Legal basis
Article 12 of the Measures for the Administration of the Recycling of End-of-Life Vehicles
The end-of-life vehicle owning unit or individual shall promptly sell the end-of-life vehicle to the end-of-life vehicle recycling enterprise.
No unit or individual shall sell, give or otherwise transfer the end-of-life automobile to a unit or individual that is not an end-of-life automobile recycling enterprise; no dismantling of end-of-life automobiles shall be allowed.
Article 13
The end-of-life automobile recycling enterprises shall register end-of-life automobiles recovered vehicle by vehicle; and shall promptly report to the public security authorities if they find that the recovered end-of-life automobiles are suspected of being stolen, robbed, or otherwise involved in crimes.
The end-of-life automobile recycling enterprises shall not dismantle, modify, assemble, or sell automobiles suspected of committing crimes, as well as their "five major assemblies" and other spare parts.