" they just have very stringent laws regarding getting cars past...

" they just have very stringent laws regarding getting cars past inspection "

So we agree.

"China is also coming off a huge real estate boom and needs to move it's citizens to a consumption society. Laws pertaining to moving towards car production and consumption of electric vehicles is more stimulus of the economy than anything else."

Apart from the whole "make it extremely difficult to buy an ICE and easy to buy an EV" thing.

If you want to buy an ICE, you have to enter a lottery with a <1% success rate. If you do win, you then have to pay a fee that is a considerable % of the purchase price of the vehicle to receive a 'Permission to buy an ICE' certificate. And then there are restrictions about what days you can actually use the vehicle. EVs attract none of these imposts.