Beijing Auto Expo opens, focusing on "green" technology

The Expo, with a theme of "Imagining the Green Future" this year, will focus on clean energy vehicles with 95 new-energy-driven cars from foreign and Chinese automakers on display.

They are joined by 65 concept vehicles and 89 models making their world debut, forming part of the 990 exhibits from 16 countries and regions, according to the Expo's organizing committee.

The biennial auto show is open to professionals public from April 25 to 26 after opening exclusively to journalists in the past two days. It will open to the general public from April 27 through May 2.

It is expected to attract a record 700,000 visitors.

European-based BMW, Mercedes Benz, PSA Peugeot Citroen, US-based Ford, Japan's Nissan, and Hyundai of the Republic of Korea (ROK) are all seeking a bigger share of the market that sped past the United States as the world's largest last year.

Source xinhua