China's auto market growth may halve to 7%, says association head

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This photo taken on Sept 23 shows staff working in the factory of Shanghai GM Wuhan branch in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province. Growth in China's auto market, the world's biggest, will halve to 7% this year weighed down by a slowing economy, the head of an industry body said. "Personally, I think growth this year can reach 7%," Dong Yang, secretary-general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM), told reporters on the sidelines of an industry conference in Shanghai.