BYD Company Ltd. announced sales results for the first six months of 2013. For the period, the company's automotive sales jumped 26% year-on-year to 260,000 units.

The company is forecasting multifold increase in profits for the first six months, expecting them to climb to CNY 400 million to CNY 500 million, up by 2,358% to 2,973% over the same period of last year.