CCTV News: According to the Traffic Administration of the Ministry of Public Security, the national motor vehicle ownership in 2024 will reach 453 million, including 353 million cars; the number of motor vehicle drivers will reach 542 million, including 506 million car drivers. In 2024, there were 35.83 million newly registered motor vehicles nationwide and 22.26 million new drivers were newly registered.

The number of new motor vehicles has exceeded 30 million for 10 consecutive years, and 26.9 million newly registered vehicles have been registered. In 2024, there were 35.83 million newly registered motor vehicles nationwide, an increase of 1.04 million from 2023, an increase of 2.98%. Among them, there were 26.9 million newly registered cars, an increase of 2.34 million from 2023, an increase of 9.53%. Since 2015, the number of new motor vehicle registrations has exceeded 30 million for 10 consecutive years.

The number of cars in 96 cities across the country exceeds 1 million. There are 96 cities across the country with a car ownership of more than one million vehicles, an increase of two cities compared with 2023, of which 45 cities have more than 2 million vehicles, 26 cities have more than 3 million vehicles, and 6 cities such as Chengdu, Beijing, Chongqing, Suzhou, Shanghai, and Zhengzhou have more than 5 million vehicles.

The number of new energy vehicles in possession reached 31.4 million, with 11.25 million new registrations throughout the year. As of the end of 2024, the national new energy vehicle ownership reached 31.4 million, accounting for 8.90% of the total number of cars; of which 22.09 million pure electric vehicles were owned, accounting for 70.34% of the new energy vehicle ownership. In 2024, there were 11.25 million new energy vehicles newly registered, accounting for 41.83% of the number of newly registered vehicles, an increase of 3.82 million compared with 2023, an increase of 51.49%, from 1.2 million in 2019 to 11.25 million in 2024, showing a rapid growth trend.

The number of car transfer registrations continues to grow, and the used car trading market is active. The Ministry of Public Security, together with the Ministry of Commerce and other departments, has introduced a series of reform measures such as facilitating registration of off-site transactions to better promote the circulation of used cars. In 2024, the national public security traffic management departments handled a total of 37.5 million motor vehicle transfer registration transactions. Among them, there were 35.02 million car transfer registration transactions, accounting for 93.40%. Since 2020, the number of second-hand car transaction registrations nationwide has exceeded the number of new car registrations for five consecutive years.

The number of motor vehicle drivers reached 542 million, and more than 22 million new drivers were granted. As of the end of 2024, the number of motor vehicle drivers nationwide reached 542 million, of which 506 million were car drivers, accounting for 93.46% of the total number of drivers. In 2024, there were 22.26 million new drivers nationwide.

113 million vehicle and driver's license business were processed online. In 2024, local public security traffic management departments actively promoted the "no leave home" online processing of traffic management services such as replacing licenses and replacing driver's licenses and issuing temporary licenses online 113 million times. In addition, in 2024, the Ministry of Public Security fully implemented the electronicization of motor vehicle driving licenses, and more than 100 million car owners have applied for electronic driving licenses through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP.