(Yicai Global) June 8 -- No vehicles running on gasoline or diesel will be allowed to sell in China’s Hainan province by 2030, Liu Cigui, secretary of the CPC provincial party committee said in a press release today.

This shift to clean energy aims to lower the density of particulate matter 2.5 to ensure high air quality, Liu also said, adding the island province will also forbid non-degradable plastics to aid the environment.

PM2.5 is airborne particulate matter with a diameter under 2.5 micrometers, or about 3 percent that of a human hair. It is thus too small to be visible except under a microscope.

Hainan is China’s southernmost province and a tourist island often compared to Hawaii.

Editor: Ben Armour