Heavy trucks from Jiefang are displayed at a plant of FAW in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on July 9, 2018. [Photo/IC]

Sales of the Jiefang J6 heavy-duty trucks have reached 1 million units, making the J6 a leading truck model in China, according to FAW Group Corporation.

A ceremony to witness the one millionth J6 truck rolling off the production line was held on July 15 in Changchun, capital of Northeast China's Jilin province. The red truck was delivered to its buyer at the ceremony.

The J6 model is for civil use and came into the market in 2007.

FAW Jiefang launched its seventh generation truck J7 last year, aiming to compete with imported truck brands and enter the European market.

It sold a record 205,000 trucks in the first six months of 2019, up 6.7 percent year-on-year.