Serious design flaws, mismanagement, and a poor emergency response to equipment failure led to the July 23 train crash, a government investigation concluded.
The Ministry of Commerce says the new levies will apply to what it refers to as "saloon cars and cross-country cars," with engine sizes of over 2.5 liters.
Diesel shortages are once again effecting large swathes of the country, with long queues for limited supplies of fuel appearing at gas stations in central, eastern, southern and southwest China.
The official was detained back in May, but news of the scandal has only emerged with the detention of another high-level working in Henan's grain industry.
China's State Administration for Industry & Commerce (SAIC) recently issued a document that included a proposal to actively support foreign investment in the country's cultural sector.
