Politics

Beijing to tighten vehicle emission standards

Beijing will apply a stricter emission standard for the city's five million motor vehicles next year to reduce automobile exhaust, the biggest source of...

Beijing car Licence plate applications hit 215,425 in January

The city of Beijing will only issue 240.000 licence plates for new vehicles this year. The first 8 days of the year however saw...

Cars Non-local cars banned during Beijing’s rush hour

Vehicles without local license plates will not be allowed to enter Beijing's urban area within the Fifth Ring Road starting from today - the...

Cars Car dealers say Beijing auto rules hurt

With Beijing's new traffic policies in operation and people swamping an official website to try to snag coveted approval to buy a car through...

China Government Energy plan to focus on cars

BEIJING - The Energy Saving and New Energy Vehicle Development Plan (2011-2020), which aims to reduce environmental pollution from the booming auto production, will...

China to end tax incentives for small-engine vehicles in 2011

BEIJING - China will resume levying a 10 percent purchase tax on vehicles with engine sizes of 1.6 liters or less beginning in 2011...

Beijing unveils measures to ease traffic flow

BEIJING - Traffic measures were announced for Beijing on Thursday, including sharply limiting new vehicle registration, in a major effort to tackle gridlock on...

5000 new cars per day in Beijing, License plates limited for 2011

Beijing will limit the number of licence plates for 2011 to 240.000. Beijingnese are buying cars like crazy in the last weeks of 2010,...

“Govt to exclude JV cars from purchase”

China Daily reports that the government will no longer buy cars made in a joint venture with a foreign automaker. That means no more...