Beijing: new car? You must win the lottery first!

21 October 2020
Lotteria

This is one of the measures introduced in Beijing by the Chinese Government aimed at limiting pollution. In order to buy a new car, the inhabitants of the city, in fact, must take part in a lottery and hope to win. This is not easy at all since Beijing has a population of more than 20 million people and the license plates made available in 2018 were 100 thousand. This means that, in the extractions that take place every two months, a number plate is granted for every 2,000 people who have requested it. In addition to this, there exists a further action issued by the Chinese government that refrains non electric cars from being used once a week.