Founded in 1930 as the predecessor of Jinan Automobile Works, China National Heavy Duty Truck Group Co., Ltd. (CNHTC, or "Sinotruk") is regarded as the cradle of China's heavy-duty-truck industry. As a domestic leader in commercial vehicles, it aims to "build a world-class full-range commercial-vehicle group". Sinotruk has built a complete product portfolio spanning heavy, medium and light trucks, buses, special-purpose vehicles and pickups, and has laid out all three new-energy routes—battery-electric, hybrid and hydrogen fuel-cell.