General Motors Co, the biggest foreign automaker in China, said sales in the country rose 7.3 percent last month, led by demand for Chevrolet vehicles.

Deliveries of cars and minivans climbed to 220,996 units in August, the Detroit-based automaker said in a statement on Wednesday. Chevrolet deliveries, which fell in July, climbed 15 percent to 53,207 in August. Buick sales gained 2.8 percent to 57,603.

China Daily-Agencies