1. Text: | Print|

      NW China city's air pollution transformation

      2014-08-15 09:02 Xinhua Web Editor: Gu Liping
      1

      Once one of China's most polluted cities, the northwest city of Lanzhou has rid itself of heavy air pollution and become a model for pollution control over the past two years.

      The Ministry of Environmental Protection organized a group of environmental officials from other heavily polluted areas to visit and learn from Lanzhou City, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province, last Thursday.

      Lanzhou was once one of the top 10 most polluted cities in China. In 2009, it ranked as the most polluted among the country's provincial capital cities.

      As a heavy chemical industry base, Lanzhou has suffered from serious air pollution over the past decade. The city is situated in the Yellow River valley and is surrounded by mountains, which hinders the dispersal of pollutants.

      Yan Zijiang, the director of the Lanzhou Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau, said that the city's pollution is especially heavy in winter because of coal-fired heating systems.

      There were more than 1,000 coal-fired heating boilers, three large thermal power plants and about 200,000 civil small boilers in the city's urban area, Yan said.

      To remove the source of pollution, Lanzhou has spent two years encouraging gas use rather than coal for heating.

      All 1,000 heating boilers in Lanzhou have been replaced by natural gas-fired heating systems. The three thermal power plants have been given emission limitations, and residents have been ordered to use anthracite as an alternative to burning coal, according to Yan.

      So far, a total of 916 projects, including reducing industrial and coal-generated emissions and automobile exhaust control, have been implemented to curb the severe pollution.

      Thirteen polluting enterprises with excessive capacity have been closed, more than 200 highly polluting enterprises were suspended in winter, and 78 industrial enterprises have moved to an industrial park outside the city.

      Lanzhou's citizens have been mobilized to help with the pollution control campaign.

      The city has been divided into 1,482 districts, with six staff in charge of pollution supervision in each area, according to Chen Yaolong, an official with the community office of Dunhuang Road in Lanzhou's Qilihe District.

      Lanzhou had 299 days of excellent or good air quality last year, 57 days more than in 2001. So far this year, the city has seen more than 180 days of good air quality, according to statistics from the city's environmental protection bureau.

      Zhang Yucun, 62, a resident in Lanzhou, said that in the past he could rarely see the mountains clearly due to the heavy pollution, but now people can do morning exercises in a clean environment.

      Comments (0)
      Most popular in 24h
        Archived Content
      Media partners:

      Copyright ©1999-2018 Chinanews.com. All rights reserved.
      Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

      主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲丰满熟女一区二区v| 亚洲色大网站WWW永久网站| 小日子的在线观看免费| 免费在线观看一区| 亚洲国产成AV人天堂无码| 色播亚洲视频在线观看| 亚洲国产香蕉碰碰人人| 亚洲理论电影在线观看| 亚洲精品高清无码视频| 亚洲成在人线av| 亚洲三级电影网址| 亚洲黄色免费网址| 亚洲成人黄色在线| 亚洲三级视频在线| 亚洲成a人片在线观看无码 | xxxxx做受大片在线观看免费| 亚洲妓女综合网99| 亚洲人成在线播放| 亚洲性色AV日韩在线观看| 亚洲美国产亚洲AV| 黄色一级免费网站| 国产成人1024精品免费| 国内永久免费crm系统z在线| 男人都懂www深夜免费网站| 久久免费香蕉视频| 国产精品久久亚洲一区二区| 深夜特黄a级毛片免费播放| www永久免费视频| 黄网站免费在线观看| 国产一区二区三区免费观在线| A片在线免费观看| 1000部拍拍拍18勿入免费凤凰福利| av电影在线免费看| 黄页免费在线观看| 久久久久久精品成人免费图片| 在线免费观看中文字幕| 日韩欧毛片免费视频| 最近免费中文字幕高清大全 | 久9久9精品免费观看| AV无码免费永久在线观看| 91精品国产免费网站|