The environmental protection bureau of the city of Harbin, Heilongjiang province has announced that any mobile diesel-powered off-road machinery that fails to meet National Emissions Standard Level III will not be allowed in the city starting April 1, with the exception of agricultural machinery, but that diesel-powered agricultural machinery that fails to meet the standard by Dec 1, 2016, will not be allowed in.

China is tightening controls on heavily polluting vehicles to keep them off the roads. [Photo/China Daily]

And gasoline-powered light-duty vehicles, and diesel-powered heavy-duty vehicles such as coaches, buses, sanitation trucks and postal vehicles that fail to meet National Emissions Standard Level V as of Jan 1, 2017 will not be allowed to run on its roads.

Then, light-duty diesel-powered vehicles that fail to meet Standard Level V as of Jan 1, 2018, will not be allowed in, Level V is China’s most stringent standard and is similar to Europe’s V standard.