15 February 2021: Mr. Elliot Zhang, President of ASEAN and Thailand Project at Great Wall Motor (GWM), and other company executives, met Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha, Prime Minister of Thailand, and Ms. Duangjai Asawachintachit, Secretary General of the Thailand Board of Investment, to thank the Thai authorities for supporting GWM’s investment in Thailand. Mr. Zhang praised Thailand’s strength in the automobile sector, and said that the country, with its strategic location and the government policies to promote electric vehicle, was at an advantage to serve as a regional EV production base.