2015年CRI Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei to Tackle Air Pollution Collectively

 

Officials of north China's Jing-Jin-Ji region, involving Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei Province, have pledged a joint¹ effort to combat air pollution.

Yin Hailin, deputy mayor of Tianjin Municipality, stresses the importance of working together.

"The Jing-Jin-Ji region needs to deepen cooperation in combating air pollution. On one hand, we need to improve the early warning system in a collective way to deal with the highly polluted days. On the other, we should all take measures to bring down the amount of air pollutants²." 

China has been pushing a coordinated³ effort in the development of the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region in recent years, relocating non-essential functions from Beijing and restructuring the economy in the region. Priority has been given to environmental protection, traffic management and industrial upgrading.

Li Shixiang, deputy mayor of Beijing, says big investment is being made in the capital city to tackle the air pollution.

"We have planned to invest 770 billion yuan in 84 key environmental projects from 2013 to 2017 in the four aspects of coal burning control, vehicle emissions⁴ reduction, dust control on construction sites and industrial reduction. Also, we will set up more air quality monitoring stations across the city. "

Li added that the 36 air quality monitoring stations will be doubled in number, and mobile monitoring vehicles will also be used.

On Monday, Beijing issued its first red alert for air pollution since the four-tier emergency response system was created in October 2013. 

According to the Ministry⁵ of Environmental Protection, loose control of coal burning in the rural-urban fringe zones in Beijing, Tianjin and neighboring provinces where residents burn coal for cooking and heating contributed to the air pollution. 

Yang Chongyong, executive vice⁶ governor of Hebei Province, says the province will restructure its industries to control the pollution, especially the six major high energy-consuming industries -- electric power, nonferrous metals, chemicals, iron and steel, building materials, and petroleum⁷.

"The air pollution in Hebei Province is mainly caused by the large-scale heavy industry and the unbalanced energy resource structure. The six major high energy-consuming industries previously⁸ covered over 50 even 70 percent of the provincial⁹ economic aggregate¹⁰. The number has been reduced to 40 percent now after the restructure. But such a big reform entails¹¹ a great deal of work and time. On the other hand, we are still dependent on the fossil fuel, using little alternative sources of energy."

He has also appealed for more information exchanges and timely measures in the future.

Officials also pledged to improve law enforcement when it comes to pollution control.

For CRI, I'm Niu Honglin.

1 joint   

adj.联合的，共同的；n.关节，接合处；v.连接，贴合

参考例句：

• I had a bad fall,which put my shoulder out of joint.我重重地摔了一跤，肩膀脫臼了。
• We wrote a letter in joint names.我们联名写了封信。

2 pollutants   

污染物质（尤指工业废物）( pollutant的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Pollutants are constantly being released into the atmosphere. 污染物质正在不断地被排放到大气中去。
• The 1987 Amendments limit 301(g) discharges to a few well-studied nonconventional pollutants. 1987年的修正案把第301条（g）的普通排放限制施加在一些认真研究过的几种非常规污染物上。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

3 coordinated   

adj.协调的

参考例句：

• The sound has to be coordinated with the picture. 声音必须和画面协调一致。
• The numerous existing statutes are complicated and poorly coordinated. 目前繁多的法令既十分复杂又缺乏快调。 来自英汉非文学 - 环境法 - 环境法

4 emissions   

排放物( emission的名词复数 )； 散发物（尤指气体）

参考例句：

• Most scientists accept that climate change is linked to carbon emissions. 大多数科学家都相信气候变化与排放的含碳气体有关。
• Dangerous emissions radiate from plutonium. 危险的辐射物从钚放散出来。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

7 petroleum   

n.原油，石油

参考例句：

• The Government of Iran advanced the price of petroleum last week.上星期伊朗政府提高了石油价格。
• The purpose of oil refinery is to refine crude petroleum.炼油厂的主要工作是提炼原油。

8 previously   

adv.以前，先前（地）

参考例句：

• The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
• Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。

9 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

10 aggregate   

adj.总计的，集合的；n.总数；v.合计；集合

参考例句：

• The football team had a low goal aggregate last season.这支足球队上个赛季的进球总数很少。
• The money collected will aggregate a thousand dollars.进帐总额将达一千美元。

11 entails   

使…成为必要( entail的第三人称单数 )； 需要； 限定继承； 使必需

参考例句：

• The job entails a lot of hard work. 这工作需要十分艰苦的努力。
• This job entails a lot of hard work. 这项工作需要十分努力。