As early as the 1990s, Wuxi has been a gathering place for auto parts companies. By the year 2000 or so, Wuxi had more than 300 auto and parts companies, as well as FAW Xichai Auto Factory and FAW Wuxi Auto Factory. Domestic and industry-leading companies have formed the largest number of auto parts production companies in China. It is precisely because of this that Wuxi people have been hoping to have local auto manufacturing companies, but unfortunately it is difficult to make a round.

Shanghai Automotive Commercial Vehicles Co., Ltd. Wuxi Branch was unveiled on May 25 in Huishan District, Wuxi City, which also disguised the dream of Wuxi people. It is reported that the total investment of the SAIC Commercial Vehicle Wuxi Branch is approximately RMB 117.85 million, of which the investment in fixed assets is RMB 838 million and the capital of the project is RMB 419 million. It has four major workshops for stamping, bodywork, painting and assembly, as of April 2010. The groundbreaking ceremony was officially started on August 20th, and the first white body was put on the line on August 20th of the same year. The assembly shop was completed on January 15th, 2011. It is expected that the Maxus Chase V80 commercial vehicle will be officially released at the end of June this year and will be listed by the end of August. In the future, SAIC Motor will produce 100,000 commercial vehicles each year from Wuxi. As soon as the news was announced, it attracted the attention of many automotive industry professionals in Wuxi. This is mainly because Wuxi people have been making car dreams for more than 20 years.