Pace quickens for automobile recalls

More than 47 million defective cars have been recalled on the Chinese mainland in the past five years, following the 2013 adoption of product safety regulations.

The number represents 83 percent of all cars recalled in the past 14 years, according to China's top quality supervision authority.

More than 56.7 million cars were recalled between 2004 - when China began implementing recalls - and the end of last year, data from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine show.