Facts that keep their context.
China Auto Ledger is an independent research publication focused on Chinese vehicle models in global markets. We retain the market, statistical definition, period, source and verification time attached to every published value.
Small by design. Useful by evidence.
Coverage expands only when an official record can be admitted and mapped without changing what it measures. The catalogue is deliberately bounded; absence is shown as absence, never filled with an estimate.
No manufacturer affiliation.
China Auto Ledger is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the manufacturers, agencies or data publishers referenced on this site. Product names and marks identify the subjects of independent reporting.
What the ledger publishes.
A published record answers five questions before it presents a number: which model or entity the source names, which geography the value covers, what statistical subject it measures, which period or census date applies, and which official evidence supports it.
When two retained snapshots use the same definition, time grain and coverage, they may be retained as a source-linked history pair. The original values remain separate; when those semantics differ, the ledger marks a history break. A single dated fact remains a single fact and is not described as a trend.
The current public catalogue contains five model identities, two markets and six current original facts, with earlier census observations retained where available. That bounded coverage is visible throughout the site so readers can understand both what the research establishes and what it does not establish.
Institutional work, plainly identified.
Research notes are published by the China Auto Ledger Research Desk when the work follows the documented source, mapping and review process. We do not attach invented people or credentials to institutional research.
Use the fact. Keep the boundary.
Every research note includes a permanent URL, publication date, copyable citation, source licence and evidence links. Readers may cite the page while preserving the official publisher’s attribution and the statistical definition.