According to the WeChat official account of the Traffic Management Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, as of 2025, the number of motor vehicles in China reached 469 million, including 366 million cars; the number of motor vehicle drivers reached 559 million, including 525 million car drivers. In 2025, 35.35 million new motor vehicles were registered nationwide, and 20.51 million new driver's licenses were issued.
The number of newly registered motor vehicles has exceeded 30 million for 11 consecutive years, with 26.19 million new cars registered.
103 cities nationwide have more than 1 million cars. Nationwide, 103 cities have more than one million vehicles, an increase of 7 cities compared to 2024. Among these, 47 cities have more than 2 million vehicles, 27 cities have more than 3 million vehicles, and 7 cities have more than 5 million vehicles.
The number of new energy vehicles reached 43.97 million, with 12.93 million newly registered throughout the year. By the end of 2025, the national ownership of new energy vehicles reached 43.97 million, accounting for 12.01% of the total number of vehicles; among them, the ownership of pure electric vehicles was 30.22 million, accounting for 68.74% of the new energy vehicle ownership. In 2025, 12.93 million new energy vehicles were newly registered, accounting for 49.38% of the newly registered vehicles, an increase of 1.68 million vehicles, or 14.93%, compared to 2024.
The number of vehicle transfer registrations continued to grow, and the used car market was active. The Ministry of Public Security, together with the Ministry of Commerce and other departments, introduced a series of reform measures, such as facilitating cross-regional transaction registration, to better promote the circulation of used cars. In 2025, public security traffic management departments nationwide processed 41.11 million motor vehicle transfer registrations. Of these, 38.41 million were for car transfers, accounting for 93.44%. Since 2020, the number of used car transactions registered nationwide has exceeded the number of new car registrations for six consecutive years.
The number of motor vehicle drivers reached 559 million, with over 20.51 million new driver's licenses issued. By the end of 2025, the number of motor vehicle drivers nationwide reached 559 million, of which 525 million were car drivers, accounting for 93.87% of the total number of drivers. In 2025, 20.51 million new driver's licenses were issued nationwide.
116 million vehicle and driver's license transactions were processed online. In 2025, public security traffic management departments across the country actively promoted online processing of traffic management services such as license plate and certificate replacement without leaving home. Nationwide, 116 million transactions were processed online for license plate and certificate replacement, temporary license plate issuance, and other related services. In addition, since the Ministry of Public Security fully implemented the "one-stop" service for registering new domestically produced passenger cars on November 1, 2025, 200,000 car owners have registered their domestically produced passenger cars through the "Traffic Management 12123" APP.
