5% drop in PM2.5 hard to achieve in Beijing: official   

北京环保局长：PM2.5降5% 今年完成目标更加困难

昨日，参加北京市人代会的人大代表审议了北京市政府关于《北京市大气污染防治条例》实施情况的报告。北京市环保局局长陈添接受新京报记者专访，谈PM2.5的目标设定、作为环保一把手的压力以及京津冀未来的环保治理。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) -- Beijing will continue to prioritize the control of air pollution in 2015, though a decline of 5% in PM2.5 would be difficult to achieve, said Chen Tian, head of Beijing Environment Protection Bureau.

The capital reduced the density of PM2.5, the concentration of fine airborne particles, by 4% during 2014 as a result of unremitting efforts, Beijijing News reported.

The Beijing municipal government has taken a series of measures to combat pollution in the past year, with methods including transferring industrial production and the online supervision of output data, with companies facing fines if they violate regulations on pollution and emissions.

The city will also introduce congestion charge plans, with several relevant schemes currently under discussion with the Traffic Committee, according to Chen.

The odd-and-even license plate rule, a requirement of the Air Pollution Prevention and Treatment regulation, might also be adopted, he told journalists.

The State Council, China's Cabinet, has also established the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei atmospheric pollution prevention and control group, under the leadership of Vice Premier Zhang Gaoli.

Information sharing will be its first priority as the fundamental precondition to tackling air pollution at regional level, Chen noted.