Hopes are high that an action plan will help control chemicals with ongoing harmful effects, though experts note a lack of supporting legislation, writes Lin Zi from China Dialogue In 2014, China declared a “war on pollution”. Since then, air quality has improved significantly, with nationwide levels of PM2.5 – harmful fine particles less than 2.5 micrometres wide – dropping by 58%. With the first campaign in that war won, …
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An unforeseen consequence of the ongoing trade war between China and the USA is a potential rise in pollution in China this winter. As China’s policy makers aim to boost China’s economic performance following an economic downturn blamed on the trade war, they have said “bye bye” to pollution control as they dial up the output of factories to ten. Previous plans to curb steel production and coal use in …
China is fighting hard to clean up its environment to ease strains on the economy, food resources and social stability, writes Sam Geall, Executive Editor at chinadialogue “We need to increase exchange and cooperation, share experience and jointly meet challenges in climate change, environment protection, energy conservation and emission reduction.” So said Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Bo’ao Forum in Hainan Province last April in a speech aimed at …