The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers released the economic operation data of the automobile industry. From January to August, automobile production and sales continued to maintain a small increase, which were 18.135 million and 18.096 million units, increased by 2.8% and 3.5%, respectively, over the same period last year. The production and sales of new energy vehicles are 607,000 and 601,000, an increase of 75.4% and 88%, respectively, over the same period of the previous year.