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• • November 6, 1986.

    Mr. Li Shufu started the entrepreneurial course of Geely with refrigerator parts business as the starting point.

     

    

• • August 8, 1998 

    The first automobile of Geely group rolled off the production line in Linhai City of Zhejiang Province, embarking on the era of automobile manufacturing by private enterprises.

    

• • August 1, 2003

    The first batch of Geely automobiles was exported abroad, changing the situation of zero automobile exported from Geely before.
     

    

• • May, 2005

    Geely was successfully listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (0175 HK), making an important step forward on its way to internationalization.

     

    

• • October 24, 2006 

    Geely Holding Group Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Maple Auto signed official agreements on manufacturing of branded taxis by joint investment with Manganese Bronze Holding (MBH).

    

• • August 2, 2010 

    Mr. Li Shufu, Board Chairman of Geely and Mr. Lewis Booth, Chief Financial Officer of Ford, attended the delivery signing ceremony in London. By then, Geely had completed the buyout of Volvo Automobile Company, a brand of Ford.

    

• • March 9, 2012

    Volvo and Geely signed Technology Transfer Agreement.

     

     

    

• • September, 2013

    Geely Group is excited to announce that the joint R&D Centre of Geely Auto and Volvo Cars in Gothenburg starts soft operation following the decision made in February 2013.

    

• • April, 2014

    Geely released its new era brand strategy which clarified new brand mission and value proposition. Geely's brand building steps into new stage. 

     

    

• • July, 2016

    Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has been listed as a Furtune Global500 company for the fifth year running and has advanced 67 places to 410th place. ZGH first entered the Furtune Global500 list in 2012.

    

• • July 18, 2016

    Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (ZGH) has become an official vehicle partner of the G20 Summit 2016 with Geely Auto providing 327 Geely vehicles which will be used by key departments such as police, fire service and airport security throughout the G20 period.

    

• • September 26, 2016

    GEELY, join Rolls-Royce, Castrol, Rolex and other organizations to become the prime sponsor and Official Automotive Partner for the BLOODHOUND project, a British initiative attempt to break the World Land Speed Record. 

    

• • May 24, 2017

    Geely Holding acquire 49.9% shares of PROTON and a majority 51% share of LOTUS.

     

    

• • February 24,2018

    (Hangzhou / Stuttgart) Geely Group, a company owned by Li Shufu and managed by Zheijang Geely Holding Group, has acquired a 9,7 percent stake of Daimler AG, Stuttgart through open market purchases of shares.

    

• • February 24,2018

    The chairman of Chinese carmaker Geely has built up a 9.69 percent stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler, filings showed on Friday, an aggressive move designed to open the door for an industrial alliance between the two carmakers.