Control efforts mitigate smog in Beijing
Print Edition
BEIJING’S air pollution emergency response office issued a yellow alert for smog yesterday.
The alert warned of an air quality index of more than 150 micrograms of harmful fine particulate matter per cubic meter of air over two consecutive days.
In China’s warning system, red is the most severe, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
Low visibility forced the city’s transport bureau to close several highways out of the city yesterday morning.
Smog often becomes severe in late autumn and winter. However, China’s Ministry of Environmental Protection warned last month that smog was expected to arrive in the capital earlier this year.
Wang Shuxiao, a Tsinghua University professor and head of the Beijing Air Pollution Prevention and Monitoring Work Group, said stagnant air conditions had made the air more humid.
Under similar conditions, he said, Beijing would previously have seen very severe smog, but due to control efforts, air pollution had been mitigated to a moderate level and lower.
Li Ganjie, environment minister, said earlier this week that the monthly average of PM 2.5 density in Beijing recorded between March and August was an all-time low for the same period.
To address the winter smog, the ministry has launched a campaign against heavy air pollution in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas.
It focuses on curbing pollution from industrial enterprises, cutting coal consumption and improving emergency responses to heavy pollution.
(Xinhua)
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
