China auto sales up 14.6% in June

Vehicles roll off an assembly line in Wuhan, Hubei province. [Zhou Chao/For China Daily]

BEIJING - Auto sales in China, the world's biggest auto market, surged 14.6 percent year-on-year to 2.07 million units in June, data from an industry association showed Monday.

Sales of passenger cars rose by 17.7 percent year on year to 1.28 million units in June, according to China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.