Infiniti targeting China

Infiniti, Japanese automaker Nissan's luxury brand, views China as the most important market at present, a company representative said on Sunday.

In 2013, Infiniti sold 17,000 cars in China, 54 percent more than the previous year, Daniel Kirchert, managing director of Infiniti China, said at the China Development Forum on Sunday.

Infiniti's share of China's luxury car market is only 1 percent, lower than the 8 percent in the US, but Kirchert believes sales will top 100,000 cars in five years.

"Although Infiniti is a brand that grew up in the US, we have positioned China as our most important market," he said.

China's luxury car market is dominated by German brands, including Audi and Mercedes-Benz.