On August 24, 2021, in response to the proposal of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) regarding vehicle emission standardization system, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) released an article to further specify work plans on the topic.
MIIT’s next steps to enhance carbon emission standardization system include:
1. Articulate roadmap on carbon peak and carbon neutral for automotive industry.
A detailed low-carbon development roadmap will be drawn to carry out full-life carbon emission calculations. Its evaluation results will be used to determine specific industrial carbon peak goals. Policies and practical methods will be raised in various low carbon aspects (product, transportation, energy etc.) to actively contribute to the final goal.
2. Specify more innovative low-carbon technologies for automotive and set up specialized R&D projects.
Set up national innovation centers on battery, ICV etc. to make critical technological breakthroughs.
Make joint efforts with the Ministry of Science and Technology to both implement the key project of a new energy vehicle, stated in “14th Five Year Plan,” and initiate the investigation and preparation for Phase VII emission standard.
3. Establish a more comprehensive policy and standardization system to support automotive industry on achieving carbon peak and carbon neutral.
Following the published national mandatory standards on car emission (e.g.: GB 19578-2021 Fuel Consumption Limits for Passenger Cars), more standards will be developed and issued in the sector.
4. Facilitate the coordination and cooperation of automotive industry with other industries.
Push forward the data and information exchange among cross-sector administrations to form a highly efficient interaction system. Improve combined development of a transportation network that covers multiple elements (vehicle, road, people, cloud) and to finally form an integrated intelligent transport service.
All in all, MIIT will follow the New Energy Automobile Industry Development Plan (2021-2035) and its guidelines. The Ministry should take full advantage of the existing joint meeting mechanism for energy-saving and new energy vehicles between relevant ministries to set up more specific measures and policies to achieve the carbon peak and carbon neutral goals.
Based on the published working goals of MIIT for vehicle emission management, we advise MNCs and foreign manufacturers in China market proactively accelerate their carbon-neutral efforts and R&D plan. For the enterprises who already released their carbon neutral roadmap, it could be necessary to keep observing the future official roadmap/plan releasing by MIIT on vehicle emissions to ensure compliance. Manufacturers of traditional petroleum/diesel vehicles might endure more impact than the new energy vehicle producers, as well.
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