China's Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said on Saturday that the United States has dumped sedans and sport utility vehicles with engines bigger than 2.5 liters of displacement on the Chinese market.
Honda Motor Co Ltd said on Wednesday that its March sales in China fell from a year earlier for a second straight month as the world's top auto market lost steam after years of rampant expansion.
BYD Co, backed by US billionaire Warren Buffett, will restart construction of buildings in Xi'an city in cental China, the Chinese automaker said, after it was previously fined by the government for illegal land use.
China has accused automakers in the United States of dumping sedans and sports utility vehicles with engines larger than 2.5 liters into the country. The MOC said that such dumping measures and subsidies have caused "substantial harm" to the Chinese industry.
General Motors said on Saturday it sold 685,583 vehicles in China in the first quarter, up 10 percent from a year earlier.
Beijing started charging higher parking fees in non-residential areas on Friday to reduce the number of cars on the city's overcrowded roads.
Until last year, General Motors Co's (GM) China marketers advertised the Chevy Cruze sedan with spy thriller-themed spots featuring Wentworth Miller, the star of the TV show Prison Break.
Toyota Motor said on Friday it had sold about 84,000 cars in China in March, up 37.4 percent from a year earlier.
The French automotive components and systems supplier Valeo Group aims to double its turnover in China by 2015, by increasing investment and strengthening its research and development (R&D) capability.
Japanese automakers are optimistic about production in China saying that there has been "almost no effect" on the supply of parts following the earthquake in their home country, thanks to a gradual resumption of output in Japan.
About 100,000 more residents entered the latest round of the capital city's vehicle-license lottery than had in February, even amid revelations that winners of previous lottery rounds had not taken advantage of the opportunities they had to buy cars.
The first entirely new brand of car designed and mass produced for Chinese customers by a Sino-foreign joint venture rolled off the production line at Guangqi Honda Automobile Co on March 26.
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