The traffic clogged Chinese capital Beijing on Saturday conducted its second round of vehicle license lottery. 17,600 individuals and 4,000 offices were awarded number plates. Competition became stiffer this month as only six in some 100 individual applicants on Saturday got a chance to buy a new car, while last month nine in 100 people were awarded a precious license plate. Beijing launched the new system on January 1 to control car numbers and curtail worsening traffic jams in the populous metropolis. Data shows the number of cars in Beijing more than quadrupled from 1 million in 1997 to 4.76 million in 2010.