Air Pollution in China

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Air Pollution in China
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Introduction
China has indeed impressed the world with its faster economic growth at a huge
environmental cost. Today, it is seen as one of the world’s most country and the main producer
of greenhouse gases. The essay discusses the measures that can be adopted by China to help
prevent air pollution.
The air pollution problems started in China during the initial stage of economic
development because of coal burning and industrial processes. Today, the increasing problem of
pollution in urban areas is attributed to vehicle emissions. Chinese economic growth was fuelled
by fossil fuel use that resulted in maximum emission of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and fine
particulate matter in the world (Cl Jin, Andersson, & Zhang 2016, p. 2). Air Pollution Action
Plan has been a significant environmental policy to control air pollution in China. The plan has
indeed been successful to improve air quality in critical regions and lowered PM2.5 levels in
Beijing and the Pearl River Delta between 2013 and 2017 (Hai 2018). The government has
banned the burning of coal and shut down coal-fired power stations. Despite those efforts, none
of the Chinese city achieves the suggested average of PM2.5 level set by the World Health
Organization. The new Three-year Action Plan 2018-2020 is the additional stage of the initial
air pollution policy and will apply to all those these that have not reached the standard on PM2.5
levels (Hai 2018). It is apparent that China is aware of the severe issue of air pollution and is
making efforts in this direction. Despite draconian anti-pollution measures, a lot more needs to
be done to control the sources of pollution and improve transitions in industrial, energy and
transportation. Millions of people in China are breathing in polluted air and can face serious
health consequences as those air pollution particles get deposited within their lungs and enter
their bloodstreams. World Health Organization research shows that air pollution is hazardous to