China’s New Measure for New Energy Automobiles†

中国新能源汽车的新举措*

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China’s Ministry of Finance, State Taxation Administration, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology jointly announced in September 2022 that new energy automobiles purchased in 2023 will be exempt from automobile purchase tax.  The explicit goals of this policy are to “support the development of the new energy automobile industry and promote automobile consumption”.

The Chinese government made similar announcements in 2014 and 2018, granting tax exemptions for new energy automobiles purchased from September 1, 2014 to December 31, 2017 and from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020, respectively.  To what extent have these tax exemptions announced in 2014 and 2018 helped China meet its carbon reduction targets?   The answer to this question can provide a clearer benchmark for assessing the potential impact of this latest round of tax exemptions.  More importantly, have new energy automobiles been proven to be a truly effective means for a country to reduce its carbon emissions?

中国财政部、国家税务总局、工业和信息化部于2022年9月联合宣布，在2023年购置的新能源汽车将免征车辆购置税。该政策的明确目标是“支持新能源汽车产业发展，促进汽车消费”。

中国政府于2014年和2018年也发布了类似的公告，分别对2014年9月1日至2017年12月31日和2018年1月1日至2020年12月31日期间购置的新能源汽车给予免税。这些于2014年和2018年公告的免税措施在多大程度上帮助了中国实现其碳减排目标？这个问题的答案可以为评估最新一轮免税的潜在影响提供一个更清晰的基准。更重要的是，新能源汽车是否已被证明为能让一个国家减少碳排放的真正有效的方法？

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^† This piece was contributed by Jingjia (Violet) Zhang and edited by SINOTALKS.COM.

^* 此文章由张静佳提供，并由丝络谈™编辑。