China moves to cut down pollution levels in Shanghai
16 Jan 2014 5:39 AM IST
Shanghai was blanketed with record levels of smog last month, while air in the usually more polluted capital, Beijing, was relatively clear. The government warned children and the elderly in Shanghai to stay at home on some days.
Xinhua said that Shanghai reviewed and approved the ‘special emergency pollution plan’ on Wednesday.
China regularly issues directives to tackle pollution in major cities, but efforts so far to clean the air have failed.
Air quality is of increasing concern to China’s stability-obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent urban population turns against a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has poisoned much of the country’s air, water and soil.
Xinhua said that Shanghai reviewed and approved the ‘special emergency pollution plan’ on Wednesday.
China regularly issues directives to tackle pollution in major cities, but efforts so far to clean the air have failed.
Air quality is of increasing concern to China’s stability-obsessed leaders, anxious to douse potential unrest as a more affluent urban population turns against a growth-at-all-costs economic model that has poisoned much of the country’s air, water and soil.
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