Higher polluting vehicles face higher taxes
Chen Jia(China Daily)
Sept 8, 2009
China plans to slap a tax on tailpipe emissions.
The levy is meant to drive high-polluting vehicles off the roads.
“Automobile emissions have become a main source of air pollution in urban China,” said Ren Hongyan, an official from the department of pollution protection under the Ministry of Environmental Protection.
“Drivers, traffic police and pedestrians all suffer from the serious pollution caused by vehicles,” he was quoted as saying by China Economic Net yesterday…
