Beijing Five emission standard is no longer a "wolf"

Beijing Municipal Bureau of Environmental Protection, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision and the Public Security Bureau of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau jointly issued the "Announcement on the Implementation of Stage V Emission Standards for Heavy-duty Diesel Vehicles" ("Announcement"). The announcement pointed out that since June 1, 2015, Beijing has fully implemented the “Limits and Measurement Methods for Vehicle Exhaust Pollutants for Compressed Ignition, Gas Fueled Ignited Engines and Vehicles (China III, IV, V Phase)” ( The fifth stage emission control requirements in GB17691-2005). This shows that the Beijing Five emission standards that are expected to be implemented by the industry by the end of this year have been formally implemented as early as June 1.

The heavy-duty diesel vehicles referred to in the announcement should all be attributed to the scope of commercial vehicles, both trucks and buses, as well as a large number of special vehicles. For manufacturers and distributors, although the Beijing Five standard has long been heard, but most manufacturers did not expect to be implemented in June, so it still feels a little sudden.

In China, the upgrade of the emission standards for commercial vehicles has often encountered the embarrassment that government departments have announced that the implementation time has been repeatedly postponed. The most prominent example is the National IV emission standard that was fully implemented on January 1 this year. Since the Ministry of Environmental Protection first published the implementation date, due to the lack of objective conditions such as oil, it was impossible to delay until more than a year later. One after another in various places. One of the important reasons for this is that the implementation dates announced by the relevant government departments are not consistent with the actual objective conditions, resulting in the announcement of the first announcement becoming a dead letter. Whether the implementation time announced by the environmental protection department is too advanced, or whether the petrochemical sector did not provide timely compliance with the standard oil products, it is still a confused account. No one can speak clearly. Here we also have no intention of entangling ourselves with the merits and demerits of others. I just want to say that the formulation of policies concerning the emission upgrade of many commercial vehicle manufacturers and users should be realistic, objective conditions are not available, they should not be reluctant to do so, and conditions must be met. Unsnapped implementation. Do not be forced to postpone due to ill-considered, so that the original serious emission policy has become a "wolf" often rang in the ear of the user, so that the credibility of the government will be discounted.

Nowadays, the implementation time of the Beijing Five Emission Standard has been formally announced. It is not yet known whether the “wolf is coming” or not. As far as the scope of implementation is concerned, in the Beijing area alone, it is relatively easy to say that it will not be postponed. However, it is difficult to predict whether things can be implemented smoothly and depends on the actual results. Hopefully, it will not be staged again "wolf."

During the Shanghai International Auto Show in April this year, the author saw in the commercial vehicle exhibition hall that almost all of the mainstream commercial vehicle companies participating in the exhibition had introduced the national five-emission standard products. This shows that the car companies have included the five national products into the timetable for launching the market and conveyed to the audience the information that “we have” the five national models. Although the Beijing Five standard is higher than the national five standard, but after all, car companies are prepared, from the country five to the five is not an insurmountable gulf, from the supply point of view should not be a problem, but the problem is easy to appear here.

Car manufacturers to display the country's five products, telling people that "we have" the national five vehicles, does not mean that they have the ability to form batch production. Once the Beijing Five has been formally implemented, there is no market for Jingwu products to sell, causing trouble to customers who are eager to purchase the Beijing Five car and delaying the transportation of passengers and cargo. This is also a situation that we do not want to see. To this end, relevant government departments should fully communicate with the companies in advance to allow car companies and dealers to prepare, so that in the implementation of the Beijing Five standard, Beijing Five commercial vehicles are also ready for the market.