In May, the sales and production of automobiles fell back to less than two million, with a decrease of 5% than that of last month, and slightly lower than that of last year.
        This month, the production and sales of automobiles in China reached 1,964,200 and 1,903,800 units respectively, down 5.6% and 4.6% than that of last month, and down 0.6% and 0.4% year on year. For the first five months, the production and sales of automobiles were 10,244,400 and 10,046,200 units respectively, up 3.2% and 2.1% year on year. But their growth rates decreased 6.2 percentage points and 6.9 percentage points than the previous year.