"Eleventh Five-Year" China's vehicle ownership increased by 150%

The Ministry of Environmental Protection informed the media on the 19th that the “Annual Report of China’s Motor Vehicle Pollution Prevention and Control” in 2011 announced the national pollution of motor vehicles during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period. China’s car ownership increased by 150%. Classified by environmental protection signs, “green-labeled vehicles” accounted for 79.8%, and the remaining 20.2% of vehicles were “yellow-marked vehicles”.

According to the “Annual Report” statistics, during the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, the number of motor vehicles in China witnessed rapid growth, from 118 million vehicles to 190 million vehicles, an average annual increase of 10%. Among them, the number of cars increased from 30.88 million to 77.217 million, and the number of possessions increased by 150%. According to the classification of automobile emission standards, cars that have achieved the national III or above emission standard account for 41.1% of the total vehicle ownership, the National II automobile accounts for 25.5%, the National I automobile accounts for 20.6%, and the remaining 12.8% of the vehicles still do not reach the national I emission. standard.

Tao Detian, a spokesman for the Ministry of Environmental Protection, said that since the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan”, the State has continuously increased the prevention and control of motor vehicle pollution and adopted comprehensive measures to accelerate the environmental protection of new vehicles, environmental supervision of vehicle use, and the cleanliness of vehicle fuels. Promote motor vehicle emission standards, accelerate the elimination of high-emission vehicles, strengthen the environmental monitoring system of motor vehicles, vigorously implement the strategy of public transportation priority development, actively promote the concept of “green travel”, promote the use of lead-free and low-sulfur automotive fuels, and vehicle pollution prevention and control Has achieved initial results. From 2005 to 2010, the number of motor vehicles in the country increased by 60.9%, but the amount of pollutants increased by only 6.4%; of which vehicle ownership increased by 150%, and pollutant emissions increased by only 7.4%.

In the future, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will work closely with relevant departments to take comprehensive measures from industry development planning, urban public transport, clean fuel supply and other aspects, coordinate and promote the simultaneous upgrade of “vehicles, oils, and roads” to mitigate the impact of vehicle exhaust emissions on the atmospheric environment. .