The automaker has placed a bet on battery-powered cars, but it has struggled to produce and sell the vehicles in large numbers.
Daimler, Navistar and Volvo have been criticized for not selling many electric heavy trucks, but the companies say the country first needs many more chargers.
Hefei has led the country in making electric vehicles and other tech products, but it still has not escaped a nationwide housing crisis.
Quarterly earnings soared from a year earlier after the company booked a tax benefit, but increased competition and a price war took a toll, the electric-car maker said.
Gross domestic product expanded 5.2 percent, as China worked to export more to make up for weak demand, high debt and a steep property contraction at home.
Worries are growing in Washington that a flood of Chinese products could put new American investments in clean energy and high-tech factories at risk.
The announcement underscores the threat to European and U.S. automakers posed by Chinese electric-vehicle manufacturers.
Purchases of popular models like the Tesla Model 3 and the Ford Mustang Mach-E may no longer entitle buyers to tax savings because the cars do not meet tougher sourcing requirements.
Ford and other automaker have had to readjust their electric vehicle production plans because sales have been weaker than they had expected.
Volkswagen is shifting more operations to China, tapping the country’s electric vehicle capacity and building factories.