Guangqi Hino (Shenyang) Motors Co., Ltd.will be officially inaugurated on September 22, and meanwhile the joint venture's first vehicle model will be announced, the National Business Daily reported day.

Guangqi Hino (Shenyang), as part of Guangzhou Automobile Group's commercial vehicle project, was built by the restructuring of Shenyang Aircraft-Hino Automobile Co. in northeast China and will focus on manufacturing commercial buses. The new venture will become one of Guangzhou Auto's CV production bases.

The Guangqi Hino venture, launched at the end of 2007 by Guangzhou Auto and Japan-based Hino Motors, is the fourth auto venture built by Guangzhou Auto, after Guangzhou Toyota, Guangzhou Honda, and Dongfeng Nissan. The venture's Guangzhou base was designed for heavy truck manufacture and the Shenyang base for making buses.

This Guangqi Hino commercial vehicle project was expected to boost China's heavy-duty truck output, Zhang Fangyou, chairman of Guangzhou Auto Group, said earlier this year.

Following FAW Toyota's introduction of the Toyota Coaster, the China production capacity of Japanese-brand buses will be boosted by the upcoming operation of Guangqi Hino (Shenyang).