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Hangzhou to adopt China III standard for new vehicles

(chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-03-09 11:21

East China's Hangzhou City will implement the China II emission standard for all motor vehicles in use in the city starting from July 1, 2007, and new vehicles are requested to meet the China III standard.

 

Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang Province, has witnessed a rapid growth in the number of automobiles in recent years. The total number of motor vehicles in the city had reached 1.18 million by October of last year. On average, one out of four households owns a car. The total number of family cars in the city proper hit 327,000 in October 2006, whereas the figure in 2002 was only 110,000.