On March 25th, the Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the “2013 Air Quality Report of Key Regions and Municipalities in the Beijing, Tianjin, the Pearl River Delta, and the Pearl River Delta, and Provincial Capital Citiesâ€.
For the first time, the “Report†evaluated 74 cities that have implemented new standards for ambient air quality in China since 2013. The results show that of the 74 cities in 2013, only the annual concentrations of pollution indicators in the three cities of Haikou, Zhoushan, and Lhasa all reached the second-level standard, and 71 other cities have exceeded the standard.
The primary pollutant in heavily polluted areas is PM2.5. In response, officials of the Ministry of Environmental Protection stated that in 2014, large-scale and standardized start-up studies on the source of pollutants should be initiated, and key cities such as Beijing should submit preliminary results in the first half of this year.
The “Report†clarified the 14-year monitoring task for atmospheric environmental quality: 1. Promoting the construction of the third phase of the new air quality testing capability; 2. Each municipality directly under the Central Government, the provincial capital city, and the city with separate plans will initiate the analysis of pollutant sources.
Air pollution is just a microcosm of environmental pollution problems. The era of sacrificing the environment in exchange for economic growth has passed. Faced with the demand for healthy economic growth, environmental friendly and healthy sustainable development is the trend of the times. Accelerating the development of the environmental protection industry will benefit both the current and long-term benefits. It will not only be conducive to the treatment of environmental pollution and improve the ecological environment, but also be conducive to stimulating effective investment, drive the growth of emerging industries, be conducive to changing the way, adjusting the structure, and promoting the sustainable development of the economy and society. A huge boost.
Paying attention to environmental protection issues will effectively accelerate the acceleration of the environmental protection industry. In the future, only by linking economic development with green GDP, economic growth data will not be at the cost of natural capital losses and ecological deficits, and the future economic and social development will be sustainable and healthy.
According to the “Guidance on Analytical Technology of Atmospheric Particulate Sources†promulgated by the Ministry of Environmental Protection in 13 years, there are four types of technical methods for source analysis. Three of these methods involve monitoring, and analytical data are established on the basis of monitoring data to establish analytical data. There is a demand for air on-line monitoring instruments and related laboratory instruments.
The "Technical Code for Pollution Source Monitoring Quality Assurance" stipulates general principles for the discharge of fixed source water, monitoring and monitoring of exhaust emissions, and comparison monitoring, quality assurance and quality control in the process of sampling and determination, which will promote the needs of these types of instruments.
Online detection and management of VOCs may become the highlight of the environmental protection industry in 2014 VOCs (Volatile Organic Compounds) refer to the 56 non-methane hydrocarbons that are emitted into the air in the form of gaseous molecules. It is the most important source of PM2.5. The introduction of the analysis of pollution sources is In order to analyze the causes and prepare for air pollution control, according to media reports, the government will levied sewage charges specifically for VOC emissions in the future. We believe that VOCs monitoring and governance are expected to become new growth points in the environmental protection field.
We still maintain the view from the beginning of the year that the key words for this year's environmental sector investment are not policies, but supervision. Related departments will improve laws and regulations to ensure the implementation of existing environmental protection policies and the operation of environmental protection facilities.
The areas of Hangzhou and Shenzhen were successively promulgated as the strictest environmental supervision and law enforcement in history; regional air pollution prevention and control legislation has also been continuously improved and has become a solid backing for environmental supervision. Minister of Environmental Protection Zhou Shengxian stated that in order to lay a good foundation for air, water, and soil pollution prevention and control, we must make good use of environmental law enforcement and information disclosure. We must strengthen environmental law enforcement supervision, maintain a high pressure on law enforcement inspections, comprehensively promote environmental information disclosure, and openly disclose the environment in a timely manner. Environmental information on quality monitoring, construction project environmental impact assessment, environmental violations, investigations, etc. By adopting measures that are stable, accurate, and flawless, we will gradually improve the quality of the environment so that the people will see the government’s determination and see the hope of solving environmental problems.