The Ministry of Environmental Protection takes the response to heavily polluted weather as a top priority

The Ministry of Environmental Protection informed the media today that after preliminary analysis and judgment by relevant experts, the weather situation in autumn and winter this year is not optimistic, and the heavy pollution weather process is relatively early. The heavy pollution weather in winter has become an environmental problem that the whole society pays close attention to and urgently hopes to solve. It is necessary to take the response to heavily polluted weather as the top priority of the current work, and resolutely fight the tough battle of comprehensive air pollution control in autumn and winter. Affected by the expansion of the melting area of ​​Arctic sea ice and the change of sea temperature in the Pacific Ocean, the Siberian cold high pressure may be weaker than normal years, the frequency of cold air moving south may be less than normal years, and the Pacific subtropical high pressure may be stronger than normal years, which may cause higher temperatures and humidity in autumn and winter. big. The pollution formation process in Beijing since August 31 is similar to the pollution process in mid-September 2015 and 2016, indicating that compared with previous years, the process of heavy pollution weather this year is relatively earlier. In order to effectively improve air quality, the Ministry of Environmental Protection has adopted a series of powerful measures such as 'stubble pressing' to strengthen supervision and rectification of air-related 'scattered and polluted' enterprises this year, and initial results have been achieved. Since March this year, the ambient air quality in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas has continued to improve, achieving good results since 2013. The average concentration of PM2.5 in Beijing from March to August was only 49 micrograms per cubic meter, compared with 2016. The same period of the year decreased by about 25%, and the monthly average concentration was the lowest since 2013. However, monitoring data show that although the overall air quality in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and surrounding areas has shown a continuous improvement trend in recent years, the air quality improvement effect in autumn and winter is not significant, especially in the heating season of 2016-2017. The average concentration of PM2. Rebound, and the decrease in the number of days with severe and above pollution is not obvious. To this end, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with relevant departments, provincial and municipal people's governments, and on the basis of existing policies and measures, researched and issued the 'Action Plan for Comprehensive Control of Air Pollution in Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Surrounding Areas in Autumn and Winter 2017-2018' and other '1 +6' supporting scheme. Adhere to the problem orientation in the tackling action, focus on the comprehensive rectification of 'scattered and polluting' enterprises and clusters and the stable discharge of overhead sources, and increase the intensity of coal pressure reduction, standard improvement and transformation, and peak shifting production measures. In particular, it takes the proper response to heavily polluted weather as an important breakthrough. While setting air quality improvement goals in various regions, it also clarifies the reduction ratio of heavily polluted days, and urges local governments to fully respond to heavily polluted weather. In order to properly deal with heavily polluted weather, the Ministry of Environmental Protection started from four aspects, taking a multi-pronged approach and taking comprehensive measures. The first is to consolidate emergency emission reduction measures. The Ministry of Environmental Protection issued the 'Heavy Pollution Weather Early Warning Grading Standards and Revision Work Plan for Emergency Emission Reduction Measures', requiring '2+26' cities to improve the heavy pollution weather emergency plans as soon as possible, mainly to unify different early warning levels The proportion of pollutant emission reduction, the implementation of emission reduction measures on the list, one factory, one policy, to ensure that emergency emission reduction measures achieve actual results. The second is to improve forecasting and forecasting capabilities, greatly enhance the computing power of the forecasting platform, and increase the forecasting and forecasting capacity from 7 days to 10 days, providing sufficient time to take effective measures. The third is to strengthen supervision and supervision. In case of heavily polluted weather, the strengthened supervision and inspection team will carry out special supervision according to the local emergency emission reduction list to ensure that emission reduction measures are in place. The fourth is to carry out regional emergency linkage. Once regional heavy pollution weather is predicted, the Ministry of Environmental Protection will send early warning information to relevant cities according to the results of regional consultations. All cities in the region will promptly activate relevant levels of early warning according to the early warning information. Measures to reduce the overall pollution discharge level in the region, slow down the accumulation of pollutants, and reduce the impact of heavily polluted weather. In addition, the 35th meeting of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform has reviewed and approved the 'Pilot Program for Trans-Regional Environmental Protection Organizations'. Institutions to assist in the response to heavily polluted weather in autumn and winter. Heavy pollution weather has become a 'heart and lung problem' for the society and the public at present. The Ministry of Environmental Protection will go all out to take the response to heavy pollution weather as the top priority of the current work, and resolutely fight the tough battle of air pollution control in autumn and winter. At the same time, the response to heavy pollution weather also requires the participation and supervision of the whole society. During the early warning period of heavy pollution weather, start from me. Fight the battle to defend the blue sky.