Strengthen scientific prevention and control of air pollution and promote green development

    "To control air pollution and improve air quality is the hope of the masses and the concern of people's livelihood. We should further strengthen the scientific prevention and control of air pollution and promote green development. " Premier Li Keqiang said at the executive meeting of the State Council.

    On the same day, the meeting listened to the report on the research results of the causes of heavy air pollution and tackling key problems. Li Keqiang said that in recent years, the prevention and control of air pollution has achieved positive results. Aiming at the problem of heavy air pollution in autumn and winter in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and its surrounding areas, relevant departments organized experts to carry out research on the causes of heavy air pollution and tackling key problems, so as to provide important support for promoting scientific governance.

    "The next step is to make good use of the relevant achievements, strengthen the scientific prevention and control of air pollution, and further carry out scientific research to continuously improve air quality." The prime minister said. Li Keqiang required that on the basis of the existing results, according to the causes of pollution in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei and the surrounding areas, we should strengthen the precise control. We will continue to implement actions to prevent and control air pollution, focus on industrial pollution control, clean replacement of bulk coal and pollution control of diesel vehicles, and strengthen ammonia emission control in agriculture and animal husbandry. In view of the current situation that ozone pollution is becoming increasingly prominent, we should further carry out scientific research on regional air pollution control, and promote the collaborative treatment of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone. Strengthen joint prevention and control in key areas.

    He stressed that it is necessary to promote the structural adjustment of energy, industry and transportation in the region. Strengthen the clean utilization of coal. We will accelerate the transformation and upgrading of iron and steel, coking, petrochemical, building materials and other industries. We will greatly increase the proportion of new energy trucks used in the fields of bulk cargo collection and distribution, railway transportation and urban distribution.

    Li Keqiang made it clear that we should combine the promotion of air pollution control with the development of energy-saving and environmental protection industry and circular economy. We will accelerate the improvement of environmental protection technology and equipment, new energy-saving products and specialized services for energy conservation and emission reduction.

    "There is still a lot of room for improvement in many aspects of our environmental protection industry. We should seize the key areas, encourage more enterprises to actively participate in tackling key problems, and strengthen international cooperation in relevant fields." "This is not only conducive to improving the people's quality of life, but also to improving the quality of economic and social development, cultivating new economic growth points, and promoting the realization of a win-win situation between ecological environmental protection and economic growth," the premier said