China News Service, October 12th. According to the official WeChat news of the Traffic Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, according to the statistics of the Ministry of Public Security, as of September 2021, the number of motor vehicles in the country has reached 390 million, including 297 million cars and 4.76 motor vehicle drivers. 100 million people, including 439 million car drivers.

In the third quarter of 2021, 8.83 million new motor vehicles were registered nationwide, and 9.72 million newly licensed drivers were registered.

Data map: Highway traffic flow.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Jiang Qiming

　　In the first three quarters of 2021, 27.53 million vehicles were newly registered nationwide, an increase of 4.363 million vehicles or 18.83% year-on-year.

In quarterly terms, 9.66 million newly registered motor vehicles were registered in the first quarter, a year-on-year increase of 67.31%; in the second quarter there were 9.04 million newly registered motor vehicles, a year-on-year increase of 8.19%; in the third quarter, 8.83 million vehicles were newly registered, a year-on-year decrease of 2.29 %.

　　There are 76 cities with more than 1 million vehicles, an increase of 7 compared with the same period last year.

Among them, there are 34 cities with more than 2 million vehicles and 18 cities with more than 3 million vehicles, followed by Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Suzhou, Shanghai, Zhengzhou, Xi’an, Wuhan, Shenzhen, Dongguan, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Qingdao, and Guangzhou. , Shijiazhuang, Ningbo, Foshan, Linyi.

The number of cars in Beijing exceeds 6 million, the number of cars in Chengdu and Chongqing exceeds 5 million, and the number of cars in Suzhou, Shanghai, Zhengzhou and Xi'an exceeds 4 million.

　　As of September, the number of passenger vehicles nationwide was 256 million.

Among them, the number of small and micro passenger cars (private cars) registered in the name of individuals reached 237 million.

The number of trucks has reached 32.42 million, accounting for 10.91% of the total number of vehicles.

　　From the perspective of new registrations, in the first three quarters of 2021, 16.66 million passenger vehicles were newly registered nationwide, an increase of 3.19 million vehicles or 23.76% year-on-year; 3.34 million new passenger vehicles were registered nationwide, an increase of 379,000 vehicles. An increase of 12.80%.

　　As of September, the number of new energy vehicles nationwide reached 6.78 million, accounting for 2.28% of the total number of vehicles.

Among them, there are 5.52 million pure electric vehicles, accounting for 81.53% of the total number of new energy vehicles.

　　From the perspective of new registrations, in the first three quarters of 2021, 1.871 million new energy vehicles were newly registered nationwide, an increase of 1.199 million vehicles or 178.49% year-on-year.

Among them, 767 thousand new energy vehicles were newly registered in the third quarter, a year-on-year increase of 466,000, an increase of 154.71%.

　　The number of motor vehicle drivers in the country reached 476 million, of which 439 million were car drivers, accounting for 92.14% of the total number of drivers.

　　From the perspective of the number of newly-licensed drivers, in the first three quarters of 2021, the number of newly-licensed drivers nationwide was 26.72 million, a year-on-year increase of 7.394 million, an increase of 38.26%.

　　In terms of the age of drivers, there are 337 million drivers between 26 and 50 years old, accounting for 70.85%; 66.99 million drivers between 51 and 60 years old, accounting for 14.07%; 17.14 million drivers over 60 years old, accounting for 3.60%.

　　In the third quarter of 2021, in order to properly prevent and control the epidemic, public security traffic control departments in various localities will continue to vigorously implement 31 traffic control services online without leaving home.

The nationwide online procedures for renewing driving licenses and issuing temporary license plates were 23.566 million times, a year-on-year increase of 5.444 million times, an increase of 30.04%.