China Automotive Systems, Inc.

China Automotive Systems, Inc. (“China Automotive” or the “Company”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on June 29, 1999 under the name Visions-In-Glass, Inc., which was principally engaged in the business of designing, marketing and selling custom-designed stained glass, leaded glass artifacts and leaded glass windows through a web site. From August 23, 2002 to March 2003, the Company had no business operations. Pursuant to a Share Exchange Agreement dated as of March 5, 2003, among Yarek Bartosz, Guofu Dong (“Dong”), Liping Xie (“Xie”), Qizhou Wu (“Wu”), Tse, Yiu Wong, Andy (“Tse”), Hanlin Chen (“Chen”, Chen, Dong, Tse, Wu and Xie, collectively, the “Sellers”) and Great Genesis Holding Limited, a corporation organized under the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China (“Genesis”), the Company acquired from the Sellers (the “Acquisition”) all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of Genesis (the “Genesis Shares”).