9月21日晚，长安汽车发布公告称，经董事会全体决议，张宝林任长安汽车新董事长，统管长安汽车研发、制造、营销等各方面的发展。这是继8月份长安董事长徐留平调任一汽董事长、9月份谭本宏升任长安副总裁之后，长安汽车的又一重大人事变动。今年以来，长安汽车的表现不甚乐观，根据公开数据，今年1-6月长安汽车累计销量为1429511辆。此前，长安汽车宣布2017年全年的销量目标为330万辆，而上半年完成了近43%的全年销量目标，因此下半年的任务依然严峻。而从下半年表现来看，长安汽车销量依旧没能停止下滑趋势，7月长安销量为16.1468万辆，同比下降15.76%，而8月环比虽上涨27%，但同比依旧呈现下跌。新董事长的首要任务将是停止长安汽车销量的下滑趋势。人事变动对长安汽车未来发展和稳定布局，都将有重要的推动作用。
Changan names new chairman to lift sales
On Sept. 21st, Changan Ford, a state-owned auto enterprise, announced a new chairman. Zhang Baolin, Changan’s deputy chairman was named chairman to be responsible for Changan’s development, manufacturing and marketing, etc . This is the latest major shake-up after the former chairman, Xu Liuping, became FAW chairman in August and Tan Benhong was promoted to vice president.
Since the beginning of this year, Changan’s sales performance is not that satisfactory. According to its public data, Changan sold 1,429,511 new cars in the first year, only accounting for 43 percent of its annual target, which is 3.3 million units. However, the first two months of the second half year continually saw the falling of sales. Its July sales was 161,468 units, dropping 15.76 percent year on year. Even though its August sales grew 27 percent month on month, it also fell compared with the same month of last year.
As a result, the new chairman’s top priority is to reverse the downward trend. The personnel change may push Changan’s development and maintain its stability.