【路透社20150213】污染物总量排放下降五成中国环境方可改善

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【原文标题】China must cut pollution by half before environment improves

【中文标题】污染物总量排放下降五成 中国环境方可改善

【文章来源】路透社

【文章链接】http://news.yahoo.com/china-must-cut-pollution-half-environment-improves-official-100134770.html;_ylt=AwrSyCXDzd5UEE0Az6HQtDMD

China needs to slash emission levels by as much as half before any obvious improvements are made to its environment, a senior government official said on Friday, underscoring the challenges facing the country after three decades of breakneck growth.

Zhai Qing, China's deputy minister of environmental protection, told a briefing that pollutants had been cut by just "a few percentage points" since 2006 and had to drop much further if any progress is to be made.

"According to expert assessments, emissions will have to fall another 30-50 percent below current levels if we are to see noticeable changes in environmental quality," he said.

近日在国务院新闻办公室举行的国务院政策例行吹风会上，环境保护部副部长翟青称自2006年以来污染物排放已经下降了好几个百分点，但要取得明显的进步还要加大力度减排。根据专家测算，大体在现有的基础上再降30%-50%，我们的环境质量才会有明显的变化。

China has vowed to close vast swathes of ageing heavy industrial capacity and slash coal consumption in heavily populated eastern coastal regions as part of its war on pollution.

目前中国出台措施要进一步加强淘汰落后产能工作、减少污染严重的东部沿海地区的耗煤量。

Last November, it imposed draconian restrictions on industry throughout northern China in order to guarantee air quality during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held in Beijing. Zhai said emissions in the region fell by more than 50 percent during the meeting.

去年11月在亚太经合组织峰会期间，中国在北方地区实行严厉的减排措施，空气质量大为改善。翟青称，在峰会期间北京地区的污染物排放量减少了50%以上。

He said China's ability to control pollution was still "limited" and its policies still needed to be improved.

他说，中国控制污染排放的范围还是很有限的，相关的政策需要进一步完善和改进。

Only eight of the 74 cities monitored by the ministry met national pollution standards last year, according to official data published earlier this month.

去年在74个城市的空气质量检测中仅有8个城市的空气质量符合国标。

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