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Report: Cars big polluters

Motor vehicles are now a major source of air pollution in China, according to a report released last week by the Ministry of Environment Protection, as the number of vehicles increased 30-fold from 1980 to 2011. Only 5.7 percent of cars on the road meet the National IV Standard - the strictest to date - while 9.5 percent fail to meet the basic National I Standard.

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