2018年CRI China to work out three-year blue sky defending plan

 

The Chinese government has announced plans to roll out a three-year plan to ensure greater achievements in air pollution control.

The decision was made at the National Environment Protection Conference that concluded over the weekend.

The two-day environment conference reviewed the achievements over the past year.

According to Minister of Environmental Protection Li Ganjie, the PM 2.5 density¹ in around 30 cities dropped by more than 11 percent year on year in 2017.

"In general, our ecology and environmental protection still lags behind economic and social development and remains² a key concern for the public. Therefore, we have to make greater and harder efforts to prevent and control pollution and improve the quality of the environment."

The minister says over the past five years since the enforcement of "Action Plan for Prevention and Control of Air Pollution", the goal for the first stage has materialized, but the overall situation remains stern.

"There are, in fact, still many problems in our air pollution control. To address these problems, it requires our huge efforts and the ultimate goal cannot be achieved in a day."

He also said China will further cut pollution, aiming to keep the air clear.

"We will work out a plan on defending the blue sky. We will continue to control pollution brought by the use of scattered³ coal and motor vehicles, promote the use of clean energy in winter heating in north China and complete the coal-to-gas and coal-to-electricity projects for four million households."

The key areas to be covered by the plan are the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas, the Yangtze River Delta⁴, and the Fenhe and Weihe plain.

The goals are to reduce the PM2.5 density in all Chinese prefecture-level cities and above by two percent on average year on year by the end of this year, and to increase the number of good air quality days in these cities to 80 percent by 2020.

The Ministry⁵ of Environmental Protection will also further intensify⁶ the supervision⁷ system.

"We've written the prescription⁸ and even got the medicine. We need to make everyone take it. Everyone must swing into action and strive for even better result in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and surrounding areas and the two plus 26 cities. Having set the targets, we must have people to see to it that they are fulfilled."

China's State Council issued the Action Plan on Prevention and Control of Air Pollution in 2013.

It outlined key measures to be implemented⁹ and serves as a guideline for the national efforts to prevent and control air pollution for the present and in the near future.

Meanwhile, the Minister of Environmental Protection also says all Chinese cities will disclose safety conditions of drinking water this year.

Remediation of drinking water sources is listed among the priorities in China's water pollution control for 2018.

1 density   

n.密集，密度，浓度

参考例句：

• The population density of that country is 685 per square mile.那个国家的人口密度为每平方英里685人。
• The region has a very high population density.该地区的人口密度很高。

2 remains   

n.剩余物，残留物；遗体，遗迹

参考例句：

• He ate the remains of food hungrily.他狼吞虎咽地吃剩余的食物。
• The remains of the meal were fed to the dog.残羹剩饭喂狗了。

3 scattered   

adj.分散的，稀疏的；散步的；疏疏落落的

参考例句：

• Gathering up his scattered papers,he pushed them into his case.他把散乱的文件收拾起来，塞进文件夹里。

4 delta   

n.（流的）角洲

参考例句：

• He has been to the delta of the Nile.他曾去过尼罗河三角洲。
• The Nile divides at its mouth and forms a delta.尼罗河在河口分岔，形成了一个三角洲。

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 intensify   

vt.加强；变强；加剧

参考例句：

• We must intensify our educational work among our own troops.我们必须加强自己部队的教育工作。
• They were ordered to intensify their patrols to protect our air space.他们奉命加强巡逻，保卫我国的领空。

7 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

8 prescription   

n.处方，开药；指示，规定

参考例句：

• The physician made a prescription against sea- sickness for him.医生给他开了个治晕船的药方。
• The drug is available on prescription only.这种药只能凭处方购买。

9 implemented   

v.实现( implement的过去式和过去分词 )；执行；贯彻；使生效

参考例句：

• This agreement, if not implemented, is a mere scrap of paper. 这个协定如不执行只不过是一纸空文。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The economy is in danger of collapse unless far-reaching reforms are implemented. 如果不实施影响深远的改革，经济就面临崩溃的危险。 来自辞典例句