GM: year-to-date auto sales in China up 8% y/y

General Motors Corp. (GM) said on Nov. 4 that its auto sales in China are up 8% so far this year, compared with the same period last year.

The U.S. auto maker sold about 1 million units in the whole of last year, but has already sold 1 million units so far this year, said Kevin Wale, president and general manager of General Motors in China.

Wale was speaking to an audience at a conference in Beijing.