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Shineray Group

Chinese holding

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 10, 2026
Entity authorityQ10371083
Source-derived summary

Shineray Group (Chinese: 鑫源集团) is a multinational manufacturing enterprise based in China, with core businesses spanning the R&D, manufacturing, and sales of automobiles, motorcycles, agricultural machinery, and powertrains. The group started with motorcycle manufacturing and gradually expanded into the automotive sector, implementing a global strategy.The group is the owner of the Italian motorcycle brand SWM.

Shineray Group also formed a joint venture with Brilliance Auto Group to produce SWM branded automobiles and motorcycles in Chongqing, China.

Group History and Overview

Shineray Group was founded by Mr. Gong Daxing. Its motorcycle business began in 1997 (Chongqing Shineray Motorcycle Co., Ltd.), and the "SHINERAY" brand was officially adopted in 2002. In 2007, the group formally established Shineray Automobile Co., Ltd., entering the automotive manufacturing industry.

The group is headquartered in Chongqing, China. Its automotive brands include SRM Shineray, SWM Motors, and Jinbei, with products covering SUVs, MPVs, minivans, mini-trucks, and new energy vehicles. Its motorcycle brands mainly include "Shineray", "SWM", and the new energy-focused "Binsen".

Business Segments and Operations

Automotive Manufacturing (Shineray Automobile)

Shineray Automobile holds full qualifications for independent production across all vehicle categories (including new energy vehicles) and operates two major production bases in Chongqing: Fuling (annual capacity of 300,000 passenger vehicles and 300,000 engines) and High-tech Zone (annual capacity of 100,000 commercial vehicles).

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“Shineray Group” enters the record as chinese holding. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Shineray, Group and Chinese can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1997, 2002, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1997. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Shineray, Group and Chinese.
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The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 10, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q10371083. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1997, 2002 and 2007.

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This entry incorporates text from Shineray Group” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.