A worker checks new energy vehicles at a logistics park in Liuzhou, south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, Aug 12, 2021. (LI HANCHI / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China's auto sales in March slid 11.7 percent year on year to 2.23 million units, data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed Monday.

Auto sales in the January-March period totaled 6.51 million units, up 0.2 percent year on year, according to the data.

In March alone, sales of passenger vehicles went down 0.6 percent year on year to 1.86 million units.

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