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The volume of in-use vehicles in China will reach 32 million by the end of 2006 and the volume of end-of-life vehicles (ELVs) will be more than 1.5 million by the end of 2005. In 2001, China passed a law regulating the disposal and recycling of ELVs. Progress has been slow, with the rate of ELV dismantling just 10% at the beginning of 2004. However, a pilot industrial demonstration of ELV dismantling and disposal was established in Shanghai in 2005. In addition, Shanghai Volkswagen established a modern engine remanufacturing plant aiming at its after-sales market. This article reviews the ELV policy, law, and administration system in China; the ELV dismantling industry; the challenges and opportunities of ELV recycling; and the state-of-the-art of remanufacturing of ELVs in China.
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For more information, contact Ming Chen, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, #1954 HuaShan Road, Shanghai, 200030, P.R. China; +86-21-6293-2905; fax +86-21-5254-1413; e-mail mingchen@sjtu.edu.cn.
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Chen, M. End-of-life vehicle recycling in China: Now and the future. JOM 57, 20–26 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-005-0146-6
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-005-0146-6