This photo shows cars to be loaded for export at Yantai Port, east China's Shangdong province, May 9, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING — China's automobile exports maintained the trend of strong growth in the first four months of this year, industry data shows.

A total of 1.37 million vehicles were exported during the period, surging 89.2 percent from the same period last year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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Passenger vehicle exports jumped 110 percent year-on-year to top 1.14 million units, while exports of commercial vehicles climbed 31.5 percent from the same period of last year to 228,000 units.

In the January-April period, exports of new-energy vehicles also soared 170 percent year on year to 348,000 units, the data also reveals.