People visiting the 19th China (Changchun) International Automobile Expo in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin province. - Photo: Xinhua File
BEIJING: As of the end of May this year, the number of motor vehicles nationwide reached 440 million, with 340 million being cars, and the total number of drivers reached 530 million, an officer from the Ministry of Public Security said on Thursday (June 13).
Wang Qiang, director of the ministry's Traffic Management Bureau, said that over the past 10 years, the average annual increase in car registrations has reached 20 million, and the average annual number of new drivers has hit 28 million.
