recently, Zhang Xue, the founder of a well-known domestic locomotive brand, while waiting at Budapest Airport in Hungary, happened to look out the window and caught a glimpse of a BYD brand advertisement appearing on the airport control tower. He spontaneously filmed a short video to praise BYD as it set sail overseas, paying tribute from afar to China's intelligent manufacturing.
In the video, Zhang Xue gave a thumbs-up to the tower advertisement and said bluntly: "I am now in the smoking room at the Hungarian airport. Let me show everyone Brother Di! Amazing!" After this content was posted, it quickly resonated with netizens. Many netizens also noticed in his video that Zhang Xue's daily commuting vehicle is precisely a BYD Qin L, and people even joked about him: "He builds locomotives more wildly than anyone, and uses cars more economically than anyone."
As an industrialist deeply engaged in the track of self-developed powertrains, Zhang Xue's locomotive company has long been tackling powertrain technology and insisting on breaking overseas technological monopolies; BYD likewise takes full-stack self-development as its foundation. These two Chinese industrialists in different tracks have produced a wonderful resonance across space because of their persistence in long-termism and independent innovation. It is worth noting that Zhang Xue is a spontaneous BYD owner, and the two parties currently have no commercial cooperation in any form. This tribute stems from the heartfelt pride of a domestic-brand entrepreneur who understands technology when seeing the strength of Chinese enterprises in a foreign land.
This tower advertisement captured by the camera is not just a brand exposure, but also a vivid microcosm of BYD taking root in the European market.
Looking globally, BYD's pace of globalization is steadily moving forward, with business already covering more than 120 countries and regions, and the growth momentum of overseas markets continuing to be released. The latest data shows that from January to September 2026, BYD's cumulative overseas sales of passenger vehicles and pickup trucks reached 1.3378 million units, and overseas markets have become an important growth engine. Relying on self-developed core technologies such as Blade Battery, DM-i super hybrid, and fast charging, BYD's passenger vehicle, commercial vehicle, and energy storage businesses are flourishing in multiple areas, achieving outstanding results in many markets such as Brazil, Singapore, and Thailand.
An accidental transnational encounter has become a vivid footnote to China's industrial innovation. Behind the traffic is the public's growing recognition of domestic independent innovation. BYD's path of going global is not only about products and technologies going to the world, but also about bringing the spirit of China's manufacturing industry's down-to-earth approach and continuous tackling of difficulties to the global stage.
In the future, BYD will continue to open up international markets with its self-developed strength, and also looks forward to working together with more Chinese innovative enterprises to convey the value of China's intelligent manufacturing to the world.
