A parking area for new cars of Sino-Japanese joint venture Dongfeng Honda in Wuhan, Hubei province is viewed from above on Sept 16, 2021. (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)

BEIJING - China's commercial vehicle sales soared 79.6 percent year-on-year to 324,000 units in January, industry data showed.

Specifically, some 289,000 trucks were sold during this period, a surge of 81.8 percent year-on-year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

A total of 35,000 coaches were sold last month, an increase of 63.4 percent compared with the same period of 2023.

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The data also revealed that China's commercial vehicle exports had reached 74,000 units in January, up 46.9 percent year-on-year.