City takes aim at black vehicle exhaust

SHANGHAI: This city's legislature endorsed a bill yesterday that is expected to ban vehicles that emit black exhaust.

This revision to Shanghai's existing amendments to a national law on the prevention of air pollution - due to take effect on January 1 - stipulates that no vehicles are allowed to emit black exhaust.

The drivers of any vehicles seen doing so or those whose emissions contain more pollutants than the national or city standards will have their licenses confiscated. They will also have to have their vehicles fixed within a set period. Violators will only get their licenses back when they pass an emissions test.