Baotou, Inner Mongolia, invested 3 billion yuan to control air pollution this year

The reporter learned from the Baotou Municipal Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region that in 2014, Baotou will invest 3 billion yuan to launch a comprehensive air pollution prevention and control project, build an automatic air monitoring network covering the whole city, and implement "hard law enforcement" for environmental protection.

In 2014, Baotou City will support Baotou Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. to start the second phase of the dust source control project, eliminate all the shaft furnaces and old pelletizing machines in the ironmaking plant, and complete the transformation of the charging system of four blast furnaces and the electrostatic precipitator of the casting house. Complete the upgrading project of pollutant emission standards in iron and steel, thermal power and other industries in the city. Clean up and rectify the serious pollution enterprises around Baotou Steel, and shut down 307 coal yards along highways and railways. It is forbidden to build new polluting enterprises around cities and urban areas. There are 1170 small coal-fired boilers in urban areas, and yellow standard cars registered and operated before 2005 have been eliminated. Comprehensively strengthen dust control at construction sites. Establish a city-wide coal control mechanism and strictly prohibit the use of high-sulfur and low-quality coal. We will build an automatic air monitoring network covering the whole city and formulate a contingency plan for severe air pollution. Strengthen the supervision and punishment of environmental law enforcement, and implement "hard law enforcement" of environmental protection.

According to reports, Baotou will strive to complete the task of eliminating backward production capacity in the 12th Five-Year Plan one year ahead of schedule, strive to enter the third batch of comprehensive demonstration cities of national energy saving and emission reduction fiscal policies, and use three to five years to effectively control urban air pollution sources and significantly improve urban air quality.