Govt imposes emission limits to cut pollution   

大氣治污最嚴產業政策出爐 治霾可能入兩會提案

環保部官方網站昨日公布了環保部決定對全國19個省份所屬47座城市的大氣污染實行重點監控，嚴格限制六大高排放行業排放量的消息。此間更有觀察人士預測，“治霾熱”肯定會延續至全國“兩會”。

Beijing (CNS) -- The government will monitor air pollution in 47 cities and impose special emission limits on airborne pollutants, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on Wednesday.

Environmental Minister Zhou Shengxian said during a meeting that the thermal power, iron and steel, petrochemical, cement, non-ferrous metal and chemical industries will gradually have to comply with international emission limits on airborne pollutants.

Researchers at Fudan University and the China Academy of Science say that curbing auto emissions and using cleaner oil products should also be a priority.

Nearly 80 percent of recent government legislative meetings discussed environmental protection, according to an estimation by The Legal Mirror, a Beijing-based newspaper.