In June, the automobiles kept growth on both monthly and yearly basis. This month, the production and sales of automobiles in China reached 2,167,000 and 2,172,000 units respectively, up 3.9% and 3.6% than that of last month, and up 5.4% and 4.5% year on year.
For the first half, the production and sales of automobiles were 13,526,000 and 13,354,000 units respectively, up 4.6% and 3.8% year on year, 1.9 percentage points and 4.3 percentage points lower than the same period last year. Comparing with the first five months, the accumulative growth increased 0.1 percentage points.