Motor vehicle emission detection is essential to control the source of mobile pollution on the road.
According to Xinhuanet Automobile, a few days ago, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, together with the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Transport, and the State Administration for Market Regulation, organized relevant departments of various provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) to carry out special rectification of third-party institutions in the field of motor vehicle emission inspection. The Ministry of Ecology and Environment requires that all localities and departments should closely coordinate and cooperate to establish and improve joint case-handling work mechanisms for departments such as ecology and environment, market supervision, transportation, public security, procuratorates and courts, promote the connection between executions, implement joint disciplinary action, and strengthen the full-chain crackdown on illegal institutions.
Carry out special rectification
According to a content released on the official website of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, on the morning of September 27, the "2024 Special Rectification Work Training Course for Third-party Institutions in the Field of Motor Vehicle Emission Inspection" hosted by the Ecological and Environmental Law Enforcement Bureau of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and undertaken by the Environmental Engineering Assessment Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment opened in Longgang District, Shenzhen. More than 90 heads of ecological and environmental departments at the prefectural and municipal levels from 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government) and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps participated in the training.
Source: Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment
The above content also said that in recent years, the problem of fraud by motor vehicle emission inspection agencies and compulsory maintenance agencies has been very prominent. The central ecological and environmental protection inspection team has taken it as an important issue in some provinces and cities to supervise, and recently the leaders of the ministry have also led teams to some provinces and cities to conduct special investigations, and the phenomenon of fraud in motor vehicle emission inspection and maintenance is widespread. The ministry organized and carried out special rectification training courses, which reflected the strength and determination of the next step to strictly rectify the illegal chaos in the field of motor vehicle emission inspection.
According to Xinhuanet Automobile, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment and relevant departments held a special rectification work meeting on third-party institutions in the field of motor vehicle emission inspection on September 20, pointing out that the current contribution of excessive emissions from mobile sources to air pollution is becoming increasingly prominent, and the third-party institutions in the field of motor vehicle emission inspection are key links in the control of mobile source pollution, and their fraudulent behavior not only affects the healthy and orderly development of the industry, but also seriously infringes on the environmental rights and interests of the masses.
Image source: Ministry of Ecology and Environment's official website
The meeting called for investigation and rectification in accordance with the work idea of "governance, crackdown, interruption, and construction", and focused on cracking down on fraud such as issuing false inspection reports and issuing false maintenance certificates, and seriously dealt with them in accordance with laws and regulations. Resolutely cut off the chain of interests in the production, sale and use of cheating devices, as well as the chain of interests in false maintenance and cheating inspection. Establish and improve a long-term regulatory mechanism to promote the healthy and orderly development of the field of motor vehicle inspection.
From August 29th to 30th, Yu Huiwen, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, led a team to Chengdu and Meishan in Sichuan Province to investigate the supervision of mobile sources.
The research team went deep into the Chengdu base of the National Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Pollution Control and Simulation, Meishan Pengshan District Delong Motor Vehicle Testing Co., Ltd., Chengdu Shuangliu Zhongwei Motor Vehicle Testing Co., Ltd., Chengdu Shuangliu Sunshine Public Transport Co., Ltd. and other relevant units to fully understand the construction of the Key Laboratory of Motor Vehicle Pollution Control and Simulation, and carefully inquired about the daily supervision of mobile sources and the current operation status of related enterprises.
In addition, the research team also inspected in detail the illegal use of OBD (on-board emission diagnosis system) fault decoder interference detection by motor vehicle inspection and testing institutions, unauthorized modification of vehicle fuel supply system through testing, issuance of qualified reports on vehicles emitting black smoke, and false maintenance certificates issued by maintenance agencies for unmaintained vehicles.
Briefing on the situation in many places
According to Xinhuanet Automobile, motor vehicle exhaust detection is an important means to screen unqualified motor vehicles, force maintenance and management, and supervise motor vehicles to drive up to standard. It can be said that motor vehicle emission detection is the "last gate" to control the source of mobile pollution on the road. However, the investigation found that this "last floodgate" was not closed tightly in many places, and the phenomenon of "running air and leaking" was common.
According to the Ecological Environment Bureau of Bengbu City, Anhui Province, Anhui Zeyu Motor Vehicle Safety Comprehensive Testing Co., Ltd. has issued a total of 71 false inspection and testing reports since the end of September 2023 in the process of motor vehicle inspection and testing.
The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment reported that law enforcement officers found that the vehicle code information read by the on-board emission diagnostic system (OBD) in the inspection report and inspection process data of a motor vehicle inspection company in Huairou District was completely consistent. The investigation found that the unit took measures such as forcibly shutting down the computer to terminate the inspection procedure and connecting external cheats in violation of regulations to tamper with the OBD reading data and inspection results when the 7 vehicles did not meet the inspection standards, so that the unqualified vehicles passed the test in confusion.
Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment and Chongqing Municipal Public Security Bureau recently reported that the inspection found that Chongqing Xiaoyuan Motor Vehicle Testing Co., Ltd. was only 270mm deep into the exhaust pipe when testing the exhaust gas of a diesel vehicle, which did not reach the standard of 400mm, and issued an emission inspection report with a qualified test conclusion, which constituted an environmental violation of issuing a false emission inspection report.
The Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment also recently reported that the on-site investigation found that the driver (and owner) of the two heavy-duty diesel trucks with license plate numbers black MM2**7 and black MN4**7 used a nut to raise the temperature sensor of the vehicle emission system by 2-3 cm without authorization, resulting in the temperature sensor being unable to function.
For the above-mentioned illegal acts such as destroying the environment of the on-board emission diagnosis system of motor vehicles, the local ecological environment bureaus have made punishment decisions on the relevant personnel.
Recently, the Guangzhou Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the Public Security Bureau, and the Market Supervision Bureau organized a special meeting on the supervision of motor vehicle testing institutions in Guangzhou to conduct joint interviews and warnings to 53 motor vehicle inspection institutions that have found problems since 2023. Fujian, Liaoning, Shanxi, Yunnan and other provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have also begun to deploy special rectification of third-party institutions in the field of motor vehicle emission inspection.
Xinhuanet Automobile said in the report that the special rectification will carry out a comprehensive investigation of the motor vehicle emission inspection agency, focusing on the issuance of false inspection reports, false inspection reports, and non-compliance with the motor vehicle emission inspection specifications. At the same time, combined with the clues of the motor vehicle emission inspection agency, the motor vehicle emission performance maintenance (repair) station and other maintenance institutions will be investigated and rectified, focusing on checking false maintenance, assisting car owners to carry out environmental protection illegal modifications, flashing OBD and other issues.
The content is synthesized from the official websites of Xinhuanet Automobile, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment