China is setting National Emission Standard V on new cars

Shanghai, September 7 (Gasgoo.com) China's Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP) is setting up National Emission Standard V on new cars and petrol and diesels fuels, ministry official said.

Mr. Ren Hongyan, Director of Air Pollution and Noise Control Division of MEP, said at "2009 International Forum on Chinese Automotive Industry Development" over the weekend that "we are setting new fuel emissions standards and may launch a new law on Air Pollution Control next year."

Ren added that State Administration of Taxation and the Finance Ministry are also considering levying a car emission tax in future. The National Emission Standard V is expected to be published by 2015, according to him.

The MEP published a ban on September 1 on petrol vehicles below National Emission Standard I to travel on Beijing roads.

China's National Emission Standard I, which is equivalent to Euro I standard, allows an average petrol sedan to emit a maximum of 2.7 grams of carbon monoxide a kilometer among its other exhausts, whereas Standard IV requires less than 1 gram of carbon monoxide and 0.08 gram of nitrogen oxide a kilometer.