When reside in an “old” Beijing subdivision, that is to say before the 2000s, an era when promoters did not include underground parking in their projects, parking spaces are sorely lacking. Each evening, the slightest alley and the slightest corner are taken by storm. The next morning, motorists cross their fingers so that their car is not too glued to others and they can go back to the wheel.
In 2024, China had 353 million cars, according to data from the Ministry of Public Security. That year, 26.9 million new cars were registered, an increase of 9.5 % compared to 2023. So that today 96 Chinese cities have more than a million vehicles, according to the Chinese weekly Nanfang Zhoumo. Among them, many lack parking spaces. In 2022, a report by the Tsinghua University Research Institute underlined that it was already missing 80 million.
Approaching the 2008 Olympic Games, when it took place clearly across the capital, parking lots bunk at two or three levels were considered one of the solutions. They are both mechanical, economical and space -saving. In recent years, the State and the local authorities have multiplied the subsidies to boost this new activity. In Shenzhen, in the south of the country, the trustees of residence can receive 20,000 yuan (2,390 euros) per bunk parking space created, 8,000 yuan (956 euros) in Shenyang, in the northeast. In December 2024, according to official sources, these mechanical parking lots represented 9.85 million places.
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