Guangming Daily:

With the continuous improvement of living standards in rural areas, the demand for vehicles is also increasing. What measures have the MPS taken to improve transport management and better meet the needs of rural residents for vehicle use and convenient administrative services, and what progress has been made? Thank you.

Qi Yanjun:

Thank you. I would like to invite Mr. Wang to answer the questions.

Wang Qiang:

Thank you for your interest. With the comprehensive advancement of rural revitalization in recent years, the number of vehicles and drivers in rural areas has been growing rapidly at a rate in excess of 10 million a year. Currently, the number of motor vehicles and drivers in rural areas of China accounts for more than 50% of the national total. In order to better support the rural revitalization strategy, the MPS has instructed local public security authorities to further refine service measures, comprehensively extend traffic management services to rural areas, and better meet the needs of rural residents for convenient services.

First, we have further delegated traffic management duties to county-level authorities. Duties such as compact car registration and driver's license tests have been delegated to traffic management departments of county-level public security authorities at a faster rate. By the end of this July, 90% of counties and county-level cities nationwide have carried out compact car registration and 55% of them have carried out all-subject driver's license tests for compact cars. These efforts have significantly relieved the burden on rural residents who would have travelled back and forth to access these services. Meanwhile, we have further expanded the scope of duty for county-level vehicle administration offices. We have piloted registration services for medium-sized passenger cars and above in 174 county-level vehicle administration offices, providing residents with easy access to such service near their homes. At the same time, more efforts have been made to make county-level vehicle administration offices more standardized and better structured. We have improved facilities at county-level service centers, optimizing their service environment, implementing measures such as requiring no forms and copies at service windows and continuing to increase their service quality. 

Considering the frequent usage of motorbikes in rural areas, we have further improved the management of the driver's license test for motorbikes. We have upgraded the question bank for the motorbike license test and increased scenario-based questions with pictures, making the test more practical and targeted. We have also put forward measures like test appointments and carrying out tests in rural areas to help people living in rural areas be able to take the test and receive driving licenses more conveniently near their homes. 

In addition, considering the comparatively large number of traffic security risks in rural areas, we have focused on increasing the awareness and capabilities for people living in rural areas to proactively prevent such risks. Publicity and education are essential to further spread traffic security knowledge and enhance traffic civility throughout rural areas. Therefore, in recent years, we have taken further actions, such as publicity and education, to promote public awareness of road traffic security, compiling a brochure series of traffic security knowledge in rural areas. We have also worked with publicity departments, agriculture and rural affairs authorities, as well as other government organs, to launch the Beautiful Countryside Circuit Tour. By means of traffic security promotion wagons, experience camps, lectures and rural broadcasts, we have disseminated legal knowledge and protection tips involving traffic security among thousands of households throughout rural areas. By doing so, we have promoted the spread of law-based governance and traffic security knowledge in rural areas through multiple channels, influencing 430 million local people and strengthening public support for traffic civility. Thank you.