Visitors to an International Battery Expo in Beijing Examine a New-Energy Vehicle Battery

Statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers show 171,145 such vehicles were sold in the first 10 months of 2015, a 290 percent rise from the same period a year earlier, with pure electric models taking the lion's share. As new-energy vehicle sales gain momentum in China, industry experts are calling for more attention to technical progress in the emerging sector in coming years.