Tickets to a mega motor show in Beijing were limited this year in a bid to reduce crowds amid the COVID-19 pandemic, although crowds surged through the exhibition centre shoulder-to-shoulder. BEIJING: Crowds packed a mega motor show in Beijing on Saturday – the only major international auto event this year – as manufacturers hope to boost the world's biggest car market despite the coronavirus battering demand.
Tickets were limited this year in a bid to reduce crowds, although crowds surged through the exhibition centre shoulder-to-shoulder. In a year where global auto sales are expected to fall by 20 per cent, rating agency S&P expects China may be the only market to catch up with 2019 volumes in the next two years.