Beijing moves to curb car growth

Two million more cars are expected to take to Beijing's roads by 2012, bringing the number to 5.4 million.

This daunting figure has prompted authorities to find better solutions to ease traffic congestion and pollution.

Beijing is seeing an increase of about 20 percent, or 300,000 new cars a year, Guo Jifu, director of the Beijing municipal transportation development research center, told a conference on Wednesday.