1958 February 13, Chairman Mao inspected FAW and said that he wanted to get on his car.
1 958 August1day, the first red flag car in China was born, and it became a state guest car for national leaders and major national events.
On August 2nd, 1958, faw held a naming conference of hongqi car attended by nearly 20,000 people in * * * youth league garden. Wu De, then secretary of Jilin Provincial Party Committee, named the red flag limousine and put a "red flag" on the front of it.
1961On September 22nd, President Liu Shaoqi welcomed Cuban President osvaldo Dorticos to visit China in a red flag review car.
The Significance of Hongqi Automobile
For China people, Hongqi is not only a famous automobile brand, but also a deep feeling and sacred memory. For FAW people, the red flag is a strong responsibility and historical mission. In the 1960s and 1970s, the red flag car was a banner of China automobile industry. After the reform and opening up, "Red Flag" began the process of marketization while continuing to undertake the heavy responsibility of "national car".
Red-flag car, the earliest ca72, is marked with five small red flags side by side on the fender, representing workers, farmers, businessmen and students. 1in April, 1966, 20 red flag three-row luxury cars entered Beijing, and Premier Zhou Enlai, Foreign Minister Chen Yi and other national leaders officially took them. In the same year, at the suggestion of Comrade Peng Zhen, the side sign of "Three Red Flags" was changed to a red flag, indicating that Mao Zedong Thought was a big red flag, which was cancelled during the Cultural Revolution and restored to a small red flag with three sides.