China removes 60% of high-emission vehicles from roads
Under this move, 60% of China's high-emission cars have been pulled out from the roads, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said.
China, the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, has removed over 6.96 lakh polluting vehicles from its roads, the government said today.Under this move, 60% of China's high-emission cars have been pulled out from the roads, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said. China has only four months to remove the others to meet this year's target of pulling all high-emission commercial vehicles registered before the end of 2005 from roads.The target was set in a government work report in March in an effort to improve air quality. According to statistics released by the ministry, north China's Tianjin Municipality has fulfilled its share ahead of schedule, while 13 provincial regions including Hunan, Shandong, Hainan and Fujian have fallen behind with less than 50% of their work completed, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.To accelerate the removal of targeted vehicles, the ministry has filed monthly reports briefing the public on the latest developments in each provincial region since July. According to research by the World Resources Institute (WRI) a global research organisation, China contributes approximately 25 per cent of emissions of climate-damaging greenhouse gases, making it the top emitter.