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Hainan province has set a 2030 deadline for banning the sale of new gasoline-powered vehicles, making it China's first provincial-level region to adopt such a policy.

海南省设定2030年为节点，禁止销售新增燃油汽车，成为国内首个出台该政策的省级行政区。

The mandate is part of a plan by the province for the national ecological civilization pilot zone, which aims for new energy vehicles to account for 45 percent of total vehicle stock by the end of the decade, up from 23.75 percent in 2025.

这项规定是海南省国家生态文明试验区实施方案的组成部分。方案目标：到2030年末，新能源汽车保有量占汽车总量比重达到45%，高于2025年的23.75%。

The rule applies only to sales of new pure internal combustion vehicles. After 2030, gasoline-powered vehicles already registered will remain legal to drive, pass inspections and be traded. Plug-in hybrids and extended-range electric models will still be available for purchase, and gasoline-powered vehicles from outside the island can continue to enter for tourism.

该禁令仅针对全新纯内燃机新车销售。2030年后，已完成登记的燃油车辆仍可合法上路、正常年检、进行交易；插电混动、增程式电动汽车依旧允许售卖；外省燃油车辆仍可登岛旅游通行。

Hainan's move follows a trajectory that began in 2018, when the province first suggested the island phase out fossil-fuel vehicle sales before 2030. In 2019, Hainan became the first province to publish a detailed NEV roadmap. That commitment was reinforced in the province's carbon peaking plan in 2022 and again in its transportation network plan in March of this year.

海南此项政策有着清晰发展脉络：早在2018年，海南首次提出力争2030年前逐步停售燃油车；2019年，海南率先发布新能源汽车详细发展路线图；2022年海南碳达峰方案、今年3月交通运输发展规划均再次重申该目标。

The province has already made significant progress in NEV adoption. In 2025, Hainan sold 116,800 NEVs, or 62.9 percent of all new vehicle registrations. By January 2026, the monthly NEV penetration rate reached 55.13 percent, said the province's department of industry and information technology. The province led the nation in April 2026 with 74.5 percent penetration. NEV manufacturing in Hainan generated 3.34 billion yuan ($493 million) in output in 2025.

海南新能源汽车推广已成效显著。海南省工信厅数据显示：2025年海南新能源汽车销量11.68万辆，占新车上牌总量62.9%；2026年1月新能源汽车月度渗透率达55.13%；2026年4月渗透率攀升至74.5%，位居全国首位。2025年海南新能源汽车产业产值达33.4亿元（折合4.93亿美元）。

Several geographic and economic factors make Hainan particularly su