Since vehicle noise can affect our environmentseriously, many countries legislate approval regulations fornew vehicles before sale. However, in-use vehicle noisemay increase due to aged, re-equipping or other factor.Noise regulations should extend to all vehicles driving onroads, so that to assure the in-use vehicle noise won’t harmour environment.This paper reviews the development and present state ofdomestic vehicle noise control regulations. We’ll payattention to some issues like roadside inspection location,lid modes, and try to find the key point as well as thefuture improvement direction.