General Motors Co said on Wednesday it will move its international operations headquarters to Singapore from Shanghai in the second quarter of 2014.
The Ministry of Commerce is encouraging domestic auto companies to utilize foreign investment and technology to boost their development of energy-saving and new energy vehicles.
Volkswagen is recalling over 2.6 million cars to fix a variety of problems, a blow to a group striving to be the world's biggest carmaker.
China's top economic planner announced a slash in the per-tonne retail prices of gasoline by 160 yuan ($26.09) and diesel by 155 yuan, starting from Friday.
Volkswagen China and Shanghai Volkswagen will recall 207,778 imported and domestic Tiguan vehicles from Nov 25, China's quality watchdog said.
China's second-hand automobile market will hit annual sales of more than 36 million by 2023, a six-fold increase from 2013.
Volvo said its locally produced models will be included on a central government procurement list, which should help boost its sales in China.
Deng Zhiyou, 50, vice president of China South Industry Group Corp, was appointed new chairman of China Chang'an Automobile Group Corp (CCAG) on Oc 16.
Yang Jie, former assistant to president of SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co Ltd and president of SGMW Sales Co Ltd resigned his post for personal reasons.
Hyundai Motor Group (China) Ltd. started recalling some of its imported Rohens cars on Monday, due to problems with the hydraulic electronic control unit (HECU), China's quality watchdog announced on Monday.
In a bid to ease traffic jams and cut air pollution, Beijing is likely to start charging congestion fees on motorists in the downtown area in 2015 at the earliest.
China's automobile sales and output posted faster year-on-year growth in October, according to official data released Monday.