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Dongfeng: 58% rise in earnings

In its annual report released last week, Hong Kong-listed Dongfeng Motor Group Co said its net income last year rose 58 percent to 6.25 billion yuan on revenues that grew to 91.8 billion yuan from 70.6 billion yuan in 2008.

Dongfeng will launch eight new passenger cars and two new commercial vehicles lines in the next two years, said the report.