In May, the production and sales of passenger cars reached 1,954,000 and 1,889,000 units respectively, down 2.3% and 1.3% than that of last month, but up 11.8% and 7.9% year on year, 1 percentage point and 1.7 percentage points lower than the whole industry on yearly growth, while 13.6 percentage points and 10.5 percentage points higher than the same period last year.
　　For the first five months, the production and sales of passenger cars were 9,923,000 and 9,901,000 units respectively, up 3% and 5.1% year on year. As for the passenger cars by type, comparing with the same period last year, the production and sales of cars were up 1.9% and 4.8% respectively. SUV also enjoyed growth. Such figures were up 10% and 11.7%. For MPV, the production and sales were down 15.5% and 11.1%. The situation of crossed passenger cars was even worse, of which such figures decreased by 25.4% and 30.1%.