Ministry of Industry and Information Technology: Forced Posting of Fuel Consumption Indicators for Vehicles from Next Year


From January 1st of next year, passenger cars and light commercial vehicles that are on sale in the auto market must be affixed with the actual fuel consumption logo on the vehicle body. This figure will be a value that is uniformly measured by the national monitoring agency. Car dealers write on promotional materials. Those constant fuel consumption practices that are always seemingly low will no longer flicker consumers.

Yesterday, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology announced on the website an announcement to implement the “Administrative Regulations on the Labeling of Fuel Consumption for Light Vehicles” (hereinafter referred to as “Regulations”). According to the “Regulations,” all passenger vehicles and light commercial vehicles with a total design mass of under 3,500 kg must be affixed with the “Automotive Fuel Consumption Label” when they are sold, and the cities designated by the national designated testing organizations in accordance with uniform national standards must be marked. The fuel consumption of the district, suburban and comprehensive three working conditions. Consumers can choose vehicles based on the expected fuel consumption after the purchase.

It is worth mentioning that this provision includes not only domestically-made cars, but also imported cars that are sold in China must also be tagged with actual fuel consumption. Imported cars will be designated by the quality inspection department.

How will the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology come up with these fuel consumption values? The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology stressed that the testing will continue to simulate the vehicle’s driving conditions under urban roads and other typical road conditions outside the urban area in accordance with the Test Method for Fuel Consumption of Light Vehicles, by measuring the carbon dioxide of vehicles under the road simulation cycle described above. The emissions of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons are calculated from urban areas, suburban areas and total fuel consumption.

When interviewed by a CBN reporter yesterday, most domestic car manufacturers expressed support for this mandatory policy aimed at guiding consumers to purchase low-energy fuel-efficient cars.

Most companies believe that before the introduction of a unified testing standard, the actual fuel consumption labeling system is difficult to operate, but now the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has issued relevant regulations and designated testing organizations, and things seem to be easier to handle.

In fact, reducing the overall fuel consumption of vehicles is not an easy task, and automobile companies are required to invest great efforts in many aspects such as engine, transmission, body weight, and appearance, which is quite severe for the financial strength and technical capabilities of automobile manufacturers. The test.

The actual fuel consumption regulations were originally planned to be implemented on July 1 this year. However, due to the controversial test methods and relevant standards for real fuel consumption data of vehicles, mandatory regulations have not been responded to by enterprises. Even before the Ministry of Communications had intended to introduce related regulations to get involved. EMU fuel consumption logo management, relevant industry regulations under the government's "long management", has been difficult to produce.

In the end, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology promulgated unified regulations and became the only competent department responsible for the regulation of implementation management. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology will regularly publish to the society and consumers information on the fuel consumption of domestically produced cars and imported cars.

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