economy - Government wants to reduce 'official' cars

Potentially shocking news for the car manufacturers in China, because the government wants to get rid of the millions of official cars, that belong to the traditional remuneration package of higher Chinese officials. An overwhelming majority of 95 percent of the population in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou supports such a measure, quotes AP the official newswire Xinhua.
That now cannot be true. Especially the 40 percent government officials in Beijing would not agree when their car would be taken away. This statistic looks like a evil fabrication.
In total there are officially 3.5 million government cars and probably more. Fortunately for the car manufacturers things are not that serious. Government reform will meet much internal resistance, especially on key issues like this.