FAW Group
Xu Jianyi was born in Fushan District, Yantai, Shandong, traces his ancestry to Nanjing. He went to work in April 1970 and joined Communist Party of China in June 1986. In 1975 Xu went to FAW Group. In 1990-1994, Xu Jianyi went to Changchun Automobile Research Institute (). In December 2004, Xu became the mayor of Jilin City, and he became the Communist Party Secretary of Jilin City in September 2006. In December 2007, he became the President of FAW Group, a Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturing company. Xu Jianyi became the Chairman of FAW Group in December 2010.