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15-08-2007
Beijing's
municipal government is mulling a plan to limit
vehicle exhaust, dust from construction sites
and industrial emissions to guarantee fresh
air for the 2008 Olympic Games, an official
said yesterday.
Du Shaozhong, spokesman for the Beijing municipal
environmental protection bureau, said a team
of experts is drafting the plan. "It will
take effect after the State Council approves
it" .
To support the plan, the city will very likely
adopt grade IV national discharge standards
for newly registered vehicles starting next
year. Those standards are similar to the EU's
Euro 4 standard, which limits carbon monoxide
and particulate matter discharges.
If the standards take effect, it would be two
years ahead of the national timeline laid out
in the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-10).
In the public transport sector, the capital
is to replace and renovate outdated buses with
new ones that meet the grade III national standard
by the end of the year.
Home to some 19,000 buses, Beijing would like
to eventually have the world's cleanest fleet,
in part by putting about 4,000 natural gas-powered
buses into circulation.
Editor:Ida.Zhang
from Chinabuses.com
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