Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Limiting and Stopping the Production, Sales and Use of Leaded Fuel

Circular of the General Office of the State Council on Limiting and Stopping the Production, Sales and Use of Leaded Fuel

Guo Ban Fa [1998] No. 129

September 2, 1998

The people's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, all ministries and commissions of the State Council and all departments directly under the State Council,

Since the promulgation of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Air Pollution of the People's Republic of China, certain effectiveness has been achieved in the work of the prevention and control of air pollution in China. However along with the increase of vehicles, the motor leaded fuel causes more and more air pollution, which does serious harm to human health especially child health. The State Council decided to stop producing, selling and using the motor leaded fuel in the allotted time to realize that motor unleaded fuel will be used in the whole country. It is approved by the State Council hereby to give notice on related problems as follows:

I. From the beginning of January 1, 2000, all refineries producing leaded fuel in the whole country must produce unleaded motor fuel instead of motor leaded fuel without exception. Motor unleaded fuel refers to that of grade 90 and above with less than 0.013 gram of lead per liter.
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