China may impose car emission tax in 2010
20 November 2007
China is considering imposing a tax on auto emissions in 2010, according to Yang Chaofei, director of the State Environmental Protection Administration's (SEPA) policy and regulatory division. Yang said preliminary research on a potential tax will be carried out by the Ministry of Finance, the State Administration of Taxation and SEPA, Beijing Business Today reported (in Chinese). Experts have long suggested imposing environmental protection taxes such as the emission tax, but such a policy has not been implemented in the country so far.
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