Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center

Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center Co. Ltd

Trade name	PATAC
Native name	泛亚汽车技术中心有限公司
Company type	Joint-venture
Industry	Automotive
Founded	Shanghai, China June 12, 1997 (1997-06-12)
Headquarters	Pudong, Shanghai , China
Key people	Mark LaBaere (president) Liu Qiming (Executive vice president) Wu Donghai (Vice president) Frederique Klein (Vice president and CFO)
Services	Localisation of global GM vehicles for China, new developments
Owner	SAIC Motor (50%) General Motors (50%)
Number of employees	2000 (in 2011)
Website	www.patac.com.cn

The Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (or PATAC) is a joint venture between General Motors and SAIC Motor. It is a design and engineering center in Pudong, Shanghai, China, and is involved in engineering for Shanghai GM products, but also functions as one out of six technical development and design centers worldwide of General Motors.^[1]