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A car about to be scrapped can be registered for use for only three hundred dollars.
Release time:
05 May,2015
China's "Law on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution" stipulates that motor vehicles and vessels must not exceed the prescribed emission standards when discharging pollutants into the atmosphere. The State Council explicitly requires in its Action Plan for Air Pollution Prevention and Control that vehicles failing to meet emission standards shall not be issued environmental compliance certificates and shall not be allowed on the road. However, investigations by reporters in Beijing, Tianjin, and other areas have revealed that in some underground trading chains for vehicle emission testing, Ministry of Ecology and Environment-supervised environmental compliance certificates can be obtained for a price, and "problem vehicles" nearing the end of their service life can be exempted from inspection and allowed on the road for just 300 yuan.
Any vehicle can pass inspection for a price.
Announcements from environmental protection departments in multiple locations show that exhaust emissions are currently an important item in new vehicle inspections and annual inspections of used vehicles, specifically including indicators such as carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons.
In recent days, reporters visited several motor vehicle testing stations in Beijing and Tianjin in the guise of vehicle inspectors and found that some testing stations not only have numerous illegal vehicle inspection intermediaries known as "car bugs," but also have testing personnel openly providing paid "guaranteed pass" exhaust emission testing services.
At the Jing'an Motor Vehicle Testing Center located in Fengtai District, Beijing, a staff member at the payment window explicitly stated that any vehicle must pass the exhaust emission test at the testing station before an environmental protection certificate can be issued. However, some nearby "car bugs" indicated that as long as the vehicle owner pays them to handle the vehicle inspection, the exhaust emission test is "guaranteed to pass".
A vehicle inspection agent from a company called "Beijing Cheetah Auto Repair" stated that they can provide vehicle inspection agency services. According to the introduction, for a 2002 Santana, for example, the regulated inspection price does not exceed 200 yuan, while the agency service adds 700 yuan. "If your vehicle owner can't pass, we can guarantee it will pass when we do it." This "car bug" said. At the automobile testing station located in Zhongbei Town, Xiqing District, Tianjin, signs clearly stating "Strictly prohibit illegal intermediaries from handling motor vehicle inspection procedures" are posted, and similar announcements are broadcast repeatedly. However, reporters found that on one side of the service hall is the payment window, and on the opposite side sit numerous "car bugs." A "car bug" surnamed Wang declared to the reporter: "No matter what kind of car, 300 yuan guarantees you'll get the environmental protection certificate."
Environmental protection certificates can be obtained without any testing.
Reporters found that the seemingly strict exhaust emission testing process is riddled with loopholes due to the behind-the-scenes operations of "car bugs" and some staff members, making passing the environmental protection inspection "very simple."
In Tianjin, reporters discovered a sedan nearing the end of its service life. According to technical personnel, this Santana 2000, manufactured on January 1, 2002, is 13 years old and has hidden dangers such as a malfunctioning parking brake and severely oxidized headlights.
Can this car pass inspection? Reporters followed and filmed at the Hexi District Motor Vehicle Testing Station in Tianjin and found that under the guidance of a "car bug," the staff did not test the exhaust emissions of the vehicle during the entire inspection process. Afterwards, Tianjin Ruida Motor Vehicle Testing Company, the operator of the Hexi District Motor Vehicle Testing Station, provided a stamped inspection report. In the report, the emission values for carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and other indicators were all blank, with the "emission" column completely devoid of numerical values. With this report, which did not include exhaust emission testing, the vehicle ultimately obtained a green environmental compliance certificate marked as "Ministry of Ecology and Environment-supervised."
In addition to directly issuing environmental protection certificates without testing, "car bugs" often use various methods such as replacing devices, modifying software, and adjusting equipment to pass the exhaust emission test. A staff member at the Beijing Postal Auto Repair General Factory revealed that generally, removing the vehicle's catalytic converter and replacing it with a new one will allow it to pass, and the old one can be reinstalled after the exhaust emission test is passed.
Testing fraud is an open secret within the industry.
Han Yingjian, a former researcher at the Ministry of Ecology and Environment's Motor Vehicle Emission Monitoring Center, stated that collusion between testing station staff and "car bugs" and turning a blind eye to violations are very common. As early as 2011, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment inspected nearly 1,000 motor vehicle environmental inspection institutions nationwide and investigated over 200 illegal, irregular, and non-standard testing issues.
"Some testing stations have shady software; if they want you to pass, you pass; if they don't want you to pass, you don't pass. Some staff members don't even bother to insert the probe into the exhaust pipe, so the measured exhaust emissions naturally meet the standards." Han Yingjian said. A maintenance worker at a Tianjin testing station also stated that there is a large degree of room for manipulation in exhaust emission testing, and a difference of "a few centimeters" between the detector and the exhaust pipe can lower the emission values.
Reporters found through searches on mainstream information classification websites that there are thousands of intermediaries engaged in "vehicle inspection agency services" in the Beijing-Tianjin region. "Exhaust emission data falsification, buying and selling certificates, and perfunctory testing are well-known secrets within the industry." Yan Ziqing, vice chairman of the National Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Professional Committee, said.
Many testing stations are privately owned or contracted by enterprises.
It is understood that in some areas, the public security traffic management department is responsible for reviewing the results, the environmental protection department is responsible for the standards, and the price department is responsible for the prices. A small testing station is supervised by at least three departments. Why can't so many departments control testing fraud? According to reporters' understanding, in some areas, motor vehicle testing stations each have their own "background," and their actual operators are public institutions under environmental sanitation, transportation, and other departments.
Some environmental experts pointed out that due to various management loopholes, there is a large amount of rent-seeking space in automobile exhaust emission testing, making it a tool for some people to seek personal gain, rendering national environmental protection standards meaningless.
In recent years, many vehicle inspection institutions have been found to have engaged in false testing. Gao Bin, a former police officer at the Zhengzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau's Motor Vehicle Testing Center, repeatedly accepted more than 90,000 yuan from vehicle inspection agency intermediaries, even demanding that "car bugs" buy him a 2,700 yuan blood pressure treatment instrument to help ensure the smooth passage of the inspection.
A "car bug" in Beijing who claims to be able to handle multiple testing stations in the suburbs revealed that many testing stations are privately owned or contracted by enterprises, "Testing station fraud can make more money; if the inspection is too strict, no one will go."
Reporters found that at some testing stations in Beijing and Tianjin, after giving "car bugs" a commission, they can skip the queue and undergo testing directly, and can even undergo four or five rounds of testing until they pass. Vehicle owners who do not pay a "commission" can only queue for a long time.
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