<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">China Daily | #AsiaNewsNetwork </b></span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; color: rgb(73, 73, 73);" class="">PUBLISHED 2 JUNE 2019</span></div><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 14px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""> —China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has been booming for nearly a decade, with generous subsidies from the Chinese government and state-sponsored marketing efforts.</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12px; line-height: normal; font-family: Times; color: rgb(0, 0, 238);" class=""><span style="text-decoration: underline; font-kerning: none;" class=""><a href="https://chinadailymail.com/2019/06/01/chinas-electric-vehicle-industry-hit-hard-by-policy-shift-as-beijing-turns-toward-hydrogen-fuel/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://chinadailymail.com/2019/06/01/chinas-electric-vehicle-industry-hit-hard-by-policy-shift-as-beijing-turns-toward-hydrogen-fuel/&source=gmail&ust=1559590184940000&usg=AFQjCNE3fMLUUM2tjMh09nkgfDvtG6EjpQ" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);" class="">https://chinadailymail.com/<wbr class="">2019/06/01/chinas-electric-<wbr class="">vehicle-industry-hit-hard-by-<wbr class="">policy-shift-as-beijing-turns-<wbr class="">toward-hydrogen-fuel/</a></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal; min-height: 18px;" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><b class="">Excerpts</b>: However, the research and development (R&D) subsidies are now shifting to vehicles with hydrogen fuel cells, a new technology that, according to industry, is cleaner and more efficient than lithium battery-run cars</div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><b class="">On March 26, China’s Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Science and Technology, and other agencies jointly announced changes to the subsidy program for lithium battery-powered electric cars, slashing subsidies by 67 percent.</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><b style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">In addition, subsidies for EV vehicles will be phased out completely after 2020.</b></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""><b class="">The Trigger: Li’s Trip to Japan</b></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class="">Chinese Premier Li Keqiang’s visit to Japan in 2018 fundamentally changed his thinking about electric vehicles.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class="">Li visited Toyota Motor Corp.’s factory for manufacturing EV auto parts in Hokkaido on May 11, 2018, and saw a hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle called “MIRAI.” He learned that the MIRAI, which takes only three to four minutes to fuel, has a 650 kilometer (404 miles) driving range.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class="">According to several Chinese media reports, upon Li’s return to China, several ministries and commissions in China quickly assembled a team to develop hydrogen fuel-cell technology, the first signal that China’s policymakers would make the fuel cells a major R&D project.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">A lithium battery has several drawbacks when compared with a hydrogen fuel cell, which uses hydrogen gas as power.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class=""><font size="2" class="">Lithium batteries contain heavy metals such as nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and <b class="">the mining process to extract such metals</b> can cause pollution to nearby water sources. </font><font size="4" class="">Meanwhile, processing o<b class="">f copper</b>,</font><font size="2" class=""> lithium, and other metals create toxic waste that, if not treated and recycled properly, can cause serious environmental problems.</font></span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 251, 0);" class="">The Chinese regime’s phasing out of EV subsidies could be devastating to the industry.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none;" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div class="">
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