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By CCTV reporter Ning Hong
In China, special labels are placed on vehicles that fail to meet the latest emission1 standards. These cars with outdated2 engines are dubbed3 “yellow label vehicles”. In a push to clean up China’s most polluted province, authorities in Hebei are trying to get these heavy polluters off the roads through generous subsidies4 and restricted entry zones.
With one look, it’s not hard to spot one of these so-called yellow label vehicles. It’s estimated one million of these heavily polluting vehicles are still running on roads in North China’s Hebei Province, where constant smog is threatening the environment. Most of these vehicles were produced decades ago. Emission standards from that era have long been abolished.
“A yellow label vehicle produces 200 times more carbon monoxide than a common green label vehicle does, and its emissions5 are equal to about 28 cars today.” said Zhao Dongyu, Director, Vehicle Emission Control Center, Shijiazhuang.
This September, the State Council issued plans to curb6 air pollution. Eliminating all yellow label vehicles by 2017 was one of the measures. To get a jump-start, Hebei Province has brought that deadline forward by two years.
"By 2015, we are going to weed out all gasoline cars registered before 2000 and diesel7 vehicles registered before 2007.” said Liu Yanli, Vice8 Director, Hebei Traffic Management Bureau.
“We are in a time where green cars are becoming a reality, which makes it hard to believe that there are still so many heavily polluting vehicles on the roads. The problem can’t be solved in one day as the interest of car owners must been considered. Luckily, the government has found a more efficient way than just administrative9 orders.” said Ning Hong, Hebei Province.
Most cities have issued restrictions10 that forbid yellow label vehicles from entering the downtown area.
"I was fined one thousand yuan for entering a restricted area.” said Qu Xingfu, Yellow Label Car Owner.
Government cars are among the first group of vehicles to go. Xingtai Police is scraping 200 of its yellow label cars. The provincial11 government is providing a minimum six thousand yuan subsidy12 for private car owners to ditch their heavily polluting vehicles.
"I also want to help to reduce air pollution. The subsidy is more than this car is worth.” said Qu Xingfu, Yellow Label Car Owner.
So far, Hebei province has disposed over 300 thousand yellow label vehicles. It’s estimated that it will lead to a reduction of over 100 tons in heavy air pollutants13.
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n.发出物,散发物;发出,散发 | |
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adj.旧式的,落伍的,过时的;v.使过时 | |
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v.给…起绰号( dub的过去式和过去分词 );把…称为;配音;复制 | |
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4 subsidies | |
n.补贴,津贴,补助金( subsidy的名词复数 ) | |
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5 emissions | |
排放物( emission的名词复数 ); 散发物(尤指气体) | |
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n.场外证券市场,场外交易;vt.制止,抑制 | |
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n.柴油发动机,内燃机 | |
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n.坏事;恶习;[pl.]台钳,老虎钳;adj.副的 | |
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adj.行政的,管理的 | |
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10 restrictions | |
约束( restriction的名词复数 ); 管制; 制约因素; 带限制性的条件(或规则) | |
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adj.省的,地方的;n.外省人,乡下人 | |
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12 subsidy | |
n.补助金,津贴 | |
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13 pollutants | |
污染物质(尤指工业废物)( pollutant的名词复数 ) | |
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