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China Industrial Plants Breach Emissions Standards, Study Finds

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Publish time: 20th January, 2014      Source: ChinaCCM
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Bloomberg reported that steel factories and thermal power plants in eastern China that provide real-time emissions data frequently exceed national standards.

A study led by an environmental group in Beijing said that companies from those industries based in the provinces of Shandong and Hebei were in serious breach of discharge standards even during periods of severe air pollution.

The IPE studied data from industrial facilities in three eastern provinces that have begun releasing real time information since July as part of a project initiated by China's environment ministry.

Mr Ma Jun the Beijing based founder and director of IPE said that "More than 600 million people were affected by a globally unprecedented outbreak of smog in China that started last January and spread across dozens of provinces, lasting several months.'

China is increasingly publishing online data about air pollution as the government vows to cut coal consumption, shut steel plants and limit the number of cars. Communist Party leaders have signaled that they are willing to endure slower growth as they champion a more sustainable economic model.

Mr Ma said that "The government should enhance supervision, media should expose more, and banks should cut loans to these types of companies referring to about 4,000 companies including those in thermal power, steel, cement, refining and petrochemicals that contribute 65 percent of China's industrial emissions of pollutants. "These 4,000 main polluters should be closely watched to reduce pollution.'