China Auto Sales Topped 7.18M in First Half Year

China's automobile sales surged 30.45 percent year-on-year to 7.18 billion in the first half of the year, said the report released by the China Automotive Technology & Research Center on Monday.

Auto production totaled 8.47 billion units, up 44.37 percent compared with the same period of last year, said the report.

China has sold 1.13 billion units of cars in June, up 13.97 percent year-on-year, while down 5.25 percent from the previous month.