On March 18, 1997, construction of engine plant was started.
In March, 2001, the first CHERY car appeared on the domestic market.
On June 16, 2001, the 10, 000th car rolled off the production line.
On March 1, 2003, the 100, 000th CHERY car was successfully off the production line.
On April 1, 2003, CHERY engine plant two started it construction.
On March 28, 2005, the first ACTECO engine walked down the production line.
On March 2, 2006, the first batch of CHERY engines was exported to USA.
On March 28, 2006, we manufactured the 500,000th CHERY car.
On June 2, 2006, we signed cooperation agreement about SKD with UAC.
On August 17, 2006, CHERY was approved to be the national auto export base.
On October 18, 2006, the 500,000th ACTECO engine rolled off the production line.
On March 22, 2007, we signed agreement with Argentina SOCMA Group to constructed engine plant jointly.
On August 10, 2007, CKD Joint venture with Iran Khodro and Canada Solitac was established.
On August 22, 2007, the 1,000,000th CHERY car finished its assembly and test.
On March 18, 2008, the 1,000,000th CHERY engine rolled off the production line.
On March 24, 2008, the company was renamed as CHERY Automobile Co., Ltd.
On April 17, 2010, CHERY CVT gearbox was put into production.
On September 17, 2010, CHERY cooperated with Sao Paulo state of Brazil and invested 400 million USD to establish auto industrial zone.
On April 19, 2011, export amount of CHERY automobile exceeded 500,000.
On July 27, 2011, CHERY got the 3,000,000th car completed.
On January 29, 2012, CHERY won the honor of the best independent automobile brand of 2011.
On March 22, 2012, CHERY established strategic cooperation relations with Chinese Automotive Technology & Research Center.
On November 6, 2012, GAC Group signed strategic alliances cooperation agreement with CHERY.