Two departments publicly solicit opinions to improve the quality of motor vehicle emissions inspection.

The Ministry of Ecology and Environment, in conjunction with the State Administration for Market Regulation, recently publicly solicited opinions from the public on advancing reform of the supervision of motor vehicle emission inspection agencies and improving the quality of emission inspections. It is hoped that through measures such as source control and strict inspections, the emissions of pollutants from motor vehicles can be reduced. The draft solicitation makes it clear that inspections must be carried out strictly in accordance with the law and regulations. Inspection agencies must conduct inspections strictly in accordance with standards and regulations, rigorously inspect abnormal use of pollution control devices, abnormal addition of urea, abnormal operation of OBD (on-board diagnostics), rigorously inspect unauthorized modifications to pollution control devices, unauthorized tampering with OBD, and excessive black smoke emissions. Improve the ability to identify illegal and non-compliant vehicles, and prohibit unauthorized reduction of inspection items, lowering of inspection standards, changes to inspection parameters and conditions, swapping of inspection samples or altering their original state, forgery or tampering with inspection data and results, etc. The draft solicitation requires the Ministry of Ecology and Environment to promote intelligent and precise supervision, develop models for detecting abnormalities and cheating, establish a database for identifying inspection and detection abnormalities, and encourage the promotion of "one code per front line." Inspection agencies must install and use video monitoring in accordance with standard requirements, with the ability to freely access footage within 24 months; at the same time, promote "transparent management and clear lines" and gradually implement visible layout of emission inspection equipment pipelines to prevent inspection data tampering and other misconduct.