In October 2017, FAW, with Wuxi Diesel Engine Works of FAW Jiefang Automotive Company (FAWDE) as the main body, integrated DEUTZ (Dalian) Diesel Engine Co., LTD, Wuxi Fuel Injection Equipment Research Institute FAW, FAW R&D Center Engine Development Institute to establish FAWDE, which is an important business unit of FAW commercial vehicle business and a R & D and production base for heavy, medium and light engines of Jiefang company. The division is located in Wuxi, Changchun, Dalian and headquartered in Wuxi, covering a total area of 870,000 ㎡, with employees of over 5400, and the main products of diesel engines, gas engines, moving parts and remanufactured product and common rail systems. After establishment, it has formed the R&D layout of "two cities and three places" in Wuxi, Changchun, established "five mechanisms for technological innovation" and the big R&D system integrating procurement, market, quality, cost, process. Then the division has complete independent development capability of engine and has won "First Prize for National Science and Technology Progress", "Second Prize for National Science and Technology Progress" and become the first pilot demonstration project of intelligent manufacturing of MIIT.



In 2019, it sold 320,000 engines and realized sales revenue of 15.08 billion Yuan. In the future, the division will uphold the brand vision of "national brand and high-end power", continue to deepen the enterprise reform, accelerate the pace of technological innovation, steadily proceed the intelligent manufacturing and do its best to create the green, efficient and intelligent engine power assembly so as to create greater value for the users and continue to make the FAW Jiefang engine independent business stronger and larger and make new contribution to assisting FAW Jiefang in realizing the objective of No. 1 in China, first-class in the world". Actively responding to the spirit of President Xi Jinping's speech when inspecting FAW, we will build up the national automobile brand!