Why does smog become more and more troublesome: "Environmental standards are difficult to settle down"

Three months ago, the "Air Pollution Prevention Action Plan" with air pollution from Sword Index was announced in the public expectation. Three months later, large-scale haze weather has appeared in central and eastern China. Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, etc. There have been haze events in 25 provinces, regions, and municipalities all over the country. The average haze days in 2013 in China Renewed high.

On December 6, the National Inter-ministerial Coordination Meeting on Prevention and Control of Atmospheric Pollution was held in Beijing. Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian pointed out that the northern region has fully entered the heating period, and there may still be meteorological conditions that are not conducive to the spread of pollutants, and air pollution prevention is still present this winter. The task is very arduous. All parties need to work together and cooperate closely to jointly fight this tough battle.

Talking about the main reasons for the large-scale haze, the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Environmental Protection explained that the first is the continuous accumulation of pollutants caused by unfavorable weather conditions; the second is the exhaust emissions of motor vehicles; and the third is winter coal-fired heating in the north.

Xie Shaodong, deputy director of the School of Environmental Science and Engineering at Peking University, said that although the haze is more likely to occur under calm weather, most of the pollutants discharged from various areas are mainly due to haze. He believes that although there are no coal-fired heating factors in the Yangtze River Delta cities, there are many local low-end companies such as Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and some companies do not have a strong sense of environmental protection.

Xie Shaodong said that at present, the pollution situation has changed from local pollution to regional pollution.

An environmental protection expert said that compared with previous years, the weather conditions are not much different. Contaminants have existed all the time, but they have not been highlighted before. “We cannot always rely on the weather conditions to disperse the smog. The fundamental thing is to block the source of the earthworms. ."

"We have engaged in air pollution control for so many years. The result of governance is that governance becomes more and more troublesome. At the same time, air pollution is increasing." On December 8, 2013, the 2013 China Environmental Protection Listed Company Summit held in Kunshan was held. Some environmental protection companies pointed out the embarrassing situation of air pollution control.

Zhang Kaiyuan, chairman of Guodian Qingxin (002573), pointed out that the state has invested considerable manpower and financial resources in the treatment of flue gas emitted by boilers in thermal power plants, but has invested relatively little in pollution control in other industries, such as steel, cement, glass, Chemicals and so on. "Governance of part of the (polluted atmosphere), and part of it (polluting gas), this is an unbalanced problem." Zhang Kaiyuan said.

Coal is China's main energy source. When it comes to smog, coal is often the main culprit.

Zhang Kaiyuan believes that coal can be used for clean and efficient use. The technology, capital, and capabilities of the company are not problems. The problem is that the responsibility, pressures, and mechanisms have not kept pace. "The desulfurization requirements in Europe are lower than in China. Why do we have no people to manage? Well, the environmental protection standards are good and sufficient, and there is no solution to the problem of mechanism. The supervision cannot reach the standard, the standard does not drop, and pollution is not well managed."

According to Hu Hongji, deputy chief economist of Fujian Longjing Environmental Protection (600388), the state attaches importance to the control of air pollution in the policy and air pollution control technology is not a problem. The key is to ensure strict law enforcement. This requires the central government, various ministries and commissions, the people, and the media. Co-monitoring.

China Labor Insurance Network