Vehicle sales in China rose 34% year on year in May, with passenger car purchases growing strongly due to government stimulus measures, an industry association said Tuesday.

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More than 1.1m cars were bought last month, bringing sales in the first five months to 5m, up 14.3% from last year, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement cited by news agency AFP.


Passenger car sales “continued to be a major growth driver of the industry” in May, rising 46.8% from a year ago to 829,100 units, it said. Production also increased sharply last month, up 29.6% year on year.


Boosted by government policies, May was the third straight month that both auto output and sales exceeded 1m, a record, the statement said.

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