From the chinese press

Number of official cars a mystery

The Beijing municipal government surprised the public recently by saying that the capital has only about 62,000 official cars, when the general perception is that there are about 1 million official cars in the city. The cause of the confusion is the scope rather than the method of the Beijing municipal government's tabulation, says an article in Qilu Evening News. Excerpts:

The Beijing financial bureau says there are only about 62,000 official cars in the city, while municipal officials claim they have no idea about the official cars in the capital, because they belong to central government departments, the military, State-owned enterprises and other authorities.