China's top steelmaking province of Hebei has moved up the target dates for...
BEIJING - China’s top steelmaking province of Hebei has moved up the target dates for cutting industrial capacity and relocating plants by two months to the end of October, the provincial environmental department said.
The province has pledged to reduce the amount of air pollution, especially the amount of hazardous particulate matter of 2.5 microns or less, known as PM2.5, which can lodge deep in the lungs when inhaled. Hebei earlier planned to eliminate steel capacity of 14 million tonnes, coal capacity of 10 million tonnes, coke capacity of 3 million tonnes and coal-fired power capacity of 500 megawatts by the end of 2019.
“We used to conduct annual assessments in the end of year. But this time, we make clear that we should aim to get the tasks done as soon as possible,” said Jiang Weining, an official at the atmospheric environment department at Hebei’s ecology and environment bureau, in the statement.
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