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Ministry of Environmental Protection: Environmental infrastructure in industries such as steel is being widely adopted at a faster pace.

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2018-02-21 00:00

　　On the 13th, China's Vice Minister of Environmental Protection, Zhai Qing, stated that China's total pollutant emissions currently exceed the country's environmental capacity. According to expert estimates, only by reducing emissions by an additional 30% to 50% beyond current levels could China see a significant improvement in its environmental quality.
 
　　Zhai Qing disclosed the above information at the State Council policy briefing held on the 13th. Zhai Qing frankly admitted that the few percentage-point decline in total emissions reduction since the "11th Five-Year Plan" has proven insufficient to drive a comprehensive improvement in environmental quality.
 
　　In addition to the large total volume of pollutant emissions, Zhai Qing believes that the insufficient scope of overall emission reduction targets is another key reason why it remains challenging to improve environmental quality.
 
　　It is understood that during the "11th Five-Year Plan" period, China's primary emission reduction targets for atmospheric pollutants were chemical oxygen demand and sulfur dioxide; during the "12th Five-Year Plan" period, ammonia nitrogen and nitrogen oxides were added, bringing the total to four key indicators.
 
　　Zhai Qing stated that currently, China's emissions of major air and water pollutants each exceed 20 million tons. Notably, pollutants like smoke, dust, and volatile organic compounds—which have a significant impact on air quality—are not yet included in the overall emission control framework. Meanwhile, in terms of water pollution, while reductions in chemical oxygen demand and ammonia nitrogen have been effectively controlled, other related pollutants such as total phosphorus and total nitrogen have not yet been incorporated into the regulatory scope.
 
　　"The limited scope of control is tied to our capabilities and existing foundations," said Zhai Qing. Nevertheless, China has continued to play a strong role in overall emission reductions in recent years.
 
　　According to reports, China's wastewater treatment capacity has grown significantly—from 52 million tons per day at the start of the 11th Five-Year Plan period to the current 170 million tons per day. In the thermal power industry, desulfurization and denitrification efforts have also advanced dramatically: while only a small number of thermal power units initially featured desulfurization facilities at the beginning of the 11th Five-Year Plan, today that capacity has expanded to 800 million kilowatts, with an installation rate now reaching 95%. Meanwhile, denitrification systems for thermal power plants were first introduced during the 12th Five-Year Plan period. Supported by national economic policies such as electricity pricing, these systems have since been installed on 690 million kilowatts of generating capacity, accounting for 82% of all thermal power units.
 
　　Additionally, environmental infrastructure in industries such as steel, cement, and flat glass has also been rolled out relatively quickly.
 
　　"If these industries hadn’t installed these facilities over the past few years, air quality and water environmental quality would have deteriorated even further," revealed Zhai Qing. He added that, as part of the "13th Five-Year Plan" initiatives, total emission reductions will continue to be firmly implemented as a key system explicitly outlined in the newly revised Environmental Protection Law. At the same time, improving environmental quality will also be designated as a central, overarching task within the "13th Five-Year Plan," with efforts focused on strategically coordinating total emission reduction measures around the goal of enhancing overall environmental health.

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