“The popularization and application of green tires is not only the enterprise’s responsibility but also should be common view of whole society. Only if upgrade of tire industry is accelerated, and green manufacturing of whole industrial chain realizes, we can step from tire producing country to powerful nation. ”Recently, in an interview with reporters, NPC deputy and chairman of Aeolus Tyre Co., Ltd Wang Feng said development of green tires should be propelled by legislation. It was one of suggestions he gave to the two national conferences.

It is known that promotion of green tire is started from European Union, and main regulations are REACH Regulations and Tire Labeling Law. REACH Regulations come into force from Jan. 1st, 2010. And by the end of last year, Tyre Labeling Law is also implemented officially, so requirements to tire quality are higher. Wangfeng said, “this is both a challenge and an opportunity to China tire industry. Challenge is technical threshold raise, and production cost increases; and opportunity is tire enterprises can take technological innovation, regulate and improve level of tire development. Therefore, facing the opportunity and challenge brought by globalization, China should seize the opportunity and change pressure into motivation. ”  

It’s fortunate that green tire manufacturing is developing rapidly in China, and many enterprises are speeding up to carry on technology innovation. But green tires rate is still low, and quite a number of enterprises have two standards to domestic and overseas markets to meet the exporting requirements of EU. While EU is enjoying our green tires, there are no green tires in China.

Wang Feng thought the shortage of acknowledgment was the key factor that market climate of green tires couldn’t develop successfully.  In additional, in the promotion of green tires, support of national laws and regulations were also very important. If there were no mandatory regulations, it was impossible for tires upgrade.

Therefore, he suggested the promotion of green tires should be from two aspects, on the one hand, speeding up to promote industry upgrade and economic transition to realize green, low-carbon and cyclic development to improve development quality and benefits. On the second hand, MIIT, MOST, MEP should lead to reward enterprises who make great contributions in green, low-carbon and cyclic development, and give them support in fiscal and taxation policies.