On September 28th, Zhixin Technology Co., Ltd. held a management meeting and announced the decision to adjust the leadership team: Nie Chunfei will no longer serve as the Party Secretary, Party Committee Member, Chairman, and Director of Zhixin Technology Co., Ltd., and will be assigned to another position; Cui Zhifeng will serve as Party Committee Member, Party Secretary, Director, Chairman, and General Manager of Zhixin Technology Co., Ltd. The relevant appointments and dismissals will be processed according to legal procedures.
According to the information, Zhixin Technology Co., Ltd. was established in September 2019, and its business scope includes the manufacturing, research and development, retail, and wholesale of automotive parts and accessories. It is a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Group, with Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. holding a 93% stake and Dongfeng Hongtai Holding Group Co., Ltd. and Wuhan Economic and Technological Development Financial Development Co., Ltd. holding 7%.
It is understood that Nie Chunfei has been transferred to the position of Vice President of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Assistant General Manager of Dongfeng Nissan. There will also be adjustments in the leadership of Dongfeng Nissan’s sales division. Nie Chunfei previously served as Deputy Head of Dongfeng Nissan’s Procurement Headquarters, and in 2025, he led several strategic projects related to new energy vehicles. He later went to Wuhan to serve as Party Secretary and Deputy General Manager of Zhixin Technology Co., Ltd. and was appointed Chairman and Party Secretary of Zhixin Technology in January of this year.
Previously, on July 22, 2025, Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. held an expanded leadership meeting to announce the decision of the Central Organization Department: Zhou Feng was appointed as Vice General Manager and Party Committee Standing Member of Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. His appointment was processed according to relevant legal provisions. Before his promotion to Vice General Manager, Zhou Feng was the Executive Vice President of Dongfeng Motor Co., Ltd. and Vice General Manager of Dongfeng Nissan.
In the first half of this year, Dongfeng Nissan launched the Nissan N7, which achieved stage success. Its price range is 119,900 to 149,900 CNY and it features a Qualcomm Snapdragon 8295P chip supporting the NISSAN OS in-car system, integrated with the DeepSeek-R1 large model, using the Momenta advanced driver assistance system and NVIDIA Orin autonomous driving chip. Based on an end-to-end large model, it offers features such as highway navigation NOA, city memory navigation NOA, and full-scene intelligent parking, significantly improving human-vehicle interaction compared to existing products. In terms of power, the Nissan N7 is equipped with a single motor, offering maximum power of 160 kW and 200 kW, with battery capacities of 58 kWh and 73 kWh, providing electric ranges of 510 km, 525 km, 540 km, 625 km, and 635 km. According to sales data, the Nissan N7 sold 10,148 units in August, marking its first month of over 10,000 sales since launch, ranking second in the Nissan brand, only behind the X-Trail, becoming a new popular model for Dongfeng Nissan.
In addition to the Nissan N7, Dongfeng Nissan will also launch the Nissan N6, the first plug-in hybrid model built on Dongfeng Nissan’s Tianyan platform. This will be the second new energy sedan after the Nissan N7 and is expected to be released at the 2025 Guangzhou Auto Show, with the earliest possible launch by the end of this year. In terms of fuel vehicles, the Teana PLUS will be launched in the fourth quarter, co-developed with Huawei, featuring the HarmonySpace 5 intelligent cockpit and HUAWEI SOUND audio system, which is being marketed as the “world’s first Hongmeng cockpit fuel vehicle.” The all-new X-Trail has also been declared and is expected to launch in the first quarter of next year, powered by a 1.6L naturally aspirated engine.
Cui Zhifeng is a veteran in the automotive industry, but little personal information about his age, education, and career background is available online. Cui Zhifeng has primarily dealt with the automotive parts industry. He worked for many years within the Dongfeng Honda system, having previously served as the plant manager of the powertrain factory at Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co., Ltd. In March 2021, he was promoted to Deputy General Manager and Party Secretary of Dongfeng Honda Automotive Components Co., Ltd., and later became the Chairman of Dongfeng Honda Engine Company, succeeding Zheng Chunkai. In late 2024, Cui Zhifeng was transferred to the headquarters, where he became Deputy General Manager of the Manufacturing Management Department (Safety and Environmental Protection Department) of Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd.
