New energy vehicles accounted for 64.3 percent of China's total new car sales in October, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) said on Wednesday, as the country's NEV exports grew.
Total auto production and sales reached 3.063 million and 3.016 million units respectively in October, up 2.5 percent and 2 percent from the previous month but down 8.8 percent and 9.2 percent year on year, according to the CAAM.
NEV output and sales stood at 2.017 million and 1.94 million units, up 13.8 percent and 13.1 percent year on year.
"NEV products perform well not only at home. They now account for more than 50 percent of China's monthly vehicle exports, meaning they are also recognized by overseas consumers. The continuously growing share of NEVs in the auto sales is not a short-term phenomenon, but a combined result of industrial technology iteration, improved product competitiveness and higher market acceptance," said Chen Shihua, deputy secretary-general of CAAM.
CAAM data show that China exported 1.066 million vehicles in October, up 60.2 percent year on year, of which NEV exports reached 606,000 units, 1.4 times the figure of a year earlier.
For the first ten months of 2026, China's vehicle exports totaled 9.271 million units, up 65.1 percent year on year, while NEV exports stood at 4.612 million units, 1.3 times the figure of a year earlier.
"China's auto exports have maintained a high growth rate this year with strong resilience, which will exceed 10 million units throughout the year. This not just indicates a leap in scale, but represents a structural upgrade of China's auto industry. NEVs have become an important pillar of exports," Chen said.
October NEV sales continue to rise
Offshore wind power is helping south China's Guangdong Province build an ever-wider green energy industry, a transformation that is reshaping the province's own economy while supporting the clean energy ambitions of the wider Asia-Pacific.
Guangdong has been expanding its offshore wind capacity at a rapid pace, with installed capacity exceeding 13 gigawatts by the end of 2025, the largest total of any Chinese province.
Much of that growth is concentrated in Yangjiang, a coastal city that has grown into one of the country's major offshore wind power hubs, where a single project counts 233 turbines, as one worker at a local wind farm noted.
The city is also home to China's only national offshore wind turbine testing platform, the China General Certification (CGC) Guangdong Wind Power Test Center, which was established in 2018 and ranks among the world's largest facilities for full-scale blade testing, assessing the quality and reliability of the equipment used across the industry.
"The longest blade we have tested so far is 147 meters. China is taking the lead in most large blade tests at present. China is participating in formulating new testing methods and standards," said Lin Xianshen, deputy director of laboratory of CGC Guangdong Wind Power Test Center Limited.
For the companies operating the turbines off its coast, Yangjiang's rise has been written into a steady multiplication of projects dotting the sea.
"By the end of 2025, Yangjiang's total installed capacity reached 24 million kilowatts. It is the prefecture-level city with the largest installed wind power capacity in Guangdong Province," said Li Xiang, chairperson of Guangdong Huadian Fuxin Yangjiang Offshore Wind Power Company.
Along Guangdong's coastline, wind farms, equipment makers, component suppliers and testing facilities are increasingly coming together, weaving an integrated supply chain for green energy.
Chinese manufacturers now account for more than two-thirds of global wind turbine production, and by the end of 2024, half of the country's cumulative wind turbine exports had gone to the Asia-Pacific region.
As demand for green electricity grows across Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies, a service center in Shenzhen City in Guangdong is helping export-oriented companies obtain internationally recognized green electricity certification.
The center is China's first government-authorized service center for green electricity and green certificates, designed to connect Chinese businesses with new energy markets across the wider region.
"Export-oriented businesses need to engage in international supply chain and industrial chain cooperation. They make up 40 percent of the customer base," said Tan Kun, deputy general manager of the marketing and customer service of Shenzhen Power Supply Bureau under China Southern Power Grid.
From offshore wind farms and advanced manufacturing to green electricity services, Guangdong's expanding green industry cluster is lending its weight to a cleaner industrial future in the Asia-Pacific.
South China’s offshore wind industry powers Asia-Pacific's green future
