9月25日，雷诺集团董事长兼首席执行官卡洛斯·戈恩一行来沈阳考察。卡洛斯·戈恩与华晨集团党委书记、董事长祁玉民也同戈恩就进一步加快项目进展、深化合资合作进行交流。戈恩此行的重点无疑就是雷诺轻型商用车的国产事宜。在双方交流会上，卡洛斯·戈恩表示，“中国的轻型商用车市场的规模将达到每年300万辆，雷诺集团非常希望利用自己在全球轻型商用汽车产品和技术方面积累的专业能力，结合华晨汽车集团对于本地市场的了解与影响力，成立在中国市场具有重要地位的轻型商用车合资公司。”祁玉民表示，“华晨集团与雷诺集团将共同建立一个具有现代企业制度的国际化、市场化、现代化的合资公司，打造适应未来市场需求的战略平台，实现金杯、华颂、雷诺三大品牌齐头并进、协同发展。”今年7月，华晨集团与雷诺集团正式签署了合资框架协议。正式的签约或将定在今年12月份。而华晨官方在其半年业绩公报也透露了未来合作的一些迹象，计划未来两年合共投资15亿元，雷诺将持有合资公司49%权益，中方将控股51%。
Renault’s China-built light commercial vehicle to be rolled out soon
On Sept. 25, Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of Groupe Renault visited Shenyang, Liaoning Province. During his visit, Ghosn also exchanged his idea with Qi Yumin, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Brilliance Auto on accelerating the progress of project development and deepening cooperation of joint venture.
The issue on Renault's China-built light commercial vehicles is undoubtedly Ghosn's major task to visit China this time. "Chinese LCV market has a large scale of 3 million vehicles per year. Taking advantage of Renault's management expertise and know-how on the products and technology, and Brilliance Auto's know-how and influence of the Chinese market, we aim to build a LCV joint venture which will play an important role in China." Carlos Ghosn said on an idea-exchange meeting.
"Brilliance Auto joins hands with Renault to build up an international, market-driven and modern joint venture with a modern enterprise system, establishing a strategic platform to meet future market needs, enabling Jinbei, Huasong and Renault to be improved altogether." said Qi Yumin.
In July, Brilliance Auto signed a binding framework cooperation agreement with Groupe Renault. It is also said that they are likely to sign the agreement officially in December this year. Their cooperation was indicated in the sentences on Brilliance Auto's half-year financial report, for example, CBA teams up with Renault to invest RMB 1.5 billion in next two years. Renault will hold 49% equity of the joint venture, so Brilliance Auto will hold its stake of 51%.