(LI WEN)

An odd-even license plate policy for cars, including those from outside Beijing, is put in place from November 3 to 12, in an effort to improve air quality during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Economic Leaders' Meeting.

According to the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, starting from November 3, 70 percent of the municipal government's vehicles, around 19,000 of its fleet, faced driving restrictions.

Beijing imposed a traffic ban based on an odd-even license plate system during the 2008 Olympics, which saw 45 percent of the city's cars off the roads and helped clear the skies.