A joint Chinese-American project was launched yesterday to reduce harmful diesel emissions on Beijing buses.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) detailed plans designed to reduce particle emissions by 90 per cent on 30 of the Chinese capital’s diesel buses.

The buses will be fitted with two new technologies: one that can reduce particulates by 30 per cent, and another that when combined with low-sulphur fuel, can reduce particulates by up to 90 per cent.

Merrylin Zaw-Mon, director of the Certification and Compliance Division of the US EPA, told the China Daily this scheme is the first step in reducing Beijing’s notorious traffic pollution.

“If successful, we hope the modifications can spread to all Beijing's diesel engines,” she said.

There are currently 2.5 million vehicles on Beijing's roads of which 120,000 are diesel-fuelled.


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