Of the total, sales of new energy vehicles is expected to grow 47% to 5 million, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement published on its official WeChat account.
For 2021, CAAM expects sales to rise 3.1% year-on-year to 26.1 million, with new energy vehicles sales rising 1.5 times to 3.4 million. Disrupted by a prolonged global shortage of semiconductors, China's auto sales dropped 9.1% in November from a year earlier, marking their seventh consecutive monthly fall, CAAM data showed earlier this month.Reporting by Sophie Yu and Brenda Goh; Editing by Devika SyamnathSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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