Recently, a piece of news about "the fuel consumption standard of energy-saving car models that enjoy the 3,000 yuan 'Energy-saving Products for the People' project' will be raised" has been widely circulated in and outside the industry.
　　Although the relevant ministries and commissions have not yet publicly confirmed the accuracy of this news, the reporter recently learned from an authoritative person that the latest plan for energy-saving car subsidies for the "Energy-saving Products for the People's Project" has been submitted to the relevant departments of the State Council for approval, and the fuel consumption standard of subsidized models will definitely be raised. However, this person said that the specific release date of the plan has not yet been determined, and it is not clear how high the subsidy threshold will be raised. Everything will have to wait for the State Council to review and approve it. In response to media reports that the "new policy" will be released as early as this month, the authoritative person also made it clear that "it is unlikely, this month is almost over."
　　When the reporter asked why the threshold for energy-saving car subsidies was raised, the person pointed out that from the perspective of the subsidized models that have been notified, most models with a displacement of 1.6L and below can enjoy the 3,000 yuan energy-saving subsidy, and the policy has also stimulated the market to a certain extent; as the scope of subsidized models continues to expand, the threshold for energy-saving subsidies will inevitably be raised if they are to continue to be issued. He pointed out that "energy saving is a relative concept", otherwise "when all cars are energy-saving cars, they are not energy-saving".
　　At the monthly information release conference held by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers on August 10, Dong Yang, ***utive vice president and secretary general of the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers, also said that raising the threshold for energy-saving subsidies by 3,000 yuan is undoubtedly a positive measure to promote China's automobile companies to improve energy-saving and emission reduction technologies, but it is also disadvantageous to the market.
　　The reporter noticed that on the official website of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the list of energy-saving models that can enjoy subsidies has not been ***d since the sixth batch of models was announced in May; as of now, a total of 427 models have entered the automobile promotion catalog of the "Energy-Saving Products for the People Project".