A senior executive at China’s Geely showed his support for Great Wall Motor after the company publicly accused BYD of violating national emission standards, in a surprise move that puts BYD under further pressure amid allegations that it abused its leading market position. Our teardown’s result was completely in line with what Great Wall Motor has alleged,” Victor Yang, vice president in charge of public relations and communications at Geely, said publicly on June 7 (our translation). He did not specify names, but called Wei Jianjun, chairman of Great Wall Motor, a “whistleblower” for the industry. Earlier, Zhu Huarong, the chairman of Changan Automobile, had spoken out in support of Great Wall Motor, Reuters reported on May 30. This comes after China’s Ministry of Commerce on June 6 promised to fully cooperate with relevant departments to “create a level playing field” in the country’s auto industry.