the china ordnance equipment group corporation, also known as china south industries group corporation (csgc, chinese: 中国南方工业集团公司 or 中国兵器装备集团公司) is a chinese manufacturer of automobiles, motorcycles, firearms, vehicle components, and optical-electronic products and other special products domestically and internationally. the company was founded in 1999 and is based in haidian district, beijing. csgc is the parent company of changan automobile.