CHANGCHUN - FAW Jiefang, a truck subsidiary of China's leading automaker FAW Group, sold 79,100 trucks in January, up 27.87 percent year-on-year.

FAW Jiefang used livestreaming and short videos as marketing tools during the epidemic, and has come out with new vehicles that have been embraced by the market.

A total of 70,200 heavy-duty trucks were sold in January, up 33.68 percent year-on-year.

Founded in 1953 and headquartered in the northeastern province of Jilin, the State-owned FAW Group is known as the cradle of China's auto industry.