New cars roll off an assembly line owned by Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co. [Photo provided to en.whkfq.gov.cn]
Auto manufacturer Dongfeng Motor Co, based in Wuhan Economic & Technological Development Zone in Wuhan, Central China's Hubei province, saw its sales grow throughout 2020 despite the impact of COVID-19, with a total of 322,200 vehicles sold in January 2021, according to local media reports.
The figure showed a year-on-year increase of 15 percent.
Dongfeng's passenger, commercial, special vehicles and other products in various fields all achieved year-on-year growth in January this year. Across these categories, the growth rate of Wuhan-produced cars was relatively high.
Statistics show that in the passenger vehicle sector, Dongfeng sold 256,000 vehicles in January, a year-on-year increase of 9 percent.
Dongfeng Honda Automobile Co, a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Co, has also seen growth in its vehicle sales volume, with a total of 72,100 vehicles sold in January. The figure represented a year-on-year increase of 6.8 percent.
Dongfeng Peugeot Citroen Automobile Co sold 7,027 vehicles in January, a year-on-year increase of 90.2 percent and a month-on-month increase of 9.9 percent.
