In response to a recent media report that Beijing was set to levy emission fees on vehicles this year and a public hearing will be held before the program's kickoff, an environmental official of the capital city said yesterday that charging vehicle emission fees is a policy in consideration and it will not be implemented in 2009, xinhuanet.com reported today.

The Beijing city government has decided not to restrict the vehicle number, purchases and license plates while seeking solutions to the traffic jam, announced by Wang Haiping, vice director of Beijing Municipal Commission of Development and Reform yesterday, according to xinhuanet.com.

Beijing city raised retail gasoline and diesel prices overnight by 2-4 percent effective from zero hour today, reported Reuters citing an announcement of the Beijing Municipal government this morning.

Beijing is taking new measures to keep the Chinese capital's air clean and traffic smooth as seen during the Olympic season. According to the new series of traffic rules, only 100,000 vehicle license plates will be issued each year in the capital city, and that means half of car dealers in Beijing will go out of business, said xinhuanet.com today.

Beijing's auto market suffered a big slump in August when only 45,000 new and second-hand vehicles were sold, down nearly 40% month on month, reported Beijing Morning Post today. Usually the last four months of a year are the peak sales season in the car market, but this year the sluggish market is hard to change for the better.

Beijing Benz-DaimlerChrysler Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBDC), a 50-50 joint venture between DaimlerChrysler and Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Co., Ltd, will hold its first board meeting with new members later this month, but no Chrysler members will attend the meeting, reported Jinghua newspaper.

In what must be one of the most spectacular Olympic closing ceremonies of all time, maybe only coming second to the opening event, China closed the 29th Olympiad on Sunday 24th August. In a complete contrast to the bright pink, red and white of the Chinese performance, London offered something of a grim view for the future and 2012.

Shanghai, August 22 (Gasgoo.com) Beijing is mulling a plan to levy car pollution fee after the Olympic Games in the effort to keep the city's air always fresh after the world's sports event, reported Beijing News yesterday.

In the five days since the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, star-rated hotels in Beijing have seen a steady rise in their occupancy rate and tourist attractions have received more visitors.

The Beijing 2008 Olympics are underway in Beijing, and the city is on full display. But many of the visitors aren't aware of the people who have been forced out of the city because the were considered undesirable by the government.

The Beijing Daily has put together a number of tips for cost-efficient travel in Beijing.

As the Olympic countdown reaches hours rather than days before kick-off, speculation about the weather condition become less abstract - will the pollution clear? - and more real - has it or not? However even now the issue of air pollution is a little hazy (apologies); conflicting stories seem and contrasting conditions seem to be stirring up debate.