BEIJING -- The share of Chinese passenger car brands in the domestic market continued a streak of expansion in November, data from an industry association showed.

Over 1.02 million Chinese brand passenger cars were sold in the country last month, up 7.2 percent year-on-year, according to the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers.

The market share of these brands accounted for 46.6 percent in the country during the period, up 5.2 percentage points year-on-year.

In the January-November period, the sales of Chinese passenger cars went up 25.1 percent year-on-year to reach 8.4 million, with the market share up 6.4 percentage points over one year earlier to 44.1 percent.