China RV Camping Sector Heats Up as Motorhome Sales Top 20,000 for First Time
The RV branch of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers' 2025 annual RV industry report shows China's motorhome sales exceeded 20,000 units for the first time in 2025, with camper-van sales up 85.61% year on year and new-energy long-distance RV sales up 229%. Luchen.com data shows more than 12,000 motorhomes were registered in the first half of this year, up 32.6%. China now has over 3,100 RV campsites, with Jiangsu, Heilongjiang and Yunnan expanding campsite and self-drive route networks. In June 2025, the Ministry of Commerce and eight other departments issued measures explicitly supporting RV camping.
Impact and considerations
RV sales, campsite counts and camping consumption are strongly correlated, and campsite networks plus support services are becoming a new growth driver for cultural-tourism spending. For business readers, bottlenecks such as campsite land approval, C6 licence penetration below 1% and parking difficulty in cities direc…
Key points
- The CAAM RV branch report shows China's motorhome sales exceeded 20,000 units for the first time in 2025.
- Camper-van sales rose 85.61% year on year, while new-energy long-distance RV sales jumped 229%.
- Luchen.com data shows over 12,000 motorhomes were registered in the first half of this year, up 32.6%.
- Main user groups are post-1980s families with children, retired people in their 50s and 60s, and young outdoor enthusiasts.
- China now has more than 3,100 RV campsites; Jiangsu Communications Holding and tourism authorities plan 78 RV stations around expressway service areas near 4A-rated or higher scenic areas.
- Heilongjiang's Longjiang Jiaotou Group has planned 19 campsite and hotel projects since 2021 and created 10 premium self-drive summer routes.
- In June 2025, the Ministry of Commerce and eight other departments issued measures explicitly supporting RV camping.
- Constraints remain: parking difficulty in cities, C6 licence holders below 1% of the total, and lengthy campsite land-approval procedures.
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- First source publication
- 19 Sept 2026, 08:00
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- 19 Sept 2026, 12:32
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- 19 Sept 2026, 08:00
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