Introduction

Welcome to the website of the China Motor Vehicle Documentation Centre.

Enjoy our wide range of services!

• The Catalogue: a monthly updated extended overview of the present Chinese automobile production. Available on line (pdf), by mail on CD-r, or by mail as book.
• The Newsletter: a monthly letter with a lot of news, about the Centre and the Chinese automobiles, available by e-mail.
• The Historical books, a series of books about the history of the Chinese car industry, already four for sale: Hongqi, Shanghai, Beijing/Tianjin and Pre-War Made in China.
• A fifth historical book decribes the North Korean auto industry: "Automobiles Made in North Korea". Some of the photos printed in this book you can find on our picasawebpage.
• The Business services: we offer our rich knowledge and good Chinese contacts for business purposes, please contact us with your wishes.
• Some of our customers are listed on the Clients page.
• Permanently free on-line: "EuroNCAP", "Lawsuits", "Chinese car museums" and "Links".
• An overview of what they have written about us and what we have written: CMVDC in the press.

The China Motor Vehicle Documentation Centre was established in the Netherlands in 1972.
The centre collects all kinds of information about the Chinese automobile industry, present as well as historical. The centre has a large library of Chinese automobile reference material, and owns a large photo-collection of Chinese cars, collected since 1978 and updated each year.

The centre publishes several times per year in European car magazines. The centre produced the Chinese entries of the Beaulieu Auto Encyclopædia that was published in 2000. The Society of Automotive Historians has awarded the Beaulieu Auto Encyclopædia the Cugnot Award. In 2004 the centre moved to France. The centre is contributor of the Katalog der Automobil Revue/ Catalogue de la Revue Automobile. The centre is a member of the China Hong Kong Red Flag Club, the International Beijing Jeep Owners Club and the Society of Automotive Historians.