GUANGZHOU - On July 28, five provincial government departments of Guangdong, including the Environmental Protection Bureau, the Economic & Information Commission, Public Security Bureau, Administration of Quality and Technology Supervision, and Administration of Industry and Commerce, made a joint announcement that the Pearl-River Delta Area will officially implement State IV emission standards on all vehicles from September 1.

While small niche carmakers such as Subaru, Jaguar and Land Rover are busy planning for local production these days, existing joint ventures that assemble luxury brands such as Beijing-Benz and BMW-Brilliance are also mulling aggressive capacity expansions.

- by Wang Jitao In the Chinese auto industry's short history, overcapacity has been attacked as a problem perhaps more than any other issue. It has been routine for the auto community to join masses of commentators criticizing overcapacity. Suffice it to say, I was no exception, and I have always concluded my remarks with the same sentence: Let's wait and see; things will progress as I predicted.

- by Wang Qiufeng  On May 4, PSA signed a 50:50 JV agreement with Chang'an Automobile (Group) Corp. to produce light commercial vehicles and passenger cars.

- by Li Miao   As domestic media is speculating about when the government would announce the specific subsidies for new energy vehicles, four EV State standards were announced by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) on its website on April 30, which will have a decisive impact on the fate of electric vehicles in China.

China's new energy vehicle industry has an unprecedented development opportunity in 2010, that in turn also brings business potentials for parts suppliers. However, high production costs, lack of charging stations, and key parts and technologies that are still not up to par still bottleneck the industry development. High investment with little breakthrough has tamed the green vehicle excitement of parts and components makers.

China's heavy-duty truck industry has celebrated a cheerful year in 2009, with unexpected strong growth in sales, reaching a total of 635,568 units.

As a supporter of green traffic, I used to park my Peugeot 307 on the road outside my apartment on weekdays. As almost half population in Beijing opted leaving the city and spending the Chinese New Year holidays in their hometowns, the Spring Festival offers me precious driving opportunities in Beijing.

Driven by booming sales in China's heavy-duty market, a number of new automakers have joined the fray in the past few years.

- by He Lun 

It is recently reported that PSA Peugeot Citroën is talking with Chang'an Auto Group about a joint venture, which has attracted much public attention. Some people in the industry circles maintain that the government should deny PSA the establishment of another joint venture in China since the French automaker's first JV, Dongfeng-Peugeot-Citroën (Shenlong Auto) has been underperforming. I beg to differ with these people. We have no reason to allow PSA to "hang itself from one and the same tree." PSA has the right to choose a new partner as long as it does not violate the