Overview
- Beginning Jan. 1, cars exported within 180 days of registration must include information needed for after‑sales maintenance services.
- Automakers will be required to issue formal guarantees of after‑sales support and specify where buyers can obtain service.
- Local commerce authorities will step up oversight of used‑car exporters, targeting dishonest practices, falsified paperwork and regulatory violations at home and in importing countries.
- Officials say the gray‑market trade left overseas buyers without parts or repairs and damaged Chinese brands’ image.
- Previous reporting linked the ‘zero‑mileage’ exports to inflated sales data and local incentives, with vehicles often routed to Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East.