Beijing how to prevent " flood " of new cars

Beijing how to prevent " flood " of new cars


Beijing city in China next year will reduce the 40 per cent quota for new cars to reduce air pollution .

Over the next four years , Beijing will only issue a new license plate 150 thousand / year from the previous 240 thousand plate numbers / years .

That policy , as quoted by Reuters , will lower car sales in the period 2014-2017 to 600 thousand units .

Beijing Government website says that every year more and more proportion of plate number given to environmentally friendly vehicles such as fuel efficient or use other energy .

License plates for vehicles of that type will be magnified three -fold within three years ie 20 thousand in 2014 to 60 thousand in 2017 .

When the City of Beijing , Shanghai , Guangzhou and Guiyang were imposed ban on the sale of new cars .

In the four cities , the number plate is obtained by an auction and raffle .

Eight other cities will also impose a ban on the sale of new cars . ( Ant )