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Physix Frontier · News Briefing Card (enbrief · Oct 20, 2026)

Zhijie seeks vehicle production license as Chery cancels same-site address

KEY FACTS

  • On October 16, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology published a notice listing Anhui Zhijie among the proposed new vehicle manufacturers to be granted market access.
  • Anhui Zhijie's production address is No. 8 Wanjiang Avenue, Wuhu, with a note identifying it as a member enterprise of the Chery Group.
  • In the same batch of notices, Chery Automobile applied to cancel that production address, completing a switch of the production entity at the same site.
  • Anhui Zhijie was established in January 2025 with registered capital of 1 billion yuan, wholly owned by Chery Automobile.
  • After an equity change in June 2026, Chery's stake fell to 85%, with two executive shareholding platforms each holding 7.5%.

KEY DATA

1 billion yuanAnhui Zhijie registered capital
85%Chery shareholding ratio
90,493 unitsZhijie 2025 sales
43,623 unitsCumulative sales in first nine months of 2026

PHYSIX OBSERVATION

Zhijie putting its production license into its own company makes it the first case among the five HIMA brands where a brand-specific company directly holds the certificate. The signal is clear: Chery steps back to the equity layer, Huawei continues to lead operations, and manufacturing responsibility belongs to Anhui Zhijie. But a license is not sales. Cumulative sales in the first nine months fell 24.5% year on year. An independent company ultimately has to prove itself through operating numbers, not an access permit.

Source: enbrief original report ↗