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February 5, 2009, Thursday
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BEIJING has set aside 1 billion yuan (US$146.3 million) to pay subsidies to owners of huangbiaoche, or vehicles with yellow environmental protection labels, taken off the road this year to help reduce pollution, a government official said yesterday.
Huangbiaoche are gasoline-fueled vehicles that fail to meet the National I emission standard or diesel-fueled vehicles that fail to meet the National III emission standard. Such vehicles account for about 10 percent of the 3.5 million vehicles on the road in the capital but about half the vehicle emissions, said Li Kunsheng, a director of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau.
He said if 80 percent of such vehicles are taken off the road, pollution would be reduced by 300,000 to 400,000 tons a year.
Under municipal regulations that took effect on January 1, all vehicles with yellow environmental protection labels are banned from driving within the Fifth Ring Road. As of October 1, they will be banned within the Sixth Ring Road.
The ring roads are highways that go through the downtown and suburban areas of the capital.
Chen Nan, a director of the municipal fiscal bureau, said her bureau had allocated 1 billion yuan to subsidize those who could show that their huangbiaoche had been scrapped or transferred out of the city.
"The subsidy depends partly on how soon you take your vehicle off the road," said Chen.
Subsidies also vary by vehicle model and service time of the vehicle, but they start at 500 yuan and go up to 25,000 yuan. Chen said about 844 such vehicles had been taken off Beijing's roads since the city started to offer subsidies on January 12.
Huangbiaoche are gasoline-fueled vehicles that fail to meet the National I emission standard or diesel-fueled vehicles that fail to meet the National III emission standard. Such vehicles account for about 10 percent of the 3.5 million vehicles on the road in the capital but about half the vehicle emissions, said Li Kunsheng, a director of the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau.
He said if 80 percent of such vehicles are taken off the road, pollution would be reduced by 300,000 to 400,000 tons a year.
Under municipal regulations that took effect on January 1, all vehicles with yellow environmental protection labels are banned from driving within the Fifth Ring Road. As of October 1, they will be banned within the Sixth Ring Road.
The ring roads are highways that go through the downtown and suburban areas of the capital.
Chen Nan, a director of the municipal fiscal bureau, said her bureau had allocated 1 billion yuan to subsidize those who could show that their huangbiaoche had been scrapped or transferred out of the city.
"The subsidy depends partly on how soon you take your vehicle off the road," said Chen.
Subsidies also vary by vehicle model and service time of the vehicle, but they start at 500 yuan and go up to 25,000 yuan. Chen said about 844 such vehicles had been taken off Beijing's roads since the city started to offer subsidies on January 12.
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