China News Service, Beijing, November 10 (Reporter Yan Xiaohong) The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers disclosed on the 10th that from January to October 2021, China's automobile production and sales reached 20.587 million and 20.97 million, a year-on-year increase of 5.4% and 6.4%. From January to September, it continued to fall slightly.

　　In October, China's auto production and sales continued to increase month-on-month, and the year-on-year decline narrowed compared to the previous month.

The chip supply situation that month eased slightly compared with September. Although the effective working days of the National Day holiday were relatively reduced, the market demand continued to grow, and the growth rate of new energy vehicles was even more pronounced.

　　In October, China's automobile production and sales reached 2.33 million and 2.33 million, respectively, up 12.2% and 12.8% month-on-month, and down 8.8% and 9.4% year-on-year.

　　It is worth mentioning that in October, China’s new energy vehicle market continued its good performance overall. Production and sales continued to grow month-on-month and year-on-year, and production and sales reached a record high, reaching 397,000 and 383,000, respectively, an increase of 12.5% ​​and 12.5% ​​from the previous month. 7.2%, with a year-on-year growth of 1.3 times.

Among the main types of new energy vehicles, the production and sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles continued to grow compared with the previous month; compared with the same period last year, the production and sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles continued to increase rapidly.

　　From January to October, the production and sales of new energy vehicles reached 2.566 million and 2.542 million respectively, a year-on-year increase of 1.8 times.

Among the main types of new energy vehicles, the production and sales of pure electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles have also continued to grow rapidly compared with the same period last year.

　　In addition, from January to October, the top ten auto sales companies sold a total of 18.028 million vehicles, accounting for 86.0% of the total auto sales.

Among the top ten car sales, compared with the same period last year, the sales of SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng and BAIC decreased slightly, while other companies showed growth.

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