On December 23, 2002 (November 20, 2002 in the lunar calendar), Beijing Hyundai Sonata sedan rolled off the production line. On the afternoon of December 23, 2002, Beijing Hyundai Sonata sedan was officially rolled off the production line at the "Beijing Hyundai" factory in Shunyi District, Beijing City. The car dream of several generations of Beijing auto industry workers finally became a reality. Jia Qinglin, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, attended the ceremony. As the first joint venture project in the field of automobile production approved after my country joined the World Trade Organization,"Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd." jointly funded and founded by Beijing Automotive Investment Co., Ltd. and Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. of Korea, was officially listed on October 18, 2002. On November 18, the production of Beijing Hyundai Sonata sedan officially started. On December 10, Beijing Hyundai Sales Point officially accepted reservations. According to reports, during the year, the output of Sonata cars produced by "Beijing Hyundai" is expected to reach 2000 units. In 2003,"Beijing Hyundai" plans to produce and sell 50,000 cars, and in 2005 it will have a scale of 300,000 cars. The reporter saw at the celebration site that the completed assembly line, coating line and Sonata's main component production and assembly line were already operating in the spacious and bright factory building. According to Xu Heyi, chairman of Beijing Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd., after the renovation and construction of the factory, the production area of the factory has reached 90,000 square meters, the equipment tonnage has reached 11,000 tons, and the automation rate of other processes except the assembly line has reached 80%. Investment of 2.4 billion yuan will be completed. Liu Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Secretary of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Li Rongrong, Director of the State Economic and Trade Commission, Shi Guangsheng, Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, and Zheng Mengjiu, President of Hyundai Motor Co., Ltd. of Korea attended the ceremony. The first Beijing Hyundai Sonata sedan was launched on the 23rd. Beijing Hyundai Sonata sedan