State Council has published the expected (hereinafter referred to as ), which is so called “State Ten”. It is the strictest policy for air pollution controlling ever. The plan requires to low down 10% of the PM10 concentration of China national wide. And Beijing, Tianjin, the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta area should reduce 25%, 20% and 15% PM10 concentration respectively. According to the plan, nation air quality shall have “overall improvement” after 5 years.

In the first half of 2013 Chinese car manufacturers’ shipments to dealers were up 18 percent over the same period of the previous year. JSC Automotive, the consultancy specializing in the Chinese automotive market, expects growth to slow to an annualized rate of some 10 percent. In November, the Central Government will present the long-awaited catalog of economic measures to the party’s Central Committee. This will indicate whether China is serious about tackling restructuring of the economy. Such restructuring would have a great impact on the automotive market.

There's been a lot of lofty talk lately among automakers vowing to market autonomous cars -- some by 2020.