Clean air plan will have 22 measures, says environmental watchdog
The environmental watchdog said the nation's first clean air plan would be comprised of nearly two dozen measures, and reviews of how local governments were carrying out the policy would be made public.
The environmental watchdog said the nation's first clean air plan would be comprised of nearly two dozen measures, and reviews of how local governments were carrying out the policy would be made public.
The Ministry of Environmental Protection will work with other ministries to draw up the 22 measures to fight air pollution, deputy environment minister Zhai Qing said at a press conference yesterday.
The measures would include steps to monitor implementation at the local level, but few other details were given.
The proposed measures will be submitted to the State Council for approval shortly.
"After the inspection plan is approved, we will assess the implementation of the clean air plan in different provinces to ensure they are strictly following the orders and we will make the results public," Zhai said.
China introduced its first comprehensive plan to fight air pollution last year. It called for reductions in the levels of PM2.5 - the pollutants considered the most harmful to human health - in major city clusters around Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, by 25 per cent, 20 per cent and 15 per cent respectively by the end of 2017.