- We know that in China U.S. European, Japanese and Korean carmakers produce locally and sell all their production through partnerships with Chinese carmakers (such as SAIC, FAW, Dongfeng, Changan, Guangzhou and Beijing). It is therefore interesting to calculate the portion that China represents in the global sales of the world's leading carmakers such as Volkswagen, GM or Toyota.

- In the graph below, we can see that the Volkswagen Group and GM sell in the first automobile market in the world more than 25% of their total worldwide sales (respectively 29% and 28%). Both groups largely benefit from the dynamics and volume of the Chinese market. This is one of the reasons why they are now among the world's leading carmakers.

- On the other hand, It is noted that the Toyota group is far behind. This position is explained by the late arrival of the group in the Chinese market (in 2003) compared to VW arrival (1990) and GM's (1999) and the recent diplomatic conflict between China and Japan that affected the Japanese group.

- For Hyundai-Kia, China accounts for nearly 20% of its global sales. For Honda, PSA and Mazda Groups, China accounts for nearly 15% of global sales. Finally, the Renault-Nissan, Suzuki, BMW, Daimler, Toyota and Ford groups only make 10% of their global sales in China.