The joint-venture car maker FAW-Volkswagen Automotive again offered a generous year-end bonus equivalent to a 12 month salary last year.
PSA Peugeot Citroen and China Chang'an Automobile Group announced on Feb 22 the proposed appointment of Gilles Boussac as president of Chang'an PSA Automobile.
After scrapping its higher-priced Riich marque and bus brand Rely last year, Chery announced on Feb 7 it will shut down operations at Cowin, its mid-sized sedan.
Most Chinese automakers suffered sales declines in Brazil in January despite 16 percent growth in the overall market, according to a local automotive industry association.
China raised the retail prices of gasoline by 300 yuan ($47.8) per ton and diesel by 290 yuan per ton starting from Monday.
Chang'an Automobile Group is considering plans to start a joint venture with French auto parts supplier Faurecia this year.
GAC Motor recently announced that it has raised the 2013 sales target for its independently developed Trumpchi brand to 80,000 units, 15,000 more than its original projection.
Roewe plans to focus on government procurement following the establishment of a separate marketing network earlier this month.
About 390,000 motor vehicles have been registered in Beijing over the past two years, less than half of those in 2010.
China's total vehicle demand consists of 16.8 million passenger cars, 8.5 percent more than that in 2012, and 385,000 commercial vehicles, an increase of 1 percent.
Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, the parent company of Volvo Car Corp and Geely Automobile Holding Ltd, will establish a research and development center in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Shanghai is to introduce 200 new-energy buses in a bid to cut emissions and reduce noise, Xinhua News Agency reported on Feb 20.
Geely Holding and Volvo Cars Cooperation will jointly set up a research and development center in Sweden to develop vehicle platforms and other key components.
Nissan Motor Co expects its luxury Infiniti business to become profitable in three to four years as it begins production in China and introduces entry-level vehicles.
Struggling US automaker Fisker Automotive, which makes electric vehicles, is weighing bids for a majority stake in the company from two Chinese firms.
Beidou satellite navigation system will soon benefit hundreds of millions of users, and provide a cheaper alternative than the Global Positioning System.
China's Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is favoured to secure a majority stake in US electric car maker Fisker Automotive, Reuters reported.
General Motors Co, which runs 12 joint ventures in China, said it had repurchased a 1 percent stake in its joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp Ltd.
Trips made by passenger vehicles nearly doubled during the Spring Festival holiday compared with the same period last year, boosted by the toll-free policy.
The joint venture between Dongfeng Motor Group and Taiwan's Yulon Motor is planning an independent sales company that will be operational next year
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