Chargers for electric cars to be required

Hebei province will require newly-built residential communities to install electrical charging facilities in parking spaces and encourage older communities to follow suit, in a move to promote the use of new-energy vehicles and cut vehicle emissions.

The move was added to the province's regulation on the prevention and control of air pollution, which was approved on Wednesday at the closing ceremony of the fourth session of the 12th Hebei Provincial People's Congress.

According to the regulations, buses, taxis and vehicles used by governments and for sanitation and delivery in the province should first choose new-energy vehicles.