Restricted entry policies affect the circulation of the used car market

Recently, a piece of news about “a number of cities improving the use of used cars in Beijing” has triggered people’s concerns about used cars. According to reports, 61 cities across the country, including Zhengzhou in Henan Province and Shijiazhuang City in Hebei Province, have introduced policies to set up “advanced barriers” for used cars. For example, the used cars that do not reach State III or even State IV emission standards are forbidden to move in. Since more than half of the used cars in these areas are from Beijing, this move was regarded by the industry as a strong “blocking” of used cars in Beijing, which triggered a considerable shock in the used car circulation market.

According to some media interpretations, the reason why a number of provinces and cities in the foreign region resisted the move-in of used cars in Beijing was mainly due to the influx of used cars that intensified local traffic congestion and affected local sales of new cars. Environmental pollution has had adverse effects and so on. Although at first glance it was reasonable, careful analysis provided some reasons that were too far-fetched and could not withstand scrutiny at all.

According to the data provided by the Shijiazhuang Traffic Management Bureau, the annual growth of motor vehicles in the urban area was nearly 100,000 in 2011. In January this year, 14,000 new motor vehicles were added in the urban area, with a growth rate of as high as 30%, which is close to that of Beijing. Total motor vehicle control. At this rate of development, within three years, the number of motor vehicles in the urban area will exceed 1 million, and urban motor vehicle travel will tend to be saturated.

From this set of data, we only saw a significant increase in the number of new motor vehicles in Shijiazhuang, but the number of newly added vehicles was from unfinished vehicles, and it was concluded that the intensification of urban congestion was from the outside. Used cars are obviously too one-sided. At the same time, we should also rationally recognize that urban congestion is caused by various reasons. Irrational urban planning and lagging road construction are all important factors, and the growth of motor vehicles is inevitable for social development. Laws have already proved to be of little use to curbing congestion by reducing the number of motor vehicles. The best example is the fact that Beijing’s Yaohao’s congestion situation has not improved for a year or a half.

In recent years, the country's requirements for environmental protection indicators such as PM2.5 have continued to increase, and the influx of old motor vehicles does indeed cause pollution in the local area. Therefore, it is also reasonable for local vehicles to restrict vehicles with excessive emission limits. However, this undoubtedly undermines the interests of consumers as a precondition (Beijing can only use subsidies to relocate used cars to get subsidies), and is to directly transfer the adverse effects of environmental governance to consumers, let consumers themselves Pay for this. As consumers, they should have the right to choose whether they want to buy a new car or a used car, instead of being deprived of the right to choose because of the selfish nature of the local government.

At the same time, we have also noticed such a detail. Some cities have actually exceeded the emission requirements for new cars when they move into used cars. This practice is obviously unfair to used cars.

We believe that restricting the use of second-hand vehicles in various localities is not only detrimental to the healthy development of the used-car market, but also has adversely affected the circulation of used cars. If the used car cannot be effectively circulated, it will inevitably lead to the continued decline in the price of used cars, which will allow some persons with a willingness to replace to extend the replacement period. In this way, the reduction in replacement demand will reduce the sales of new cars; on the other hand, Under the condition that China’s automobile scrapping system is still incomplete, these used cars that are close to the scrapped years will be sold to dealers. If some dealers fail to scrap them, they will re-enter the market after a change of face and will also bring great social benefits. Traffic hazards.

Here we also call for not to affect the normal development of the entire used car market because of local interests. Only by making the used car market more rationally develop can we promote the healthy growth of the overall automobile market in China.