China's passenger vehicle sales rose 25.8% in May from a year earlier to 1.04 million units, a semi-official industry group said Tuesday.
But passenger vehicle sales in May fell 6.1% from April, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said in a statement.
Total auto sales in China, the world's largest auto market, rose 28.4% in May from a year earlier to 1.44 million units, the association said.