[E273]Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Needs 249 Bln Yuan for Air ……
Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Region Needs 249 Bln Yuan for Air Pollution Control: Report
From CRIENGLISH.com
The report, compiled by a panel of experts[专家小组] from the Chinese Academy for Environmental Planning and Nanjing University, comes after two years' field investigation[现场试验，运转试验], as well as data collection, analysis and calculation[数据收集、分析和计算].
Xie Hongxing, director of the Secretariat of the Clean Air Alliance of China (CAAC), explains how they came to the numbers.
"The calculation is mainly based on the control of various pollutants[基于对各种污染物的控制]. We figure out[计算出; 弄明白; 解决; 想出] the cost according to the context of different industries and how much emissions[排放物] they are expected to cut. To make it more realistic, we conducted investigations in regions including Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei, Yangtze River Delta[长江三角洲] and Pearl River Delta[珠江三角洲]. We also took into account[考虑了] the actual cost in different places and combined them to conclude the final result."
The report also mentioned that the investment will be mainly used in optimizing energy structure[优化能源结构] and the control of mobile source pollution[移动发生源(汽车)], industrial pollution and non-point source pollution[非定源污染].
Among the four aspects, the control of mobile source pollution requires the most, with 1.4 trillion yuan, while needs elsewhere range from 60 to 280 billion.
Wang Lisha, project manager with CAAC's Innovation Center, tells the reason behind the huge cost.
"Actually the costs in the mobile source part also include new energy vehicles[新能源汽车] and oil upgrading[油品升级]. In the report we can see the investment on this field in Yangtze River Delta and Pearl River Delta is bigger, but not that much for Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region[京津冀地区]. The two deltas have done a lot in energy structure optimization and industrial pollution control, so they need to do more in the control of mobile source pollution. Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region should take into account many aspects. So, the mobile source cost is huge."
The government fund for air pollution control increased to 10 billion yuan last year from half of the amount a year earlier, but is still far less than the required amount mentioned in the report.
Xie Hongxing with the Clean Air Alliance of China says China's air pollution control relies too much on government funding[政府资助;基金], and new funding channels[资金渠道] should be established.
"We can help make it easier for the green enterprises and companies to access the market and benefit more, so as to attract more investment to the green industries. For instance, we can raise the charge for disposing pollutants[处理污染物] and give more compensation to[给予更多的补贴] the green power industry.
105 GW of new electricity generating capacity was installed in China by the end of June this year.
For CRI, I'm Luo Bin.