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Beijing is to raise the curtain of environment protection with
five major municipal projects to be launched to usher in the new
century and strive to achieve the goals it has set on environment
quality in 2002. The goals set this year are as follows:
A 50% or more of days with second-level or less air pollution to
be had; environment quality to be obviously raised during winter
heating days; ground-water quality standards and requirements for
a quality amount of industrial discharges to be met in city proper
in 2001.
Granule pollution control decides the quality of environment protection
in Beijing. In 2001, an additional amount of more than 500 million
cubic meters of natural gas supply is to be developed, over three
million square meters of new heating areas will be enlarged, and
clean fuel is to be used by 1500 boilers still relying on coal supply.
Vehicles' fuel quality will have to be guaranteed as it endangers
Beijing's environment. Meanwhile, an inspection office is to be
put in charge to bring floating dust pollution into control in Beijing.
In 2001, Beijing will further through a restructuring of industrial
production have polluting emissions under control and a marked cut
of these in their totality. The first-phase project will be for
a removal of 29 enterprises out of the city proper and put a complete
curb to all possible polluting sources in suburban districts of
the city.
Still, Beijing lays special stress on ecological environment construction
when putting pollution under control. Its sewage treatment is to
be at a rate of 45% to a level of 500,000-ton sewage recovery by
its Gaobeidian Sewage Treatment Plant and garbage at a rate of 85%.
Beijing knows fully well the significance of doing a good job in
environment production and ecological construction. It goes without
say these as have been said above will be totally put into effect
by rule of law and wide publicity work throughout Beijing and as
is demanded by its Green Olympic Plan, a new clean Beijing is to
be built in the near future.
(People's Daily 02/15/01)
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