- In China, the natural gas vehicle (NGV) market for passenger cars is only made up of flexible-fuel vehicles (two separate fuelling systems that enable them to run both on natural gas and gasoline). Commercial vehicles market could be 100% natural gas or flexible fuel. 
The production of passenger NGVs rose by 18.4% between 2012 and 2013 reaching 103 871 units (to be compared to 20 420 units of Hybrid and Electric vehicles). It is the first time that NGVs have exceeded 100 000 units.

- It appears that the main factor behind this production increase is rising demand for clean-fuel vehicles due to worsening air pollution in major cities.

- By region of origin, European carmakers are still the market leaders with 41 000 sales although their market share decreased by 13% (between 2012 and 2013). Followed by Korean with some 30 000 units reaching 30% market share (+51%). The strongest increase was recorded for Chinese carmakers with +82% reaching 28 000 units. Last but not least, Japanese market share dropped by 10% reaching 4 000 units produced.

- By model, the leader is the Hyundai Elantra with 15 000 units followed by the VW Jetta that decreased by 35% to 12 000 units, slightly ahead of the Citroen Elysée also down by almost 35% reaching 11 000 units.

- In the past, NGVs where intended exclusively for public transportation, but some local governments are planning to explore the private market as well.  For instance, starting from 2014, Beijing city intends to launch NGVs for private use. Moreover, between 2013 and 2017 it hopes to sell 30 000 units per year and has also planned to open 70 natural gas station across the city.

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