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 percent 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 percent.
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
02/15/2001)
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