Auto production and sales re- mained stable in China last year， yet with growth a bilslower on lukewarm demandfor vehicles of low engine displacement，soutces from the Ministry of Commerce.

In 2007， China produced 8.88 millionmotor vehicles and sold 8.79 million， agrowth of 22.02 percent and 21.84 percent，respectively， over the previous year. Butthe growth rate for production was 5.3 per-centage points lower than the year-earlierlevel， and that for sales， 3.29 percentagepoints lower.