An international report has called for stricter speed limits and enforcement to reduce the death toll from traffic accidents.
It says 680 people a day are killed on the mainland's roads, double the officially accepted tally.
The recommendations are included in a report by the World Health Organisation and the World Bank.
The report's authors also recommend introducing random breath testing to crack down on drunk drivers.
At the launch of the report's Chinese version yesterday, the Ministry of Public Security's communications administration's deputy director, Wang Jinbiao, admitted that traffic accidents were a major problem.
'In 2003, traffic administration departments at all levels dealt with 667,507 road accidents, which killed 104,372 people and injured 494,174 others,' Mr Wang said. 'Though there's a gap between the [report and official mainland] figures, we agreed that the figure is too high.