General Motors has not been seeing positive growth in the North American market for quite a while now, but the American car maker expects to top the overall market growth in China next year. GM is currently seeing strong growth in the Chinese market and expects this trend to continue till next year.

GM has already established itself as one of the major players in China and they plan to aggressively market their products in China in 2010. Following better than expected sales through the first three quarters of 2009 – which outpaced the overall market – GM expects an equally successful 2010.

“We expect sales to continue to grow next year,” Kevin Wale, president and managing director for GM’s China operations, told Reuters. “We are confident the government will take appropriate action to continue stability in the market.”

“Next year we will again try to grow a little faster than the market’s growth,” he added.