| 03-04-2008
ETHANOL gasoline began to sell in all 14 cities in southwest China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region today, becoming China's 10th province to adopt bio-energy as auto fuels.
About 350,000 vehicles and more than three million motorcycles have had their engines prepared for the environmentally friend energy, said Fu Jian, head of Guangxi's transportation department.
The energy reform taking place in Guangxi is part of the country's energy replacement strategy, according to Xinhua news agency.
China has launched bio-fuel promotion campaign in Jilin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Henan and Anhui provinces as well as part of its Hubei, Shandong, Jiangsu and Hebei Provinces.
The country's rapidly growing auto market caused a strong demand for gasoline. However, China is not a country full of petrol deposits. It imported 160 million tons of petrol last year, up 12 percent from a year ago, accounting for 46 percent of the total usage.
Meanwhile, gas emission has become a major pollution source in big cities around China. Compared with gas, ethanol is recyclable with fewer emissions, which attracted the central government's attention.
By 2010, China will use 30.2 million tons of ethanol gasoline annually, accounting for half of the total gasoline consumption, which will bring the country to third place for ethanol use following the United States and Brazil.
Editor: Ida Zhang from Chinabuses.com
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