SHANGHAI (Reuters) -China's commerce ministry will meet industry bodies and automakers including BYD and Dongfeng Motor ( DNFGF ) to discuss an emerging trend of sales of "used cars" that were never driven, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said. The meeting is set for Tuesday afternoon, the person said, speaking on condition of anonymity. It follows last week's comments by Great Wall Motor's Chairman Wei Jianjun that 3,000 to 4,000 vendors on used car platforms were selling "secondhand cars with zero mileage".

The commerce ministry, BYD and Dongfeng Motor ( DNFGF ) did not immediately respond to a request for comment.