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China’s war on air pollution is a war on inefficient and unsustainable growth, said Chinese premier Li Keqiang.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the close of this year’s National People’s Congress in Beijing, Li said: “We have declared war on smog because this is what society cares about. The first thing most people do these days is check PM 2.5 levels on their phone."<\/p>\n

His comments come after a month of hazardous smog<\/a> in Chinese cities, with state media criticising city officials for failing to act to reduce pollution levels<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Li said that pollution was, “nature’s red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development. By declaring war on pollution, we are not declaring war on nature, but on inefficient and unsustainable growth.”<\/p>\n

China is aiming to reduce coal use in 2014 – one method of cutting back air pollution levels – by reducing energy intensity, the amount of power consumed per unit of GDP growth by 3.9% in 2014.<\/p>\n

Lin Boqiang, an energy economist at Xiamen University, told chinadialogue<\/em> that China was trying to reduce the growth of coal consumption. “It is pretty clear that China will use more coal this year. I think the government will force coal consumption to peak before 2020 with all the anti-smog measures,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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