{"id":31568,"date":"2013-12-11T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-11T09:37:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-05-14T18:44:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T18:44:04","slug":"6568-the-widening-costs-of-china-s-national-smog-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dialogue.earth\/en\/pollution\/6568-the-widening-costs-of-china-s-national-smog-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"The widening costs of China’s national smog problem"},"content":{"rendered":"

The multiple reports of smog<\/a> in northern and eastern cities in recent weeks have been a reminder that air pollution is not just a problem for Beijing.<\/p>\n

The pollution in Shanghai – which reached record levels<\/a> last week – has been so bad that children and the elderly were advised to stay indoors, while factories were closed. Shanghai mayor Yang Xiong admitted <\/a>that the city had bad air pollution, but claimed "it would be fine in the following days." <\/p>\n

<\/font>This has done little to dispel doubts about the efficacy of the measures being taken<\/a> to tackle pollution. Huang Wei, who works on climate and energy issues for Greenpeace in Beijing, told Bloomberg <\/a>that “the steps taken by the Shanghai government to alleviate pollution aren’t enough … smog brings a huge health risk to the public and definitely affects multinational companies’ investment decisions.”<\/p>\n

Some of the criticism has had a wider scope. Wu Bihu, a professor at Peking University, told Reuters<\/a> that "the smog crisis covering large parts of China has revealed the failure of the government’s development strategy of only going after GDP<\/a>”.<\/p>\n

The smog has also hit the economy, underlining the interpendence of China’s financial and environmental futures. As the air pollution levels worsened, there was a slump in Chinese equities, triggered by a dip in the share price<\/a> of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company, China’s fourth-largest coal producer. Its share prices hit a three-week low over fears the government would intervene and reduce coal consumption. Bloomberg reported that China Eastern Airlines also plummeted to a two-week low<\/a>.<\/p>\n

However, perhaps the greatest concern for Chinese citizens is the impact air pollution might be having on their health. As Wang Xiangwei<\/a>, editor of the South China Morning Post wrote, "What good is achieving Xi’s Chinese "dream of rejuvenation" if people cannot breathe the air or drink the water?"<\/p>\n

A recent graphic from Greenpeace starkly depicts the link between PM 2.5 concentration and the risk of lung cancer.<\/p>\n

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