Mazda China headquarters operational

Mazda China headquarters has gone into operation in Shanghai, an east China metropolis.

The Mazda Shanghai Management and Consulting Co., ltd., which went into operation on Wednesday, will oversee all Mazda's businesses in China, according to a source with the Mazda Motor Corporation.

Mazda landed in China in 2000. Last year, it sold 97,132 motor vehicles, a year on year rise of 21 percent. In the first four months this year, it sold 42,514 vehicles, a rise of 25 percent over last year's same period.

Mazda has set a target to sell 300,000 automobiles in China in 2010.

To achieve this goal, Mazda will put eight new models on the Chinese market in the next three years. The RX-8, a sports coupe, will be put on sale in China this summer.

Source: Xinhua