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Aiming to build itself into an international metropolis, Beijing
has, since it defined pollution-control targets and counter-measures
in 1998, invested some 30 billion yuan and adopted dozens of measures
to control atmospheric pollution. A survey shows that urban air
quality of Beijing has experienced marked improvement and notable
results have been achieved in environmental protection.
Wang Guangtao, deputy mayor of Beijing, said that in order to hit
the national standard target for the 2002 environment quality, Beijing
has adopted these measures for improving the environment: popularizing
the use of clean fuel such as natural gas, electricity, high-quality
coal; renovating some 40,000 industrial furnaces and kitchen ranges
and over 6,700 boilers, setting local standard, higher than State
one, for tail gas emission of motor vehicles, and introducing comprehensive
use of non-lead gasoline. The city has installed purifiers on 18,000
motor vehicles and remodeled 20,000 taxis and buses into vehicles
using clean fuel. Up-to-standard rate of exhaust emission reaches
90 percent. To prevent and control dirt pollution in urban districts,
the city afforested an area of 5.2 million sq. m. last year alone.
(People's Daily 01/22/01)
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