It is learnt that there are a total of 22,591 private vehicles in Hefei city up till December 31 2004, and the figure is about 30 percent higher than that of 2003, that is to say, every thousand Hefei citizens have 15 private vehicles.

　　Resources also say that Hefei has 26,699 private cars by January 31, 2005. (liu hengyi)