The city government of Beijing on Monday mapped out plans to combat the air pollution that plagues the Chinese capital, including a cap on the number of vehicles and transferring most electricity production outside the city.
The city government of
Beijing
on
Monday mapped out plans to combat the air pollution that plagues the Chinese
capital, including a cap on the number of vehicles and transferring most
electricity production outside the city.
The government set a target of reducing PM2.5--particles smaller than 2.5
microns, which are among the most harmful to human health--to 60 micrograms per
cubic meter by 2017, a reduction of more than 25% from today's average levels.
The number of motor vehicles in the city will be limited to 6 million, the city
said in a statement, with a target to cut gasoline and diesel use by 5% in the
five years to 2017.
That will mean taking a million old vehicles off the road and replacing them
with newer, more efficient models. The government said it would continue to
tighten emissions standards for vehicles and aims to have 20,000 "clean
energy" vehicles in service by 2017.
Public transport will also continue to get funding, with a target to have more
than half of all journeys in the city center use public transport by 2017.
The authorities also want to transfer 70% of electricity production outside the
city and build four natural gas power stations, while new coal and heavy oil
plants will be banned from the capital. They also want to install electric
heating to replace coal in old-style houses and promote gas or solar panels in
the more remote suburbs.
Beijing
's local government also wants
to control migration to limit the growth of the population, although it did not
provide details. That suggests the city will lobby national politicians against
reform of the household registration system, which limits access to benefits
like healthcare and schooling for migrants outside their home area.
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