中國繼續成為首席新車大國

Last month the NHK News on-line reported the following:

中国新車販売 ４年連続で世界一

1月11日 22時58分

中国の去年の新車の販売台数は１９３０万台余りに達して、４年連続で世界一となりましたが、このうち日本のメーカーの乗用車の販売台数は、日中関係の冷え込みが続いた影響で、おととしに比べて９．４％減少しました。

中国自動車工業協会によりますと、先月の中国の新車の販売台数は１８０万９９００台で、前の年の同じ月に比べ７．１％増え、３か月連続の増加となりました。
この結果、去年１年間の新車の販売台数はおととしより４．３％増えて１９３０万６４００台となり、１４４９万台だったアメリカに５００万台近い差をつけて、４年連続で世界一となりました。
このうち、日本のメーカーの乗用車の新車の販売台数は、日中関係の冷え込みが続くなか、日本製品をボイコットする動きが広がったことなどを背景に、２５４万台余りにとどまり、おととしに比べて９．４％減少しました。
この結果、中国の乗用車市場での日本車のシェアは１６．４％と、おととしに比べて３ポイント低下し、ドイツ車に外国ブランドのシェア第１位の座を明け渡しました。
中国の新車販売は、去年９月に、日本車の販売が激減した影響で前の年の同じ月を下回りましたが、その後は比較的高い伸びを続けていて、ことしは世界で初めて２０００万台を突破するという見方が強まっています。

(試譯文)

In China last year the new car sales number reached 19,300,000 sets and became the world's No.1 in four consecutive years; the sales number of  Japanese made passenger cars had decreased by 9.4% compared with the year before last because of the continuing cold Sino-Japanese relationship.

According to the China Auto Industry Association, the sales number of new cars in China last month was 1,809,900 sets, an increase of 7.1% compared with the same month the previous year, and became a continuous increase in three months.

As a result, compared to the year before last, the sales number of new cars in one year had increased 4.3%, became 19,306,400 sets. There was nearly a difference of 5 million compared to the United States which was 14,490,000 sets, and China became the world's No.1 in four consecutive years.

In this period, the cold Sino-Japanese relations continued, and against the background that the movement to boycott the Japanese products etc. was expanding, the sales number of new Japanese made passenger cars stayed at 2,540,000 sets, being a decrease of 9.4% compared with the year before last.

As a result, the market share of Japanese vehicles in China’s passenger car market had fallen 3 point compared with the year before last to become 16.4%; and the number one seat in market share among foreign brand cars was given to the German vehicles.

Although Chinese new car registration in September last year was less than the same month of the previous year due to the consequence of the a sharp decrease in Japanese vehicle sales, comparatively high growth continued after that and there was a strong prediction that this year it would break the mark of 20 million sets for the first time in the world.

No wonder the air pollution problem in China is becoming serious.