Local residents stand in line waiting to proceed with transactions of car sales in a used car market in Tianjin on Dec 15, a day before the city began imposing quota on its new car plates. [Photo by Wang Jian/Asianewsphoto]

Local residents stand in line waiting to proceed with transactions of car sales in a used car market in Tianjin on Dec 15, a day before the city began imposing quota on its new car plates. [Photo by Wang Jian/Asianewsphoto]

A car on exhibition is sold at a 4S automobile store in Tianjin, Dec 15, 2013. [Photo by Wang Jian/Asianewsphoto]