Analysis of China's Car Ownership from 2001 to 2011

According to relevant statistics of the Ministry of Transport, China's national cargo vehicle ownership in 2001 was 5,092,702, of which the average number of ordinary trucks was 4,966,455. By 2010, the country’s possession of more than 10.5 million cargo vehicles, an increase of 5.41 million units compared to 2001, is the year in which China’s cargo vehicle ownership has developed. On average, 600,000 new trucks will be added each year.

From 2001 to 2010, the year of rapid growth of the number of loaded trucks began in 2008 and grew by 760,000 vehicles in the year, and then grew by more than 1 million vehicles each year. In 2011, the country owned 17.1971 million trucks, up 12.3% at the end of last year, and the average tonnage was 6.16 tons/vehicle, an increase of 0.45 tons/vehicle from the end of the previous year. Among them, the number of ordinary trucks was 11,163,600, an increase of 12.0%, the average tonnage was 5.62 tons/vehicle, an increase of 0.38 tons/vehicle; the number of dedicated trucks was 630,500, an increase of 17.3% respectively, and the tonnage accounted for 13.3% of the total tonnage of trucks. %, an increase of 0.66 percentage points over the end of the previous year, with an average tonnage of 15.67 tons per vehicle, an increase of 1.22 tons per vehicle.

It should be noted that there is a slight gap between the statistics of the Ministry of Transport and other statistical data, but it does not affect the analysis of the development trend of the decade.


Analysis of China's Car Ownership from 2001 to 2011 (Unit: 10,000 units)

Data sources: The Ministry of Transport analyzed the cumulative tonnage growth of trucks. In 2001, the total tonnage of China’s trucks was 17.336 million tons, with an average tonnage of 3.4 tons/vehicle; of which the average tonnage of ordinary trucks was 1621.4 tons, the average tonnage. 3.26 tons/vehicle; By 2011, the total tonnage of trucks carrying goods in China was 7,261,200 tons, an increase of 21.0% from 2010 and an increase of 3.19 times from 2001; the average tonnage was 6.16 tons/vehicle, an increase of 2.76 over 2001. Tons/amount. Among them, the ordinary trucks were 62.735 million tons, an increase of 2.87 times over 2001, and the average tonnage was 5.62 tons per vehicle, 2.36 tons more than in 2001; currently, China has 9.876 million tons of special trucks, and the tonnage accounts for trucks. The proportion of total tonnage is 13.6%, and the average tonnage is 15.67 tons/car as shown in the figure.



Analysis of total tonnage of China's owned cargo vehicles from 2001 to 2011 (unit: 10,000 tons)