2024-08-12
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The Donghai County Joint Investigation Team reported on August 12 that after CCTV's "Financial Investigation" reported on the evening of August 11 that some merchants in Taolin Town, Donghai County, illegally disposed of scrapped cars, Donghai County immediately set up a joint investigation team to conduct an on-site investigation and disposal overnight. At present, a case has been filed against the persons and merchants involved, and the materials involved have been sealed.
Screenshot of CCTV's "Financial Investigation" report
In the next step, Donghai County will conduct a comprehensive investigation and rectification of illegal and irregular issues in the disposal of scrapped vehicles, and effectively strengthen and standardize market operation and management order.
Earlier, CCTV Finance reported that according to the "Regulations on the Management of Scrapped Motor Vehicle Recycling", if the "five major assemblies" (engine, steering gear, transmission, front and rear axles, and frame) of dismantled scrapped motor vehicles meet the conditions for remanufacturing, they can be sold to enterprises with remanufacturing capabilities in accordance with relevant national regulations for recycling after remanufacturing. However, in the Donghai County Circular Economy Industrial Park in Lianyungang, some unqualified "small workshops" not only openly recycle and dismantle scrapped cars, and buy and sell the "five major assemblies" of scrapped cars, but also "tamper" with the key identity information on the machine in order to better sell the engines removed from scrapped cars, that is, modify them. The merchant displayed an engine with a changed year. He said that such modified year machines are mainly sold to buyers who do not know the business, or provided to "scalpers" to sell online.
In addition, scrapped vehicles have been in use for a long time, their parts are seriously aged and damaged, and their operational stability and braking performance are greatly reduced, so there are great safety hazards when driving on the road. Therefore, according to Article 14 of the "Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", it is clearly stipulated that motor vehicles that meet the scrapping standards shall not be driven on the road. Scrapped large passenger and freight vehicles and other operating vehicles should be dismantled under the supervision of the traffic management department of the public security agency. However, a businessman said that most of the scrapped vehicles he has on hand are eliminated logistics or engineering vehicles. For these scrapped vehicles that have been deregistered, if the vehicle condition is not good, they will dismantle them by themselves, and if the vehicle condition is good, they will sell the whole vehicle and continue to use it on the road.
Earlier reports:
(CCTV Finance "Financial Investigation")According to Article 5 of the "Regulations on the Management of Scrapped Motor Vehicle Recycling": The state implements a qualification certification system for scrapped motor vehicle recycling enterprises. Without qualification certification, no unit or individual may engage in scrapped motor vehicle recycling activities. However, during the investigation, the reporter of "Financial Investigation" found that some unqualified "small workshops" in the market violated regulations, not only openly recycling and dismantling scrapped cars, but also buying and selling the "five major assemblies" of scrapped cars (engine, steering gear, transmission, front and rear axles, frame), and some small workshops even sold scrapped cars as a whole.
Illegal dismantling, tampering, and selling of scrapped auto parts
Unqualified "small workshops" openly settled in the industrial park
Taolin Town, Donghai County, Lianyungang City, Jiangsu Province is located at the junction of three counties in Jiangsu and Shandong provinces. Public information shows that the overall positioning of the Donghai County Circular Economy Industrial Park is to build an automobile circular economy industrial park integrating automobile disassembly, remanufacturing, research and development, and distribution.
In the Donghai County Circular Economy Industrial Park, the reporter asked a merchant to buy a second-hand Foton Cummins 460 engine. Soon, the merchant quoted the reporter 17,000 yuan for the 2019 model and 18,000 yuan for the 2020 model, but these goods were all "disassembled car parts". The so-called "disassembled car parts" refer to parts directly removed from the vehicle, and in my country, the main source is accident vehicles and scrapped vehicles.
The merchant said the engine was a "disassembled car part"
When the reporter said he wanted to look at a few more stores, the merchant quickly sent the reporter a message, kindly reminding the reporter that when buying second-hand auto parts in this park, especially the "five major assemblies", you must look at the body number to avoid being cheated, and don't look at the brand name, as there are fakes.
Chat records show the merchant’s “kind reminder”
Sure enough, when the reporter asked another merchant, the price of parts of the same brand specifications and the same year was 2,500 yuan lower, and the 2020 one was only sold for 15,500 yuan.
Second-hand auto parts dealers said that swapping brands of engines is also possible
The merchant told the reporter that on each engine, in addition to the nameplate on the cylinder block, there will be corresponding production years on the pulleys, sensors, engine computers and other accessories. In order to better sell these engines removed from scrapped cars, he can modify these key core "identity information" on the machine. Then, he showed the reporter an engine with a changed year.
Reporter's abnormal shooting scene
The merchant said that when he encounters knowledgeable buyers who come to buy, he will usually tell them the truth about which machines have been "tampered with." However, these modified machines are mainly sold to buyers who are not knowledgeable, or provided to "scalpers" to sell online.
The merchant said that the label cannot be seen
The merchants told the reporter frankly that when buying second-hand auto parts in this park, they would test the machine on site and then leave after buying. As for the after-sales warranty promises, most of them were just "empty words".
The merchant said there is no warranty
According to Article 6 of the Measures for the Administration of Recycling of Scrapped Motor Vehicles, in order to obtain the qualification for recycling scrapped motor vehicles, one must have corporate legal person status; have storage and dismantling sites, dismantling equipment, facilities and dismantling operation specifications that comply with relevant laws, regulations and mandatory standards such as environmental protection; and have professional and technical personnel suitable for the dismantling of scrapped motor vehicles.
More than 300 auto parts dismantling businesses have entered the park to operate
The reporter visited several businesses selling scrapped car parts in the Donghai County Circular Economy Industrial Park. The business qualifications they provided all showed that they were individual industrial and commercial households. They did not have the qualifications and production and processing conditions required by the "Regulations on the Management of Scrapped Motor Vehicle Recycling", but they were secretly engaged in the dismantling of scrapped vehicles.
The business qualifications of the merchants are all shown as individual industrial and commercial households
Reporters in the park saw that no proper environmental protection measures were taken during the dismantling process, exhaust gas was directly discharged into the air, and various oils were flowing everywhere. As transport vehicles entered and exited, a thick layer of oil was spread on the ground in the entire park, extending all the way to the road outside the park.
There is a thick layer of oil on the ground
Reporters witnessed the illegal dismantling of scrapped vehicles
The whole process of cutting, counterfeiting and delivery is completed in three hours
In the Donghai County Circular Economy Industrial Park, the reporter asked a merchant to buy a second-hand Foton Cummins 460 engine whose date and accessories had not been changed. The merchant quickly found one from his own supply and marketing channels.
GTL Auman trailer uses Foton Cummins 460 model engine
This GTL Auman trailer uses the Foton Cummins 460 engine. The so-called transfer is not a second-hand engine, but a scrapped car.
The merchant said that it can be cut off when I get home tomorrow.
The business information displayed by this merchant is that of an individual business operator, and it is clear that they do not have the relevant qualifications for recycling and dismantling scrapped motor vehicles. However, even so, the merchant not only operates locally, but also has people who are responsible for collecting vehicles and parts in other places, and then returning to Taolin Town for sales. As long as the price is agreed, they can directly tow the car back to the local area, test drive it on site, and cut any parts needed on site.
The merchant said that they can cut it however they want.
A few days later, the businessman led the reporter to a farmer's home in Group 2 of Taobei Village, Taolin Town, which is less than 2 kilometers away from the Donghai Circular Economy Industrial Park. Entering the courtyard, the reporter was surprised to find that in this open space surrounded by fences without any exhaust gas treatment equipment or wastewater treatment facilities, workers were cutting a large scrapped truck on the spot.
Cut truck
A master also told the reporter that in addition to the engine and gearbox, the front and rear axles, water tanks, and frames can all be sold, but not by the price of individual parts, but by the ton.
The seller said that one ton of parts sells for 2,640 yuan
The farmyard had no professional equipment and no environmental protection measures. During the operation, open flames would occasionally ignite on the frame.
Fire on the frame
In this way, from the time the reporter entered the yard to the time the engine and gearbox of a scrapped car were cut and dismantled as a whole, it took less than half an hour.
Scrapped car engine being cut
The merchant also told the reporter that if there were concerns about the engine number, they could change the engine number. So the reporter followed the merchant back to the Donghai County Circular Economy Industrial Park and watched the workers engrave a brand new engine number on the engine that was manufactured in 2017. In this way, the original 460 model engine was transformed into a 510 model engine.
The engine number has been changed
From on-site engine cutting, on-site testing, transportation back to the industrial park to on-site numbering and shipment, the entire process took less than three hours, and an illegal automobile engine was born.
Cut engine
In the Donghai Circular Economy Industrial Park, banners are posted everywhere saying "It is strictly forbidden for lawless elements to illegally buy and sell the 'five major assemblies' in the name of the park." However, these unqualified merchants blatantly dismantle and sell the "five major assemblies." Why are they so fearless? A seller gave his own answer.
The merchants said that if the government did not protect them, they would have banned them long ago.
Worthless scrapped cars will be dismantled and valuable cars will be sold as a whole
There are huge safety risks in putting scrapped cars on the road again
A businessman in Taolin Town, Donghai County told reporters that he sells scrapped vehicles and has a stable supply of goods. The vehicles in front of him came from a logistics base in Ningbo, Zhejiang.
Large truck parked outside the door
Article 14 of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stipulates that motor vehicles that have reached the scrap standard shall not be driven on the road. Scrapped large passenger and freight vehicles and other operating vehicles shall be dismantled under the supervision of the traffic management department of the public security agency. Article 15 of the Regulations on the Management of Scrapped Motor Vehicle Recycling also stipulates that the trading of scrapped motor vehicles is prohibited unless the owner of the motor vehicle sells the scrapped motor vehicle to a scrapped motor vehicle recycling enterprise in accordance with the law.
Screenshot of some contents of the Measures for the Management of Recycling of Scrapped Motor Vehicles
A businessman told reporters that most of the scrapped cars he has on hand are eliminated logistics or engineering vehicles. For these scrapped cars that have been deregistered, those in poor condition will be dismantled by themselves, and those in good condition will be sold as a whole vehicle and continue to be used on the road.
The merchant said that if the car is in good condition, it will be sold as a whole car
Illegal dismantling and selling of scrapped cars continues despite repeated bans
Reporters were "passed the buck" when reporting the situation
According to Article 5 of the Implementation Rules of the Regulations on the Management of Scrapped Motor Vehicle Recycling, local commercial authorities at or above the county level shall supervise and manage the recycling and dismantling of scrapped motor vehicles within their administrative areas to promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry. Therefore, the reporter reported the various chaos found during the investigation to the Donghai County Commerce Bureau. However, the Commerce Bureau said that it had no law enforcement power and that if it encountered illegal sales of the "five major assemblies", it would be transferred to the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau for investigation.
Telephone interview with Donghai County Commerce Bureau staff
Afterwards, the reporter contacted the staff of Donghai County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau again.
Telephone interview with staff of Donghai County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau
In this way, the problems raised by the reporter were "passed back and forth" between the Bureau of Commerce and the Administration for Market Regulation. So what is the attitude of the local government towards the chaos in the industry?
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