Visitors look at a vehicle displayed during Chengdu Motor Show 2023 in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, Aug 25, 2023. (PHOTO / XINHUA)

BEIJING - China's commercial vehicle sales soared 16.4 percent year-on-year to about 2.57 million units in the first eight months of this year, industry data showed.

Some 486,000 commercial vehicles were exported during this period, up 31.1 percent from the same period of 2022

Specifically, sales of coaches surged 23.9 percent year-on-year, while that of trucks climbed 15.5 percent from the same period last year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

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During the January-August period, domestic sales of China's commercial vehicles surged 13.4 percent year-on-year to 2.08 million units.

Some 486,000 commercial vehicles were exported during this period, up 31.1 percent from the same period of 2022.