Pollution
in China does not seem to go much better these days, but there is
definitively something new this year : the Beijing authorities
put this problem forward and do not try to deny it at any price. New
measures are being implemented.
The
worst case month so far has been january 2013 in Beijing, but the
month of october has been quite grey too and the people coming from
all over China as tourists during the national holidays have
witnessed a grey skyline (let s say no skyline at all).
This
was a strange event that the first golf tournament to be held in
China to see the competitors wearing masks to avoid the worst effects
of pollution on the lungs.
The
Beijing and Tianjin authoroties have decided new measures, a red
alert in case of pollution, which means 3 days with heavy rate of
microparticles in the air. In this case, half the cars would be
prevented from circulating on the streets as long as the red alert
lasts.
Public
transportation would be strenghtened and schools closed.
Another
level would make a list of 300 factories around Beijing to close for
a few days.
The
announcement also made of Zhao
Huimin
, a member of the municipal administration to become a star in China
when he explained that the fact that Chinese people cook a lot a fry
things in their kitchen is a part of the explanation why there is
pollution in Beijing. Quickly the Beijing municipal bureau stated
that it was inaccurate but there was a lot of laughter around in the
public.
The
plan as a whole is much more ambitious since cars in Beijing would be
limited at 6 millions, maximum to be reached in 2017 (actually there
is already 5.3 million cars in tthe streets), the promotion of
smaller cars, in addition to the list of 1.200 compa,ies that would
have to adopt measures.
The
great issue with the fight against pollution in China is that more
and more cities are concerned with the development of the country and
the emerginbg of a new lifestyle, so that theis kind of measures will
have to be implemented everywhere, something that could harm the
economic devemlopement of the country that relies on manufacturing
and car isdustry to sustain growth in the future.
The
measures thar will have to be taken are not easy to design and this
is a true challnege for China.
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