The Future of Personal Transport in China Summary of a Symposium, January 12, 2001 (2001) / Chapter Skim
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Session I: The Chinese Transport Sector and Environment in 2001
Session I: The Chinese Transport Sector and Environment in 2001
Pages 5-10
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a pillar industry, characterized by forward and backward linkages throughout the national economy. The designation is premised on the recognition of the sheer size of the potential domestic market for personal vehicles based on rising incomes, and it is motivated in part by the desire to prevent control by local governments.
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There is a surcharge on vehicle sales for road construction paid directly to the ministry, so highway financing is linked to vehicle ownership and use. Urban transport is most problematic.
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Shao said photochemical smog will be of increasing importance in next decades in China. Groundlevel ozone concentrations are already very high in some big cities, and it is foreseen that this problem will rapidly spread across China as other regions, especially in central and western parts of the country, develop economically.
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The highest priorities are to decrease sulfur content and control olefins and aromatics. Chinese industry must improve the catalytic reforming process and install catalytic hydrotreating facilities to produce products with low olefins.
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Traffic management must deal with high volume traffic three times a day. In order to keep traffic moving, many cities attempt to cut traffic volumes at peak times and to shift them to off-peak hours by instituting flexible working hours, vehicle pooling, and land use reorganization.
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The World Bank has promoted electronic congestion pricing in Singapore and Hong Kong, but in China the car users are a powerful elite, and the political will to limit use is not present. Another questioner asked if public-private partnerships to capitalize road construction had been attempted.
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