2008 China E-Newsletter - Clean Air Initiative
2008 China E-Newsletter - Clean Air Initiative
2008 China E-Newsletter - Clean Air Initiative
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<strong>Clean</strong> <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Initiative</strong> for Asian Cities Center, Inc.<br />
CAI-Asia <strong>China</strong> Project E-<strong>Newsletter</strong> @<strong>2008</strong><br />
<strong>Air</strong> Quality, Energy, Transport, and Climate Change in <strong>China</strong><br />
Included in this issue:<br />
CAI-Asia <strong>China</strong> Project E-<strong>Newsletter</strong><br />
Issue No.10, <strong>2008</strong><br />
(Compiled by Xiaojia BAO)<br />
- Government reshuffle: upgraded environment department, new energy<br />
bureau and uniformed transportation department<br />
- Beijing, Qingdao, Qinhuangdao implemented Olympic <strong>Air</strong> quality Guarantee<br />
Measures<br />
- <strong>Air</strong> quality improvement efforts surrounding Beijing areas: Hebei, Shanxi<br />
- Green governance ranking to be published<br />
AIR QUALITY<br />
- Facts<br />
Chongqing: good air quality in February (Mar.11, <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Days with air quality above level II took 72.4% in February, increasing by 8.1% from the<br />
same period of last year. PM10 was the main pollutant.<br />
www.zhb.gov.cn/info/gxdt/<strong>2008</strong>03/t<strong>2008</strong>0307_119093.htm<br />
- Regulations & Measures<br />
<strong>China</strong> upgrades environmental administration to ministry (Mar.11, <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
<strong>China</strong> is to elevate the status of State Environmental Protection Administration to a<br />
ministry, which is among the major 27 ministries and commissions of the Cabinet, said<br />
Hua Jianmin, secretary-general of the State Council, on Tuesday.<br />
http://english.gov.cn/<strong>2008</strong>-03/11/content_916879.htm<br />
Beijing targets dust pollution from construction sites (Mar.12, <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
Four government departments including construction and environmental protection jointly<br />
issued the circular on Tuesday announcing that they will suspend construction in bad<br />
weather such as strong gales and sandstorms between March 20 and July 20 to prevent<br />
dust pollution, and a complete construction ban between July 21 and September 20.<br />
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/olympics/<strong>2008</strong>-03/12/content_6529958.htm<br />
120 billion RMB invested to air quality (Mar.13, <strong>2008</strong>)<br />
According to the recent past “two-meeting” in Beijing, a special press conference on<br />
environment, resource and energy-saving was held. Two officials released on the<br />
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