BEIJING (Dow Jones) -- General Motors Co. said Friday it sold 176,486 vehicles in China in June, including both locally made and imported vehicles, up 23.2% from a year earlier, driven by strong demand for the company's new products.

In the first half of this year, GM's sales in China rose 48.5% from a year earlier to 1.21 million units, the company said in a statement. It didn't provide any year-earlier figures.
GM has been rolling out new models, such as the Chevrolet New Sail hatchback and Buick Excelle GT, in China, which overtook the U.S. as the world's largest auto market last year.
The company said sales of Chevrolet brand vehicles in China jumped 43.3% in June from a year earlier to 38,304 units, due to strong demand for the Cruze sedan, while sales of the New Sail totaled more than 9,000 units.
Sales at Shanghai General Motors Corp., GM's passenger-vehicle joint venture with SAIC Motor Corp., rose 18.9% in June from a year earlier to 71,782 units, the statement said.
Sales at SAIC-GM-Wuling Automobile Co., GM's mini-commercial-vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Automobile Co., reached 99,115 units in June, up 19.7%, it said.
It said FAW-GM Light Duty Commercial Vehicle Co., which was set up in August last year, sold 5,220 units in June.