强制报废期止 or mandatory scrapping deadline

[andre555]

Question came up as a friend want to buy a used Yamaha Scooter from 1999.

I read from euphonius that his bike Jialing 600 has an 强制报废期止 - mandatory scrapping deadline of 11 years.
Checked my bike has 13 years, a XY250-GY2 - registered in Yunnan/Kunming in 2010.

Anybody any idea why is it different, by model, city, year of registration...What do you guys got? Lets see if we can make somethin out of it to understand the local setting better...here is for an starter:

13 years - Shineray XY250-GY2; Registration 05/2010; Kunming/Yunnan

[humanbeing]

...13 years - Shineray XY250-GY2; Registration 05/2010; Kunming/Yunnan

Depends region it's 8-10 yr + 3 yr (延缓报废) http://baike.baidu.com/view/2709362.html
That last 3 yr need half yearly visits "offical" . http://www.wuhai.gov.cn/inforead/rea...B2%BF&id=10978
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TiC When deadline comes -Ride it illegally - Stamp another "vin" & registered as new in some "remote" places

[felix]

When deadline comes -Ride it illegally - Stamp another "vin" & registered as new in some "remote" places

Haha, that's why this country is still fun to live in!

My XTR250 got 12 years, registered in 2009 in nanjing.

[chinabiker]

TiC When deadline comes -Ride it illegally - Stamp another "vin" & registered as new in some "remote" places

Haha, that's why this country is still fun to live in!

And also why it can p#@s you off

[Steve_R]

This is all very informative news, I've learned a ton of new things from this website. Does anyone know if the mandatory scrapping deadline also applies to cars, and if so, what the rules and time limits are?

I'd be very curious to know what the deal is here. It sure looks like the government prefers to scrap vehicles when they reach a pre-determined 'age limt'. This is consistent with many other things about China, i.e. new buildings quickly becoming old buildings, demolished, rebuilt, etc. Same thing with road construction, new roads become old roads in a few years, they get torn up, reconstructed etc.

So I'm wondering how long the period is before the mandatory scrapping deadline for cars, and what happens when they scrap the cars -- if indeed that rule applies?

[ChinaV]

My car is 13 years and my motorcycle is 13 years, both with Guangdong registration. The roads seem to last about 3-5 years, houses about 10-15, apartment buildings maybe 20-30. Those fancy govt buildings made of polished marble look as though they will be around for a while though.

Cheers!
ChinaV