BEIJING - The number of automobiles in China has surged to 100 million due to a rapidincrease in private car ownership, according to a statement released Friday by the Ministry ofPublic Security.
China registered 219 million motor vehicles as of the end of August, with automobilesaccounting for 45.88 percent, the statement said. The ministry separates motor vehicles intofour categories: motorcycles, tractors, trucks and automobiles.
The statement said that from 2006 to 2010, the country posted an average annual growth of9.51 million automobiles.
The first eight months of this year saw 9.83 million new automobiles hit the country's roads, 79.45 percent of which were passenger cars, according to the statement.
China's major cities have had to deal with recurring gridlock and other traffic-related issues inrecent years, as China is now the world's largest auto market. Several cities have tightenedautomobile purchase policies in an effort to combat traffic jams.
Beijing created a car-quota system on January 1, allowing only 240,000 new cars to beregistered in the city this year.
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