Provincial transport authorities will start charging vehicles on six expressways based on weight rather than type, the Western Economic Daily reports. Vehicles will be divided into five weight classes, with the lightest being charged 0.35 yuan (43 HK cents) per kilometre and those over 20 tonnes charged 2 yuan per kilometre. Cheaper monthly passes will be issued to local residents. It was not clear when the new scheme would be introduced.
In a symbolic gesture of intercity co-operation in environmental protection, three girls took a bottle of water from West Lake in their home province of Zhejiang and poured it into the Yellow River on Sunday, the Lanzhou Daily reports. The trip was organised by the newspaper and management authorities of the lake.