Editing Transport in China (section)

===Electric bicycles===
{{See also|Cycling in China}}
[[File:Yangzhou-WenchangLu-electric-bicycles-3278.jpg|thumb|Electric bicycles are very common in many cities of China, such as [[Yangzhou]]; in some areas they outnumber motorcycles or regular bicycles.]]

China is the world's leading producer of [[electric bicycle]]s. According to the data of the China Bicycle Association, a government-chartered industry group, in 2004 China's manufacturers sold 7.5 million electric bicycles nationwide, which was almost twice 2003 sales;<ref name=fairley>[https://spectrum.ieee.org/jun05/1213 "China's Cyclists Take Charge", By Peter Fairley.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511144557/http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/jun05/1213 |date=2009-05-11 }} [[IEEE Spectrum]], June 2005</ref> domestic sales reached 10 million in 2005, and 16 to 18 million in 2006.<ref name=tim-johnson>[http://postcarboncities.net/cheap-and-green-electric-bikes-are-rage-china "Cheap and green, electric bikes are the rage in China"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130112030444/http://postcarboncities.net/cheap-and-green-electric-bikes-are-rage-china |date=2013-01-12 }}, by Tim Johnson. Originally published 23 May 2007 by McClatchy Newspapers.</ref> By 2007, electric bicycles were thought to make up 10 to 20 percent of all two-wheeled vehicles on the streets of many major cities.<ref name=tim-johnson/> A typical unit requires 8 hours to charge the battery, which provides the range of 25–30 miles (40–50&nbsp;km),<ref name=tim-johnson/> at the speed of around {{convert|20|km/h|0|abbr=on}},<ref name=fairley/> however people usually illegal override, makes it just like normal motorcycles, capable of reach nearly {{convert|100|km/h|0|abbr=on}}. A large number of such vehicles is exported from China as well (3 million units, worth 40 billion yuan ($5.8 billion), in 2006 alone),<ref>[http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=7&a=366245 "Europe's latest craze electric bikes"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120530184253/http://www.postbulletin.com/newsmanager/templates/localnews_story.asp?z=7&a=366245 |date=2012-05-30 }}, Associated Press, 14 October 2008. The article gives ''China Bicycle Association'' and [[Xinhua]] News Agency's "Economic Reference" newspaper, as the sources of the numbers</ref>