Polices and Countermeasures to Improve Road Safety in China

摘要

In recent years, in the case of the rapid economic development, rapidly growing motor vehicles, and changes greatly in road safety environment, China successfully achieved the objectives that road accidents from the peak to be suppressed, until to the decline year-by-year. The situation of road safety in China has been improved every year. The main reasons for the improvement of road safety in China are analyzed, and a series of the policies and countermeasures taken by the Chinese government to improve road safety are listed in the paper. China’s experience in improving the road safety has proven that as long as taking the targeted policies and countermeasures, the trend of high incidence of road accidents can be suppressed, and rapid economic development do not necessarily bring the high incidence of road accidents. Meanwhile, the pressure to further improve road safety is growing, and road safety is facing the enormous challenges and new opportunities.