Beijing car ownership exceeds 5 mln
时间：2012-02-17 06:35:09
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BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The number of cars registered in the Chinese capital passed 5 million in February, 11 months later than previously1 predicted, said the city's traffic police Thursday.
Beijing's traffic police bureau attributed the slow-down to the car number plates issuance
lottery2 that has been in place since last year.
There are 5.017 million cars registered in Beijing as of Feb. 15, with 173,000 new ones registered in 2011, according to the bureau.
In 2010, the average monthly increase in registered new cars was 66,000, so it was predicted that, without
restrictions3, the total number of cars would reach 5 million in March 2011, officials said.
As soaring vehicle ownership had caused traffic
woes4, the municipal government
decided5 to limit the number of new cars on the roads by controlling the issuance of new
license6 plates.
Since January 2011, getting a license plate has required
participation7 in a monthly lottery process run by the municipal government. Last year's
quota8 was set at 240,000, about a third of the number of cars registered in Beijing in 2010.
Given the annual quota, car ownership will hit 6 million in 2016, officials now expect.
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