Motor vehicle age limit table

Model

Retirement period

Can it be postponed

Maximum delay

Mandatory retirement period

in accordance with

Non-operating passenger cars

Nine or less (inclusive)

15

can

Any

Endorsement to December 31, 2099

"Notice on Adjusting Some Provisions for Vehicle Scrap Standards" ( National Economic and Trade Resources [ 2000] 1202)

More than nine

10

can

10

20 years

Tourist bus

10

can

10

20 years

Operating (non-rental) passenger cars

10

can

5

15 years

Automobile scrap standards ( revised in 1997) (National Economic and Trade Economics [1997] No. 456) and "Circular on Adjusting the Standards for the Deprecation of Light-duty Trucks" (National Economic and Trade Economics [1998] No. 407)

Light goods, large goods

10

can

5

15 years

Micro cargo, taxis under 19 seats

8

no

8 years

More than 20 taxis

8

can

4

12 years

With trailer trucks, mining trucks

8

can

4

12 years

Automobile scrap standards ( revised in 1997) (National Economic and Trade Economics [1997] No. 456)

Cranes, fire engines, drill trucks and other special vehicles

10

can

appropriate

Endorsement to December 31, 2099

Trailer

10

can

5

15 years

"Notice Concerning the Implementation of "Automatic Vehicle Destruction Standards" (Bus Control [1997] No. 261)

Semi-trailer

10

can

5

15 years

Semitrailer

10

can

5

15 years

Three-wheel agricultural use

6

can

3

9 years

Agricultural vehicle scrap standards

Four-wheel agricultural use

9

can

3

12 years

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Three-wheel motorcycle

7-9

Available (except Liuzhou City)

3

10-12 years

Interim Provisions on Motorcycle Scraping Standards (Commercial Committee, Planning Commission, Ministry of Public Security, and State Environmental Protection Administration jointly issued article No. 33)

Other motorcycles

8-10

Available (except Liuzhou City)

3

11-13 years

Other cars

10

can

5

15 years

Automobile scrap standards ( revised in 1997) (National Economic and Trade Economics [1997] No. 456)