A senior Honda executive said the company “will launch the hybrid versions of its popular CR-Z and Fit [Jazz] subcompact in China next year.”

Mibe Toshihiro, executive director of Honda, addressed an industry forum in the southern Chinese city of Chengdu.

By early 2012, the company plans to begin sales of hybrid vehicles in China.

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