China Automotive Systems (CAAS) 10-K 2016 FY Annual report

Exhibit 32.1

SECTION 1350 CERTIFICATION (CEO)

CHINA AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS, INC.

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of China Automotive Systems, Inc., the “Company,” on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof, the “Report,” I, Qizhou Wu, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman and President of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: March 30, 2017	By:	/s/ Qizhou Wu
		Qizhou Wu
		Chief Executive Officer