Beijing Five standard implementation in February

Discontinued “Old Standard” Vehicles in March. Deputy Director of Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau and press spokesman Fang Li said that the city will implement the “Beijing Five” standard from February 1. It will stop accepting applications from auto companies and meet the fourth phase standard. Gasoline models, while discontinuing sales of heavy-duty diesel vehicles registered for bus and sanitation purposes that do not meet the "Beijing Five" standard. From March 1, the city will stop sales of light-duty gasoline vehicles that do not meet the Beijing Five standard.

The Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau stated that there is still a certain gap between the current air quality of the city and the newly released standards of the country, in which the PM10 average annual concentration exceeds 63%, and the annual average nitrogen dioxide concentration exceeds 38%. Research results show that the city's motor vehicle emissions of nitrogen oxides accounted for about 58% of the city's total nitrogen oxide emissions, motor vehicle emissions of PM2.5 accounted for about 22.2% of PM2.5 sources.

Fang Li said that according to estimates by the Environmental Protection Agency, after the implementation of the "Beijing Five," the pollutant emissions of new vehicles will be reduced by about 40% compared with the current "National IV" standard. If Beijing sells 600,000 new cars every year, three years later, nearly 2 million new cars with the “Beijing Five” standard will have a significant reduction in pollutants, and PM2.5 will also be reduced.

The use of new standards in the use of second-hand car transactions will effectively speed up the elimination and replacement of old motor vehicles, thereby reducing pollutant emissions from vehicles in use, especially old vehicles. According to Li Kunsheng, Director of the Vehicle Emission Management Department of the Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, according to the current air pollution control plan, the "Beijing VI" standard will be implemented around 2016.

According to Li Kunsheng, as of January 23, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Agency has announced more than 1,300 types of vehicles that meet the "Beijing Five" emission standard, covering the mainstream models of major domestic and foreign automobile companies. At present, 100,000 new cars have already been affixed with "blue standards" representing the "Beijing Five" standard in this city. On May 31 last year, the "Beijing Five" standard oil products have been put into the Beijing market.

According to reports, after the implementation of the "Beijing Five" standard in the city, the city's second-hand car transfer transactions will not be affected, "National IV" and "National III" standards of the car can still be traded, but the vehicles transferred to Beijing in other places must meet the "Beijing Five "standards can be registered.

What is the impact of the "Beijing Five" emission standards on the heavy pollution day? Director Li Kunsheng introduced that Beijing implements the management principles of "new new car standards and old cars' old standards" for motor vehicles. The implementation of the new standards covers the sale of new cars and the first time in Beijing to apply for licenses for motor vehicles. There are no restrictions imposed on use and therefore no effect. However, environmental protection agencies are studying grading and restriction measures. When heavy pollution occurs, high-to-low emission limits are used to reduce pollutants. Currently, Mexico is implementing such measures. They classify automobile emissions into three levels, namely, 0. Grade 1, Level 2 and Level 2, when the heavy pollution day occurs, the high-emissions are limited to Level 2 first. If the pollution is aggravating, then the Level 1 is restricted, and so on. In the future, the Beijing Graded Limit Line will be similar.