Beijing to maintain car quota for 2013
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BEIJING, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- Beijing will maintain its license 1 plate lottery 2 scheme next year, as well as cap the number of registered cars at 240,000, a local official said Thursday.
Li Xiaosong, deputy director of the municipal commission of transport, told a press conference that the number of new vehicles on the road has been significantly curbed 3 since the adoption 4 of a system in 2011 that requires car buyers to participate in a lottery every month to obtain purchase permits.
However, congestion 5 still remains 6 a large problem, Li said, adding that the previous car quota 7 of 240,000 will remain unchanged for 2013.
Li said different ways of allocating 8 the quota are still being discussed and will be publicly announced after being finalized 9.
"Permits that are not used by winning lottery participants will be put back in the pool," Li said.
The number of participants in January's lottery exceeded 1.4 million. Approximately 20,000 purchase permits are set to be issued.
Beijing has a permanent population of around 20 million and some 5.2 million vehicles, with the number of private cars still on the rise.
n.执照，许可证，特许；v.许可，特许
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
n.抽彩；碰运气的事，难于算计的事
- He won no less than ￡5000 in the lottery.他居然中了5000英镑的奖券。
- They thought themselves lucky in the lottery of life.他们认为自己是变幻莫测的人生中的幸运者。
v.限制，克制，抑制( curb的过去式和过去分词 )
- Advertising aimed at children should be curbed. 针对儿童的广告应受到限制。 来自辞典例句
- Inflation needs to be curbed in Russia. 俄罗斯需要抑制通货膨胀。 来自辞典例句
n.采用，采纳，通过；收养
- An adoption agency had sent the boys to two different families.一个收养机构把他们送给两个不同的家庭。
- The adoption of this policy would relieve them of a tremendous burden.采取这一政策会给他们解除一个巨大的负担。
n.阻塞，消化不良
- The congestion in the city gets even worse during the summer.夏天城市交通阻塞尤为严重。
- Parking near the school causes severe traffic congestion.在学校附近泊车会引起严重的交通堵塞。
n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹
- He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
- The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。
n.（生产、进出口等的）配额，（移民的）限额
- A restricted import quota was set for meat products.肉类产品设定了进口配额。
- He overfulfilled his production quota for two months running.他一连两个月超额完成生产指标。
分配，分派( allocate的现在分词 )； 把…拨给
- Administrative practice generally follows the judicial model in allocating burdens of proof. 在分配举证责任方面，行政实践通常遵循司法模式。
- A cyclical multiplexing technique, allocating resources in fixed-time slices. 以固定的时间片分配资源的循环复用技术。
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