Hebei pledge to double pollution effort
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NORTH China’s Hebei, home to seven of the country’s 10 smoggiest cities, has pledged to double its efforts to tackle hazardous pollution following an environment ministry report accusing the province of failing to rein in law-breaking industries.
Hebei, which surrounds Beijing and is responsible for about a quarter of China’s total steel output, is one of the frontlines in a “war on pollution” designed to head off growing public disquiet about the environmental impact of three decades of unrestricted industrial growth.
In May, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said steelmakers and coal-fired power generators in Hebei were violating state guidelines by continuing to expand, while some local firms were also involved in “fraudulent practices” aimed at circumventing pollution rules.
The ministry identified a total of 47 problems during a two-month inspection tour of the province at the end of last year, and said the environment in some districts of Hebei had continued to deteriorate.
Responding to the criticism, the Hebei government said it would work to “put environmental protection in a more prominent position” and set up an implementation team to rectify problems highlighted in the ministry report.
It promised to dismiss and punish local government officials responsible for illegal steel production and step up efforts to replace coal consumption with natural gas.
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