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The bar chart shows the trend of the number of private cars owned by the Chinese from 1987 to 1999.The number of private vehicles increased by nearly 10 times in twelve years to about 4000 per million people in 1999.

The number increased slightly from 1987 to 1992; it only increased by two times for five years. Then, the rate of increase rose from 1992 to 1995 and increased by 1000 cars per million people in three years. However, the largest increase was found from 1996 to 1999. The number of vehicles increased by more than 2000 per million people in those three years.

The number of vehicles is expected to rise in the future.