China's production of automobiles since the beginning of this year hit 10 million on Tuesday, making it the third country in the world to surpass the annual output mark, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM).

Only the United States and Japan have previously passed the annual production figure of 10 million.

The event was marked at a celebration jointly sponsored by the CAAM and China Society of Automotive Engineering at the First Automobile Works (FAW) Group Corp. headquarters in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province.

FAW used the event to launch its new model Jiefang truck, with the first vehicle rolling off the production line with the serial number 10000000.