Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center

Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center Co. Ltd

Trading name	PATAC
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.

PATAC has prepared several global GM vehicles for the Chinese market. From PATAC's own development come the Chevrolet Sail and the second generation Buick GL8. PATAC is also creating every two years a concept car, a total of seven until 2013; Among them two concepts of a new Buick Riviera, in 2007 and 2013.

PATAC disposes of various facilities for design and for motor vehicle development and evaluation, among them a climate wind tunnel, opened on March 27, 2012.

PATAC also manages together with Shanghai GM the 5.67-square-kilometer proving ground in Guangde County, Anhui (31°02′39″N 119°25′33″E / 31.044266°N 119.425751°E / 31.044266; 119.425751) with 60 km test roads, opened on September 22, 2012.