The government is to waive the auto-purchase tax for new-energy vehicles - all electric cars, plug-in hybrids and fuel-cell vehicles – as part of expanded measures to boost sales.
China plans to remove 6 million high-emission vehicles off the road this year to reduce pollution, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Tuesday.
China plans to take more than 5 million ageing vehicles off its roads this year in a bid to improve air quality, with 330,000 cars set to be decommissioned in Beijing alone.
Tianjin will soon control traffic with odd-even emergency response program to deal with serious air pollution.
Though details are currently still under consideration, the Chinese government is considering lowering the tax on imported electric vehicles.
China's inspection institutions have proposed new rules on vehicle inspection to regulate the work, the Ministry of Public Security of People's Republic of China (MPS) said on Friday.
New cars will be exempted from safety inspections for six years after they are registered for use, according to a new guideline unveiled on Friday to streamline vehicle safety procedures.
The national campaign of developing energy-saving and new-energy vehicles will remain unchanged and so will the priority for electric vehicles.
Nanjing has seen a rash of car purchases because of residents fears that a car-purchase limit policy similar to Beijing's and Hangzhou's is on the way.
With just a day's warning, the city government of Hangzhou implemented a vehicle restriction policy last week, leaving automakers, dealers and buyers unprepared.
East China's Hangzhou City is now the sixth Chinese city to clamp down on car ownership in a bid to ease traffic congestion and combat air pollution.
Three of China's biggest cities are helping consumers pay for a range of electric cars, heeding calls to encourage the sale.
The ministry announced in November that industries like automotive and steel will be further opened to foreign investors.
Shanghai will further promote the use of new-energy vehicles, with more than 10,000 new-energy cars and more than 6,000 charging posts by 2015, according to the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization and the city's electric power company.
China's auto lobby has urged Beijing to support local carmakers after the regulator said it was considering further opening up the market.
Ownership ratio of joint ventures in the auto industry will be revised, according to Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
New standard to evaluate second-hand cars has been released. Car owners planning to sell their used vehicle will be required to provide detailed information to buyers prior to selling the car.
Applications for electric car plates reached 4,785 in February, data from Beijing Traffic Committee shows.
China shouldn't raise the 50 percent ceiling on foreign ownership of vehicle joint ventures, because doing so will put domestic automakers under severe pressure.
A campaign to put more new energy vehicles on the streets of China's cities has set new goals in the hope of stirring up a disinterested domestic market.
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