Exhibit 8.1

The particulars of the Company’s subsidiaries are set out below, as at December 31, 2002 (each of which is incorporated in the People’s Republic of China).

	Registered
	capital		Attributable equity
	Rmb		interests
Name of company	(’000)		Direct			Indirect	Principal activities
Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited		472,989		76.41	%	-	Manufacturing, assembling and selling diesel engines in the PRC
Guangxi Yulin Yuchai Machinery Spare Parts Manufacturing Company Limited		90,170		-		74.22%	Manufacturing and selling spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		30,000		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Hangzhou Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Nanchang Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Xiamen Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		520		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Wulumuqi Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Guiyang Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Guangzhou Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		550		-		27.99%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Chengdu Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Nanjing Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Xian Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Hefei Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Shijiazhuang Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Changsha Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		550		-		54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC

	Registered
	capital		Attributable equity
	Rmb		interests
Name of company	(’000)		Direct		Indirect	Principal activities
Jinan Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-	54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Chongqing Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		550		-	43.91%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Wuhan Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-	54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Kunming Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		500		-	54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Shenyang Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		530		-	54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Lanzhou Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		530		-	54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC
Zhengzhou Yuchai Machinery Monopoly Company Limited		520		-	54.89%	Trading of spare parts of diesel engines in the PRC