--FILE--un visiteur passe devant le stand de Sinotruk durant la 17e Exposition de l'industrie internationale de l'Automobile de Shanghai, également connu sous le nom de Shanghai Auto
--FILE--A visitor walks past the stand of Sinotruk during the 17th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition, also known as Auto Shanghai 2017, in Shanghai, China, 21 April 2017. China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Corp is betting big on the overseas market, with the expectation that half of its total sales will come from outside of China by 2020, according to the company. The Shandong province-based manufacturer, also known as Sinotruk, sold 33, 700 heavy trucks overseas in 2017, some 11 percent of its total sales for the year. Thanks to rising demand in Africa and countries involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, it had received orders of 19, 356 heavy trucks in the first quarter this year, an increase of nearly 19 percent year-on-year. "This is a good start, and we are optimistic about our sales goal of 40, 000 units this year, " said Yang Zhengxu, president of Sinotruk International, a subsidiary dedicated to its overseas operations. Sinotruk was one of China's first heavy vehicle manufacturers to begin exploring overseas markets.
