REFILE-Geely confident on Volvo bid - chairman

(Refiles to corrects spelling to Shufu, not Sufu in first paragraph)

SHANGHAI Oct 30 (Reuters) - The parent company of Geely Automobile (0175.HK) is confident on a bid for Ford Motor's (F.N) Volvo car unit, which it is discussing as the head of a consortium that includes both domestic and foreign banks, chairman Li Shufu said on Friday.

Li made the comments to Reuters on the sidelines of a business event in Shanghai.

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group was named by Ford Motor (F.N) as a preferred bidder for its loss-making Swedish unit Volvo Car Corp late on Wednesday.

The deal, if it goes through, would mark China's biggest acquisition of foreign auto assets. (Reporting by Fang Yan and Alison Leung; Editing by Edmund Klamann and Jonathan Hopfner)