Official calls for upgrade on electric bike standards

A senior official has called to renew the national safety standard for electric bike manufacturing and set designated areas in communities to park the vehicles as the country has witnessed a rising number of fires caused by these bikes.

Sun Huashan, vice-minister of the Ministry of Emergency Management, made the comment at a national conference on electric bike management on Friday.

China has topped the world in electric bike manufacturing and use, and the number of fires caused by the vehicles has been on the rise in recent years, said Sun.