CHINESE auto makers rolled out 9.04 million vehicles in 2007, a 22.9-percent year-on-year jump, said the country's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission.

The figure included an output of 4.95 million passenger vehicles, an annual jump of 25 percent, Zhu Hongren, the NDRC deputy economic performance department director, told a news conference yesterday.

He didn't elaborate on the other vehicles produced. The country's auto output is expected to exceed 10 million units this year while passenger car production will likely top five million units, Zhu predicted.