SINGAPORE, Sept 28 (Reuters) - China's gasoline consumption growth will be affected by strong electric vehicle (EV) sales in the country, a senior Chinese oil executive said on Wednesday.
EV sales hit 6 million units in the first eight months this year, Wu Qiunan, chief economist at PetroChina International, told a forum at the 38th Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference (APPEC).
"That's a big replacement of gasoline consumption," he said, adding this may lower gasoline demand growth even as consumption is expected to recover when China eases COVID-19 restrictions. (Reporting by Aizhu Chen, Muyu Xu, Emily Chow and Florence Tan; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)
