China to use carbon scheme to boost electric car numbers – draft rules

A Roewe E50 electric car is parked next to a street as a bicycle travels past, amid heavy smog in Beijing, China, December 9, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj/Files

BEIJING: China, the world's biggest auto producer, plans to include carmakers in its planned national carbon trading scheme to encourage the manufacture of more electric vehicles, according to a draft of rules being circulated in the industry. 

Domestic makers and importers of fossil-fuel cars will have to participate in the scheme if they meet a minimum production or sales threshold, according to rules drawn up by the National Development & Reform Commission (NDRC) and posted on a local news website on Aug 11.