China; Beijing; Beijing Auto Factory Beijing Jeep Corporation (BJC); the first US-Chinese joint venture founded in 1984 between Beijing Automobile Works and Amercan Motor Company (AMC; taken over by Chrysler Corporation in 1987). Since 2005; the plant has been part of Beijing Benz Automotive Co Ltd. (BBAC; a joint venture of Daimler AG and Beijing Automobile Works).Workers in the production of the Cherokee.Beijing; April 1997.