Beijing’s air quality increased significantly in 2014, and heavily polluted days notably reduced, according to a recent report by Beijing Environmental Protection Bureau.
In 2014 the number of “A-level” air quality days in Beijing reached up to 93 days, that’s 22 more than in 2013. Meanwhile there were 45 heavily polluted days in 2014, 13 days less than 2013.
The report also notes that during the heavy pollution days in 2014, over half of the pollutants came from neighboring regions.
Statistics showed the annual concentration of the city’s main atmospheric pollutant PM 2.5, dropped 4 percent on a year-on-year basis.
During 2014, China’s government imposed a number of moves in a bid to improve air quality:
1. APEC Blue: Officials were able to clear the skies to an amazing extent during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. Methods included suspending and cutting factory production, and nearly 4,000 factories in Beijing’s neighboring province, Hebei, were ordered to close. Some factories were permanently phased out due to being unlicensed. Other methods include limiting the number of cars allowed on the streets based on their license plates, carried out in Beijing’s neighbors Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong and Inner Mongolia.
2. Beijing also enforced tougher measures on eliminating vehicles that failed to meet legal exhaust emission standards, particularly affecting cars made before 1995.
3. Stronger regulations were also put in place to see a reduction in coal usage in factories and homes. For instance, Beijing’s heating mechanism switched from coal burning to gas evaporation.
4. China encouraged a non-fireworks tradition during spring festivals and other holiday seasons to avoid smog.
The increase of air quality reflects the huge importance placed on environmental development in the country.
Source - CCTV
In 2014 the number of “A-level” air quality days in Beijing reached up to 93 days, that’s 22 more than in 2013. Meanwhile there were 45 heavily polluted days in 2014, 13 days less than 2013.
The report also notes that during the heavy pollution days in 2014, over half of the pollutants came from neighboring regions.
Statistics showed the annual concentration of the city’s main atmospheric pollutant PM 2.5, dropped 4 percent on a year-on-year basis.
During 2014, China’s government imposed a number of moves in a bid to improve air quality:
1. APEC Blue: Officials were able to clear the skies to an amazing extent during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting. Methods included suspending and cutting factory production, and nearly 4,000 factories in Beijing’s neighboring province, Hebei, were ordered to close. Some factories were permanently phased out due to being unlicensed. Other methods include limiting the number of cars allowed on the streets based on their license plates, carried out in Beijing’s neighbors Hebei, Tianjin, Shandong and Inner Mongolia.
2. Beijing also enforced tougher measures on eliminating vehicles that failed to meet legal exhaust emission standards, particularly affecting cars made before 1995.
3. Stronger regulations were also put in place to see a reduction in coal usage in factories and homes. For instance, Beijing’s heating mechanism switched from coal burning to gas evaporation.
4. China encouraged a non-fireworks tradition during spring festivals and other holiday seasons to avoid smog.
The increase of air quality reflects the huge importance placed on environmental development in the country.
Source - CCTV
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