It just got even harder for car owners in Beijing to get a coveted license plate, a necessary commodity for the city of 13 million’s 7.5 million drivers.
Since 2011, the plates have been awarded in a lottery system that people joke is more difficult to win than the country’s actual lottery. It was put in place as cars poured on to Beijing’s roads, causing traffic jams and choking fumes — they more than doubled in 10 years, to 5.2 million in 2012. Last month, Beijing announced it would make things even tougher, by cutting the number of new license plates it issues to drivers by more than a third to further battle congestion and pollution. Starting next year, officials will make things tougher still by holding the lottery drawing every other month instead of every month, the Read more…
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