Great Wall Motor vehicle sales up 6 percent

Great Wall Motor, China's leading sport utility vehicle (SUV) and pickup manufacturer, saw auto vehicle sales grow by nearly 6.2 percent year on year in May.

In a filing with the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the company said it sold a total of 86,965 motor vehicles last month, up from 81,901 units in the same month a year ago.

Vehicle sales in the January-May period totaled 517,547 units, a year-on-year increase of 65.3 percent, the carmaker said.

Headquartered in Baoding, north China's Hebei Province, Great Wall Motor owns several SUV and car brands, including HAVAL, Great Wall, WEY, and ORA.