More funds for green vehicles

In response to growing pressure to reduce energy consumption and better protect the environment, the government is to increase efforts to develop and promote vehicles powered by clean fuels, senior officials have said.

Shang Yong, vice-minister of science and technology, said in an online interview at china.com.cn yesterday that with the Olympic Games and World Expo just around the corner, the government wanted to push vehicles powered by fuel cells, electricity and fixed power.

Wu Ping, a section chief at the ministry, said it had spent 800 million yuan ($106 million) on research work on the three types of vehicles and had already made great progress.