China's auto production and sales will both exceed 15 million vehicles this year, Secretary-General of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers Dong Yang said last week, Xinhua reported. 

The report also cited Dong as saying China's auto exports this year may reach the level they were at before the financial crisis. 

According to statistics provided by the General Administration of Customs, China's vehicle shipments in the first-half hit 250,000 units, surging 56 percent over a year ago.