首页            中科视点 |产业视点 | 区域视点 | 国际视点 | 专题视野 | 中国经济 | 全球经济 | 国际贸易 | 中国贸易 | 热点下载
 當前網頁繁簡切換
英文视点 | Global News | China News | District News | Market News | Economy       英文網站 | 繁體網站
中科纵横官方微信 
搜索:通过此功能可以快速搜索本站内容.
关键字
您当前位置: 首页 >> Market News >> news
Ministry cleans up car wash scam
时间:2018-9-12

Ministry cleans up car wash scam

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has criticized a city in Shaanxi province where local government departments forced freight trucks to pay for washing services in the name of removing road dust and combating air pollution, saying the practice smeared the country’s ongoing pollution reduction efforts.

The response followed the demolition of three truck wash sites in Binzhou, Shaanxi, on Aug 26, which had been charging trucks entering the city’s urban areas for compulsory washes since March last year. The charges ranged from 10 to 20 yuan ($1.46 to $2.90) depending on the vehicle’s size.

Many truck drivers had complained that the service was perfunctory, with the entire process taking just a few seconds, Xinhua News Agency reported. The sites were closed in April after Xi’an TV, a broadcaster in the capital of Shaanxi, exposed the scandal, but they had resumed operations by July.

Investigations showed that local authorities had adopted a “one-size-fits-all” approach by imposing truck washes on all vehicles, regardless of whether the operation was necessary or could damage goods that were not waterproof.

“Some local governments carry out illegal activities under the name of environmental protection, which in fact has nothing to do with the job,” Liu Youbin, a spokesman for the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, told a news conference. “The car wash sites do not aim to reduce pollution, but to charge fees.”

A statement posted earlier on the ministry’s website said abuse of power under the guise of environmental protection should be strictly prohibited, along with the one-size-fits-all working style that could disrupt people’s lives. Inspections conducted by the central government will target such acts and hold violators accountable, it added.

As antipollution efforts have intensified in recent years, some local governments have opted to shut down all industrial activities in order to pass inspections, especially in sectors such as construction and quarrying.

In May, the ministry released a guideline urging local authorities to avoid the one-size-fits-all approach and minimize the impact on people’s lives. The approach has been listed as an example of formalism and bureaucracy, and officials insisting on it will be held accountable, it said.

The guideline called for antipollution measures to be tailored to match local conditions.

打印】【关闭
上一篇:
下一篇:
Chinese president arrives in Russia
网站推荐:
 国家信息中心 国务院发展研究中心 中国社会科学院 中国发改委 中国科学院 中国海关 国家统计局
关于我们 | 联系我们 | 订购流程 | 付款方式 | 免责声明 | 友情链接| 诚聘英才
Copyright:北京中科纵横信息技术研究院 All Rights Reserved
电话:010-84675230 传真:010-84673367 邮箱:service@zkreport.org

北京中科纵横信息技术研究院

京ICP备09112509号-2

京公网安备 11010502032533号