【正】 Maker Concern FAW had outstanding operation in 2000 The 400,000th automobile FAW-made in 2000 was delivered to a Tibetan customer on Dec 24. FAW realized the sales income surpassing RMB 50 billion yuan in 2000, 29% up over the previous year with the profit 135% up over the year before. The Chinese auto giant launched scores of vehicle model into the market in 2000 including Hongqi Century Star, 2-valve EFI Jetta, Audi A6 1.8T, etc. The sales of its competitive Jiefang trucks surpassed 10 thousand units for