300 firms leaving Beijing to reduce smog
June 12, 2014 Category Environment, Pollution
Beijing will move 300 heavy polluting firms out of the capital before October to reduce smog and speed up industrial reform. The companies, which have high water and energy consumption, include construction material and furniture manufacturers. “These factories and companies will be relocated to nearby cities or regions after technology upgrading and product restructuring,” said Zhang Boxu, Director of the Beijing Commission of Economy and Information Technology. Beijing authorities say 288 enterprises were moved out of the capital in 2013, which help the city to cut sulfur dioxide emissions by 7,000 tons. However, the capital’s air quality in 2013 did not improve. The average index for PM2.5 reached nearly 90 micrograms per cubic meter last year, exceeding the national standard for good air by 156%. Beijing authorities are also drawing up guidelines to encourage polluting enterprises to move out and are cracking down on illegal plants that cause pollution. Yang Fuqiang, Senior Adviser at the National Resources Defense Council, said Beijing’s plants should be moved to China’s western or central areas to enable fast economic development.
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