Govt imposes emission limits to cut pollution   

大气治污最严产业政策出炉 治霾可能入两会提案

环保部官方网站昨日公布了环保部决定对全国19个省份所属47座城市的大气污染实行重点监控，严格限制六大高排放行业排放量的消息。此间更有观察人士预测，“治霾热”肯定会延续至全国“两会”。

Beijing (CNS) -- The government will monitor air pollution in 47 cities and impose special emission limits on airborne pollutants, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Wednesday.

Environmental Minister Zhou Shengxian said during a meeting that the thermal power, iron and steel, petrochemical, cement, non-ferrous metal and chemical industries will gradually have to comply with international emission limits on airborne pollutants.

Researchers at Fudan University and the China Academy of Science say that curbing auto emissions and using cleaner oil products should also be a priority.

Nearly 80 percent of recent government legislative meetings discussed environmental protection, according to an estimation by The Legal Mirror, a Beijing-based newspaper.