Quick Take: Hainan Wants Fossil-Fuel Cars to Go the Way of Dinosaurs

* Top official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology had suggested in September that such a move was forthcoming

* Market watchers don't expect the ban to come into effect immediately

(Beijing) — China’s tropical island of Hainan could become the country’s first province to phase out internal combustion vehicles, as Beijing continues to push the development of new-energy technologies.