In China, the government does not offer premiums to the purchasers of new cars contrary to the US government or to other European governments. Massive infrastructure investments have been realized by the Chinese government to accompany this development. With more than 2 million km of roads, and more than 55'000 km of highways in 2009 (and more than 100'000 planned for 2015), China has the second world's largest roads and highways network, behind the United States
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Executive summary
Some major dates concerning the automotive history in China
Vehicles sales evolution in China
Vehicles market evolution: China and European Union
Vehicles market evolution: China and USA
European vehicles market evolution
Evolution of the Chinese automotive production
Chinese automotive constructors
Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC)
Chinese automotive manufacturers' sales in 2008 (in China)
