Sandstorm shows the power of nature By Yang Wanli | China Daily | Updated: 2021-03-16 09:04 Share
Vice-minister says environment is fragile; improvement will take time A man braves a sandstorm in Beijing on March 15, 2021. [Photo by Zhu Xinxing/chinadaily.com.cn]
China has made remarkable achievements in the past two decades in the fight against desertification, however, the sandstorm that swept through a vast area of North China on Monday shows there is still a long way to go, a senior environment protection official said.
Zhao Yingmin, vice-minister of ecology and environment, said China s environment is still fragile and more time will be needed to see large improvements.
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Emissions goal should vary by city, expert says
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ECNS App Download State Grid employees check solar power panels in the Tibet autonomous region. (Photo provided to China Daily/Song Weixing)
Chinese authorities should tailor-make air quality goals for different cities based on their natural meteorological conditions instead of ranking them by a unified standard, Zhang Xingying, a member of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People s Political Consultative Conference, proposed during the ongoing two sessions.
The national standard is harder to meet for any city that has a lower capacity to purify its air due to factors such as geography and climate, said Zhang, also a senior researcher at the National Satellite Meteorological Center. To meet the goal, these cities may have to cut their emissions and production, thus hindering ec
China is planning to launch a new satellite mounted with a LiDAR (light detection and ranging) system to monitor CO2 in the atmosphere, a senior meteorologist said.
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