Main menu For students For teachers Explore our subjects Student events & courses

Explore

More for students
Sign in

Teaching Economics

In the News

China's State-Owned Car Making Giants

Geoff Riley

18th September 2016

Share this content:

China is now easily the biggest manufacturer of cars in the world (overtaking Japan and Germany some time ago). In 2015, the country manufactured 21 million cars in production plants located in China. While a large amount of these vehicles are produced as joint ventures with MNCs such as Volkswagen, a significant and growing share comes from China's own vehicle assembly businesses, most of which are state-owned and the majority we have probably never heard of. The graphic below introduces you to them!


You will find more statistics at Statista

Share this content:

Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

@tutor2uGeoff

You might also like

Macro Case Study: China's Growth

Topical case studies

Macro Case Study: India's development

Topical case studies

In the News Teaching Activity – Why is China trying to increase its birth rate? (Jan 2026)

8th January 2026

China Taxes Condoms — Will It Work?

2nd January 2026

In the News Teaching Activity – Are China’s climate targets ambitious enough? (Sept 2025)

29th September 2025

Elasticity of Fertility: Is Money Enough?

29th July 2025

Externalities: The price of the rare earth metals the world buys from China

10th July 2025

Environmental Kuznets Curve: How China is cleaning its 'mother river'

26th June 2025