Air pollution prevention and control action plan

In September 2013, China’s State Council implemented the Air Pollution Prevention and Control Action Plan. This aimed to decrease the urban concentration of particulate matter (PM)10 by 10% by 2017, compared with 2012, and increase the number of good air quality days in the Jing-Jin-Ji metropolitan (Tianjin, Beijing, Hebei provinces), Yangtze Delta, Pearl River Delta Economic Zone and high PM concentration cities.

Under this action plan, the government listed ten actions to reduce PM10 emissions. The promotion of new energy vehicles (NEV) was one of the key measures. At the same time, the government issued a Notice of continuing the promotion and application of NEV to grant a NEV purchase subsidy in its demonstration cities. The action plan a