Authorities in Beijing are planning to launch the National 5 Emission Standards in 2012, which will aim to eliminate older vehicles from the roads and encourage people to buy greener cars.

The Beijing News reported that Beijing Municipal Environment Protection Bureau has already eliminated more than 150,000 "yellow label", or heavily polluting, vehicles from the roads.

Deputy director of the bureau Du Shaozong said Beijing will continue to tighten up emission limits and put more fuel-efficient vehicles on the roads.

He added that on each engine, the implementation of a new emission standard reduced single pollutant emissions by 30 per cent.

China's first emissions controls were put into force in 2000 and were revised again in 2004, 2007 and 2008, when Beijing became the country's first mainland city to adopt stringent Euro IV standards.

Recently, Reuters reported that car makers will be looking towards markets in emerging economies such as China, Russia and Brazil in 2011, while the US market is also expected to show a gradual recovery.

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Beijing to launch National 5 emission standards in 2012(28/12/10)

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