Beijing Tightens Vehicle Emission Standards

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 ◆ Beijing Tightens Vehicle Emission Standards

Beijing may raise its automobile emission standards to the Euro-II level from the beginning of next year, one year ahead of schedule, according to sources with the Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau.

But cars registered before that time will not be forced to meet the standards, the Beijing-based English newspaper China Daily reported recently.

Beijing's decision to implement Euro-II standard comes in the wake of public appeals for clean air and the soaring number of vehicles.

The city started to implement Euro-I emission standards in January 1999. The standards are based on the regulations for new heavy-duty diesel engines that were first introduced in 1992 by the European Parliament and the Council of Environment Ministers.