Brilliance Auto Group, also known as Huachen Automotive Group, is a government-owned vehicle maker headquartered in Shenyang, Liaoning province. It grew under its founder Yang Rong and became China's largest car maker in the 1990s. Its subsidiary Brilliance China Automotive was incorporated in Bermuda in 1992, when its shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange.
Brilliance is BMW's partner in China: in 2003 the two companies agreed to build BMW saloons in Shenyang, and in 2022 BMW took a 75% stake in BMW Brilliance. Under its own name the group has made cars such as the H230 and H530 saloons and the V3 and Brilliance V5 SUVs, as well as Jinbei vans; in 2017 Renault took a 49% stake in Renault Brilliance Jinbei. In November 2020 the parent company defaulted on more than 6.5 billion yuan of bonds and entered bankruptcy proceedings. More about the company's past: the history of Brilliance. See also BMW.
