Germany's BMW AG is aiming to lift its sales in China.

BERLIN: Germany's BMW AG aims to lift its sales in China, a key market for the luxury automaker and one of its biggest.

Speaking to reporters Friday at the Auto 2010 motor show in Beijing, BMW CEO Norbert Reithofer said the company hopes to sell around 120,000 cars in China this year. That's above its previous target of around 100,000 cars.

Reithofer said that China is ``and will remain'' one of the most attractive automobile markets worldwide.

Last year, BMW sold more than 90,000 cars in mainland China. In the first quarter of this year, BMW has seen its deliveries double to nearly 36,600 cars sold.

Worldwide, Reithofer said BMW is looking to sell more than 1.3 million cars this year.