中國國產汽車品牌本土銷量大跌
Sales of Chinese-branded passenger vehicles have collapsed in the world’s largest car market, sharpening a debate about whether the sector should be opened further to foreign investors.
中國國產品牌的乘用車在國內市場（全球最大汽車市場）銷量大幅下跌，激化了有關汽車行業是否應當進一步對外國投資者開放的辯論。The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said yesterday that domestic carmakers had sold 457,000 own-brand passenger saloons in January and February, a 21 per cent decline from the same period last year.
中國汽車工業協會(China Association of Automobile Manufacturers)昨日宣佈，國內汽車生產商今年1至2月共售出自有品牌乘用轎車45.7萬輛，較去年同期下降了21%。Their market share fell from 27 per cent at the end of last year to less than 23 per cent.
國內汽車生產商的市場份額從去年年底的27%降至不足23%。
This contrasted with a 5 per cent year-on-year increase in overall saloon sales during the period, to 2m units.
而同期中國乘用轎車的銷售總量較上年增長了5%，達到200萬輛。Including a surge in sales of SUVs, passenger car sales in China increased more than 11 per cent year on year to 2.6m units. Most of the market was captured by joint ventures between Chinese and multinational carmakers, which are not allowed to take more than a 50 per cent stake in operations.
若計入運動型多功能車(SUV)的銷量增長，今年1至2月中國的乘用車銷量同比增長超過11%，達到了260萬輛。主導中國乘用車市場的是由中國國內企業和跨國汽車生產商組建的合資企業，外資在合資企業中的持股比例不能超過50%的上限。Suggestions by government officials that the ceiling on foreign investment should be raised have sparked an intense debate about the future of Chinese brands, which have struggled to compete with their foreign-invested rivals and imports.
政府官員有關外資上限應當調高的提議，激起了有關中國國產汽車品牌未來發展的一場激烈辯論，國產品牌在與外資競爭對手以及進口汽車的競爭中處境艱難。A CAAM official said last month that Chinese brands would be “killed in the cradle” if the restriction was relaxed.
中國汽車工業協會的一位官員上月表示，如果持股上限放鬆，中國國產汽車品牌可能“被扼殺在搖籃裏”。The overall strength of China’s car market contrasted sharply with India’s. Car sales in Asia’s third-largest economy rose slightly in February, ending a long period of decline.
中國汽車市場的整體強勁狀況與印度形成鮮明對比。作爲亞洲第三大經濟體，印度2月份的汽車銷售量略微增長，結束了長時期的下降趨勢。
