China pledges to reduce amount of PM2.5 particles
December 20, 2012 Category Environment, Pollution
China is pledging to reduce the amount of fine particles in the air by at least 5% by 2015, according to the Ministry of Environmental Protection’s plan. China will cut PM2.5 intensity in 117 cities and reduce the intensity of the larger PM10 particles by 10%, sulfur dioxide by 10% and nitrogen dioxide by 7% by 2015 from 2010 levels. For the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region, the Yangtze River Delta region, including Shanghai, and the Pearl River Delta region, the PM2.5 intensity will be cut by at least 6%, the Ministry said. The areas covered by the plan produce nearly half the nation’s sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, smoke and dust. For PM2.5 issues, the plan not only sets an improvement target, but also lays equal stress on treating primary and secondary pollution. Smoke, dust and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are also included in its emissions reduction agenda. The plan also aims to keep ozone under proper control and reduce pollution from acid rain by 2015, when a regional air pollution control management and control network will be established. “Air pollution in China is still very serious. For PM2.5, about 70% of domestic cities or 80% of the 117 cities in the major areas fail to meet the nation’s new air quality requirement,” said Zhao Hualin, Director of the Ministry’s Pollution Prevention and Control Department. The standard for PM2.5 in China is 75 micrograms per cubic meter in a 24-hour period, the Shanghai Daily reports.
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