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July 11th, 2013 
Peter Nolan 
China will further restrict the sale of cars for private use in a bid to fight pollution.
Source: AAP
CHINA is planning to up the number of cities that restrict vehicle purchases, in a bid to fight pollution and congestion.
Four cities including Beijing and Shanghai already curb the purchase of vehicles for private use, for example by restricting sales to 20,000 per year through a lottery system.
On Thursday, state media quoted the deputy secretary general of the government-backed China Association of Automobile Manufacturers as saying eight more cities are likely to announce similar policies.
The eight include port city Tianjin, near Beijing, metropolis Chongqing in the southwest and industrial powerhouse Shenzhen, not far from Hong Kong.
With more than 13 million cars sold in China last year, motor vehicles and their emissions have emerged as the chief culprit for air pollution in large cities.
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