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The new air pollution plan<\/a>, launched during the summer, is tougher and covers a wider geographical area than the equivalent measures of the 12th<\/sup> Five Year Plan in 2011<\/a>. It includes checks on local government, the proposed use of economic levers to reduce pollution, and a focus on industrial restructuring. <\/p>\n

Its positive impact has already been seen: in the two months since its release local governments have been coming up with their own implementation programs. <\/p>\n

But Zhao Lijian, head of The China Environmental Management Program at the Energy Foundation, told chinadialogue<\/i> more attention was needed in many areas. Some of the measures are not quantified or specific enough, and those that are – reducing both coal’s contribution to China’s energy structure to under 65% and cutting PM2.5 levels by 25% in the Bejiing-Tianjin-Hebei region by 2017 – may fail due to a range of practical factors.
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\nZhao says that cutting PM2.5 level by so much will require reductions from all PM2.5 sources of more than 25%. As for reducing coal use, the aim is to bring it to a peak in the main coal-burning areas within five years<\/a>, and then to reduce it by varying degrees. In August 2013, Jiang Kejuan, a researcher at the NDRC’s Energy Research Institute, told Xinhua that with energy-hungry industry approaching its maximum size, a peak to coal consumption could be predicted for 2015, followed by a gradual fall. But Zhao thinks there is still plenty to be done if that is to become a reality.<\/p>\n

Zhao lists four key factors which will determine whether the plan<\/a> succeeds: First, the power of law enforcement and in particular how severe punishments are. This will require a revision of the law on air pollution. Second, how able are local governments to implement these measures? <\/p>\n

“Many local governments have no experience of reducing pollution, and this is a task requiring a scientific and systematic approach,” said Zhao. <\/p>\n

Also, openness of data and public supervision are essential. Finally, the use of economic measures to reduce coal use needs to be looked at more closely – in particular, can reform of coal taxation increase the cost of using coal and thus reduce its use?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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