Tough new regulations for chinese vehicle emissions

Taking effect this month, the new regulations are intended to bring a cut of 30% in carbon monoxide emissions, and a 55% reduction in hydrocarbon and nitrogen oxide emissions in a bid to keep in line with the European Union’s Euro II vehicle-emission standards.

Both imported and locally made vehicles that only meet the previous Euro I standard will not be allowed onto the market within one year of the regulations coming into effect this month.


The regulations come as the car industry booms in China. There are only about nine vehicles per 1,000 residents in China, (compared with 940 per 1,000 in the U.S.), and the market is “the battleground for global industry leadership”, according to GM’s former Asia chief Fritz Henderson.

Big names such as Volkswagen, Nissan, Toyota, Kia, Hyundai, DaimlerChrysler and Ford, as well as GM, are ramping up production in the country.

Ford is aiming to triple production in the next year. GM says that China could become the world’s biggest car market by 2020.