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Great Wall to double

Great Wall Motor announced recently it will double its annual production capacity and staff numbers by 2015 to reach 1.5 million units and 119,800 employees. Last year it sold 624,600 vehicles, a 28.3 percent increase even as domestic brand sales grew just 4.5 percent. In the first four months of the year, Great Wall sold 250,000 vehicles, up 38 percent from a year ago, Reuters reported.

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