Capital to cut back on license plates

Beijing will further reduce the number of new vehicle license-plates it issues in the next three years - a move to reduce traffic gridlock and ease air pollution - authorities announced on Friday.

The Beijing Commission of Transport said the annual license plate quota in 2018 will be 100,000, a sharp reduction from this year's 150,000.

Of those issued, 60,000 will be assigned to new energy vehicles (the same as this year) and the remaining 40,000 to gasoline-powered cars, down from 90,000 this year.