Cars for export wait to be loaded at Yantai Port in Yantai, Shandong province, on April 3. (TANG KE / FOR CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - China's automobile exports maintained robust growth momentum in July 2023, data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) showed.

Last month, China shipped a total of 310,000 vehicles overseas, a surge of 63 percent year-on-year, according to the CPCA.

Chinese homegrown passenger vehicles expanded their global presence, with the export of Chinese-brand cars reaching 248,000 units, up 56 percent year on year.

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In the first seven months, passenger vehicle exports expanded by 81 percent from a year ago to 1.99 million units, the data revealed.