Subsidies to completely withdraw in 2020， the new energy bus promotion is urgent

Friday afternoon, the ministry of transport policy research office of the deputy inspector lee of sichuan, according to the transportation ministry will actively coordinate with financial department, after the adjustment of rural passenger transport, taxi reasonable oil price subsidy funds as a whole, to support the development of the public transportation and popularization and application of new energy cars, promote new and updated bus priority selection of new energy vehicles.

New energy vehicles represent the future development direction of the automobile industry and are of great significance to the green and low-carbon development of transportation services, li said at the "new energy bus high-quality line experience exchange meeting" hosted by the ministry of transport on that day.

He said subsidies for the purchase of new energy vehicles are expected to be withdrawn by 2020.

Li zhanchuan revealed that next, the ministry of transport will coordinate with the financial department to coordinate the adjusted subsidy funds for passenger transport and taxi fuel prices in rural areas to support the development of public transportation and the promotion and application of new energy vehicles.

Over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, China's transport reform and development have achieved major results, and the capacity and level of public transport services have been comprehensively improved. At present, about 250 million people travel by bus every day in China, and more than 300,000 new energy vehicles have been promoted and applied throughout the industry. The sharing rate of green travel is increasing year by year.

At present, Shanghai and nanjing have become the first batch of national demonstration cities for bus city construction, and 50 cities including zhangjiakou have become the first batch of cities for bus city construction in the 13th five-year plan period. Shenzhen has become the "first city for the electrification of public transportation", and the buses in the main urban areas of hangzhou have all been updated with new energy and clean energy vehicles.

China business news learned from the ministry of transport that in recent years, some local bus companies have achieved remarkable results in promoting the application of new energy and clean energy vehicles.

Li zhanchuan also said that at present, there are still some obvious "shortcomings" in the field of urban transportation in China. Due to the insufficient layout of public transportation lines and poor service level, the priority of public transportation in residents' travel choice is not high. The share rate of motorized public transportation in most cities in China is less than 40%. There is still a lot of room for improvement in meeting people's high-quality and diversified travel needs.

To win the battle against pollution, make up for the shortcomings of urban public transport and achieve high-quality development of transport services, it is necessary to promote green development oriented by low-carbon and environmental protection and vigorously carry out green travel action, li said. Starting from accelerating the upgrading of transportation equipment technology, accelerating the promotion and application of new energy buses in the field of public transportation, and promoting the development of green and low-carbon transportation services.

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