China has become one of the world's largest producers of motor vehicles, according to Duan Liren, a member of the professional panel for the "through transport scheme" launched by the Chinese ministries of Public Security and Construction.

The country turned out 19.95 million motor vehicles last year, including 4.45 million automobiles, 13 million motorcycles and 2.5million vehicles for agricultural use, said Duan at the five-day second Sino-Spanish Forum for Urban Transport that closed here on Friday.

According to Duan, China has been producing 10 million motorcycles annually since 1997, accounting for half of the world's total production, and the country's annual production of vehicles for agricultural use has been stabilized around 2 millionto 3 million since 1995.