New-vehicle sales continue to rebound as the national economy recovers from the coronavirus outbreak that ravaged China in the first quarter.
In July, industrywide sales increased for the fourth-straight month, jumping nearly 15 percent to 2.08 million, according to estimates the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers released Tuesday.
Growth was led by demand for commercial vehicles, which have been bolstered by tremendous investment by the Chinese government in domestic infrastructure projects such as construction of new railways and power grids.
Sales of commercial vehicles surged 60 percent last month, while deliveries of light vehicles, including sedans, crossovers, SUVs, multipurpose vehicles and minibuses, rose 5.3 percent.
Because of a sharp contraction in the first quarter, new-vehicle sales across the country dropped 13 percent to around 12.3 million in the first seven months, according to the associa…