In April, the production and sales of passenger cars were 1,667,400 and 1,609,000 units respectively, down 4.6% and 5.9% than that of last month, but up 11.3% and 11.6% year on year. From the perspective of auto type, except for SUV, others all fell back comparing with last month. As for yearly comparison, SUV and MPV increased rapidly, over 35% of sales and production; cars still increased, though not so much; while crossed passenger cars decreased.
        For the first four months, the production and sales of passenger cars reached 6,459,900 and 6,477,500 units respectively, up 9.8% and 10.5% year on year. Their growth rates increased by 0.3 percentage points and 0.4 percentage points than that of the first quarter.