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China's Q1 auto sales up 10.6%

China's first quarter auto sales rose 10.6 percent year-on-year to 6.72 million units, said the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on Wednesday. In March alone, auto sales exceeded 2.69 million units, up 9.9 percent year-on-year.

Zhejiang to accelerate high-speed railway work

Zhejiang will step up high-speed railway construction to enhance connections between cities as the role of HSRs in accelerating integrated development in the Yangtze River Delta region "has become even more critical than before "amid the nation's call to facilitate the dual-circulation development pattern and boost domestic demand, said Wang Lianghui, deputy director of Ningbo Railway and West Transportation Hub Construction Center, a regional development regulator. Wang made the comments during an inspection tour to the construction site of Moushan Railway Station, a newly built project on the Ningbo-Yuyao-Cixi Intercity Railway.

Xinhua - China Daily