Strengthening the supervision and management of scrapped motor vehicle recycling, seven departments issued notices

In a recent initiative, seven government departments, including the Ministry of Commerce, issued a notification aimed at strengthening the supervision and management of end-of-life vehicle recycling. The notification encourages auto manufacturers to engage in the recycling of scrapped vehicles, emphasizing that these producers must fulfill their legal responsibilities.

According to the notification, local departments such as commerce, public security, ecological environment, transportation, and market regulation will crack down on illegal recycling and dismantling activities. From October to December 2024, a three-month special action will be conducted to combat such illegal practices.

Here are the key details:

1. **Strengthening Qualification Management for End-of-Life Vehicle Recycling:**
Local authorities are to orderly carry out the qualification assessment for recycling enterprises, strictly adhering to management regulations and related standards. Auto manufacturers are encouraged to participate in vehicle recycling, ensuring they fulfill their producer responsibilities. Localities should optimize the layout of the recycling industry and enhance the recycling system, making it easier for vehicle owners to surrender their vehicles. Additionally, they will monitor dismantling capacity and provide timely updates on local dismantling capacity utilization. If recycling companies are found lacking the necessary qualifications or fail to make required corrections, their qualifications will be revoked and publicly announced.

2. **Guiding Quality Upgrades in Recycling Enterprises:**
The notification urges recycling companies to adopt more refined dismantling practices and embrace digital transformation. By facilitating online transaction platforms, these entities can expand the sale of reused parts and enhance profitability. The guidelines also encourage proper dismantling of new energy vehicles to meet the industry’s needs, and outline acceptable channels for the sale of vehicle major assemblies to qualified remanufacturers. Recycling companies should aim to maximize resource utilization and explore connections to downstream industries like steel and nonferrous metals, thereby strengthening their operational capacity and services.

3. **Conducting Special Operations Against Illegal Recycling and Dismantling:**
Local authorities will be on high alert against illegal recycling operations between October and December 2024. They will establish public reporting hotlines and encourage citizen involvement in reporting illegal activities. The focus will be on unqualified recycling practices, the illegal sale of scrapped vehicles, and breaches of pollution regulations. Law enforcement will be vigilant about compliance with scrapping standards and environmental safety checks for vehicles due for scrapping.

4. **Enhancing Organizational Implementation:**
Collaboration among local departments—including commerce, development and reform, public security, ecological environment, transportation, and market regulation—is crucial. By sharing information and conducting joint law enforcement actions, these departments aim to effectively combat illegal activities and promote lawful operational practices within qualified enterprises. Adjustments to responsibilities will be coordinated under local government leadership to ensure seamless oversight.

Through the implementation of these measures, the initiative seeks not only to address illegal recycling practices but also to foster a healthy and orderly development of the end-of-life vehicle recycling industry.

(CCTV reporter Song Wan contributed to this report.)