China tops the world by manufacturing 17 million of motorcycle units in 2009

Today (Jan 20th), China's Business Bureau announced that, in 2009, the domestic motorcycle industry had manufactured up to a total of 17.175 million units (17,175,000) of motorcycle in China, with a yearly increase of over 12.8%.

The Big Three - Jiangmen Grand River Group, Qianjiang Motorcycle, Zongshen Industrial Co, accounted for 55.1% of the output.

In contrast, as stated previously in my blog, the Japanese output of motorcycle does not exceed 700,000 units for the whole year of 2009. Nowadays, in terms of quantity, China has become the world's largest motorcycle manufacturers and exporters in the world.