China's auto industry stands WTO tests

时间：2007-09-10 08:51:17

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Sept. 10 - China's auto1 industry has been developing vigorously to withstand challenges posed by the country's entry into the World Trade Organization (WTO), said an official of China's top economic planner on Sunday.

 

Zhang Guobao, vice2 minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, attributed the good performance of China's auto industry to three factors: the country's sound economic environment, its solid industrial foundation and sharpened competitive edge in the global market for improved product quality.

 

Statistics show the nation's auto output have maintained fast growth for six consecutive3 years. From 2001 to 2006, the average annual growth rate of the auto sector4 reached 26 percent. In 2006, the country's auto output and sales increased by 22 percent and 23 percent to 4.5 million and 4.4 million units respectively.

 

China's auto industry, however, is still obsessed5 with three problems including overcapacity, underdeveloped auto part industries and unsatisfactory services, said the vice minister at an international forum6 on China's auto industry held in north China's Tianjin Municipality.

 

He estimated the nation's overall auto production capacity has exceeded 10 million units. Although at present every 1,000 people in China have only 27 units, less than the world's average level of 150 units, many people actually cannot afford an automobile7, he said.

 

Last year China overtook Japan to become the world's No. 2 auto market after the United States, with total sales of 7.2 million vehicles and output of 7.3 million.

 

The country produced 4.5 million vehicles in the first half of 2007, up 22.4 percent on the same period of last year, while sales rose 23.3 percent to 4.4 million, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

 
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1 auto ZOnyW     
n.(=automobile)(口语)汽车
参考例句：
  • Don't park your auto here.别把你的汽车停在这儿。
  • The auto industry has brought many people to Detroit.汽车工业把许多人吸引到了底特律。
2 vice NU0zQ     
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
  • He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
  • They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。
3 consecutive DpPz0     
adj.连续的，联贯的，始终一贯的
参考例句：
  • It has rained for four consecutive days.已连续下了四天雨。
  • The policy of our Party is consecutive.我党的政策始终如一。
4 sector yjczYn     
n.部门，部分；防御地段，防区；扇形
参考例句：
  • The export sector will aid the economic recovery. 出口产业将促进经济复苏。
  • The enemy have attacked the British sector.敌人已进攻英国防区。
5 obsessed 66a4be1417f7cf074208a6d81c8f3384     
adj.心神不宁的,鬼迷心窍的,沉迷的
参考例句：
  • He's obsessed by computers. 他迷上了电脑。
  • The fear of death obsessed him throughout his old life. 他晚年一直受着死亡恐惧的困扰。
6 forum cilx0     
n.论坛，讨论会
参考例句：
  • They're holding a forum on new ways of teaching history.他们正在举行历史教学讨论会。
  • The organisation would provide a forum where problems could be discussed.这个组织将提供一个可以讨论问题的平台。
7 automobile rP1yv     
n.汽车，机动车
参考例句：
  • He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile.他正在修理汽车的刹车杆。
  • The automobile slowed down to go around the curves in the road.汽车在路上转弯时放慢了速度。

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