Great Wall Motor, GWM country sites: South Africa, Thailand, Brazil, Australia, and the global selector. Read . Tank models listed on gwm.co.za, gwm.co.th, gwmmotors.com.br and gwmanz.com/au; a dedicated Tank site at tank.com.kz for Kazakhstan.
  4. Wikipedia, List of automobile manufacturers of China. Read . Tank listed as a Great Wall Motor brand.
  5. Wikipedia, Wei Jianjun. Read . Finding aid; the article itself carries no shareholding figure.
  6. Sina Finance, 长城汽车 (601633) shareholder register. Read .
  7. Tonghuashun (10jqka), 长城汽车 (601633) 股东 (shareholders). Read .